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UN calls for Scaling-up “Carbon Capture, Use and Storage” Technology

March 6, 2021

The United Nations report have called to scale up the carbon capture, use and storage in light with the Paris Agreement on Climate change which aims for the net-zero emissions goal in order to limit the global warming. Highlights The ..

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What is Sudden Stratospheric Warming?

January 22, 2021

The Southern India received excessively heavy rainfall (ten times the normal) between January 1, 2021 and January 17, 2021. This winter rain, according to the scientists, is due to sudden stratospheric warming that occurred in Arctic region. Sudden Stratospheric Warming ..

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What is Root Zone Moisture?

January 22, 2021

NASA recently released the estimates of soil moisture in the root zone (the top 39 inches of soil) as of January 11, 2021. Accordingly, the Konya Plains had the lowest “root zone moisture”. The estimate was done based on the ..

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Tropical Rain Belt: Climate Change to alter its position

January 20, 2021

The researchers from the University of California recently predicted that the future climate change will cause an uneven shifting of the tropical rain belt. This might threaten food security for billions of people. Key Findings According to the study, the ..

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Zoological Survey of India: Climate Change has driven butterflies and moths to higher Himalayas

October 12, 2020

The Study conducted by the Zoological Survey of India says that climate Change has driven Lepidoptera species to higher habitats of Himalayas. Himalayas is home to 35% of Lepidoptera species that are found in India. Lepidoptera species include butterflies, skippers ..

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Iodic Acid drives Arctic Amplification: Key Facts, Reasons, Impacts, Causes

October 9, 2020

An International team of scientists from the Stockholm University have identified that the iodic acid is the key driver of aerosol particle formation in The Arctic. These aerosols are responsible for the Arctic amplification. Their presence in the region has ..

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Amazon at the risk of changing from Forest to Savanna

October 6, 2020

A team of Europe based scientists have recently found that the tropical forests especially the Amazon forest are slowly changing into Savannah like environment.  Highlights According to the study around 40% of Amazon forest are at the risk of changing ..

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What are “Zombie Fires” that are burning the Arctics?

October 1, 2020

The Zombie Fires in the Arctic region are becoming frequent. This says that the fire regimes in the Arctic are changing rapidly. These regions were once-frozen Tundra. What are Zombie Fires? A Zombie fire is a fire from a previous ..

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Death Valley in Southern California witnessed its hottest temperature in more than a century

August 19, 2020

Furnace Creek of the Death Valley in the Southern California desert recorded its highest air temperature on Earth since July of 1913. The Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration measured 54.4 degrees Celsius temperature in that ..

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Pink Ice in Italian Alps is due to Algae

July 6, 2020

Italian scientists have found pink coloured glaciers in the Alps. According to the them, the pink colour is formed due to an algae found in the ice. Highlights The Italian researchers recently observed pink coloured snow on parts of Presena ..

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