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Can Diamond Dust Help Cool Earth? Exploring Costs and Geoengineering Risks
A study by Sandro Vattioni explores using 5 million tons of diamond dust annually to reduce global warming by 1.6ºC. Diamonds outperform sulfur in reflecting sunlight, but the method comes with an enormous price tag—$175 trillion. Despite its potential, experts like Douglas MacMartin question its feasibility due to costs, while others debate the...
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Delhi: DoE Tells Schools To Sensitise Students About Air Pollution, Climate Change
Delhi school officials have also been asked by the Directorate of Education (DoE) to organise panel discussions, painting competitions, quizzes, debates, plays and dramas to raise awareness on air pollution and its impact.
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Climate Change Set To "Increase Hunger" In Africa, Warns United Nations
As COP27 delegates in Egypt debate planet-heating emissions, the climate crisis is exacerbating devastating hunger across several African nations and will worsen further without urgent action, the UN said Wednesday.
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"Russia Is Storm, China Is Climate Change": Germany Spy Chief
Germany's intelligence service chiefs warned on Monday that China could use stakes in critical infrastructure as leverage to pursue political aims amid a debate in Berlin over whether to let Chinese shipping company Cosco invest in Hamburg port.
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Make America Greener: Biden's "Ambitious" Climate Plan Gets Senate Nod
After 18 months of arduous negotiations and a marathon night of debate, the US Senate on Sunday passed Joe Biden's ambitious climate, tax and health care plan -- a significant victory for the president ahead of crucial midterm elections.
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India Highlights Terrorism, Climate Change At UN Security Council Debate
India on Thursday highlighted terrorism and climate change at UNSC open debate on "Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Security in the context of Terrorism and Climate Change".
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Expert Says Warming Link To Europe Floods "Plausible"
With extreme weather killing more than 150 people in Europe and searing heat across parts of North America, the debate around climate change has grown more fierce in recent weeks.
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Kamala Harris, Mike Pence Debate On Pandemic, Climate Change: Top Quotes
US Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris squared off evening in Salt Lake City, Utah, ahead of the November 3 election.
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P Chidambaram's "Namaste Trump" Dig At PM After India Reference At US Presidential Debate
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram this morning asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold another 'Namaste Trump!' rally to honour his dear friend", a day after the American President raised questions over the credibility of India's COVID-19 tally, claiming that it was among the countries that do not accurately disclose the number of deaths...
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India "Bigger Problem" Than China: Michael Bloomberg On Carbon Emissions
India poses a bigger problem than China when it comes to fighting climate change, particularly on reducing carbon emissions, Democratic presidential aspirant and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has said.
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Boris Johnson Skips Climate Change Debate On TV, Gets Replaced By Melting Ice Sculpture
Britain's governing Conservative Party complained to the broadcasting regulator after its chosen representative was shut out of a general election television debate on climate change on Thursday.
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Were Dinosaurs Killed Off By Asteroid Or Volcanoes? Scientists Debate
Scientists say the story may not be quite that simple, and that massive volcanic eruptions over hundreds of thousands of years may have contributed to the dinosaurs' demise at the end of the Cretaceous period.
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Full Text Of Sushma Swaraj's Speech At 73rd UN General Assembly
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addressed the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York today. Ms Swaraj, who addressed the General Debate last year as well, reached New York last Saturday.
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At Climate Change Summit in Paris, It's Developing Nations Against Developed
Coal is a dirty word at the Paris summit and India has been put in the line of fire for using it for its power needs. The debate, many say, is skewed in favor of the narrative of developed nations who do not want to give up 'carbon space' to the developing nations.
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Nuclear Power as Panacea for Climate Change? Experts divided
As delegates at a Paris summit haggle over how to curb global warming, the role of nuclear energy in limiting climate-changing emissions is the subject of fierce debate between champions and critics of atomic power.
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Can Diamond Dust Help Cool Earth? Exploring Costs and Geoengineering Risks
A study by Sandro Vattioni explores using 5 million tons of diamond dust annually to reduce global warming by 1.6ºC. Diamonds outperform sulfur in reflecting sunlight, but the method comes with an enormous price tag—$175 trillion. Despite its potential, experts like Douglas MacMartin question its feasibility due to costs, while others debate the...
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Delhi: DoE Tells Schools To Sensitise Students About Air Pollution, Climate Change
Delhi school officials have also been asked by the Directorate of Education (DoE) to organise panel discussions, painting competitions, quizzes, debates, plays and dramas to raise awareness on air pollution and its impact.
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Climate Change Set To "Increase Hunger" In Africa, Warns United Nations
As COP27 delegates in Egypt debate planet-heating emissions, the climate crisis is exacerbating devastating hunger across several African nations and will worsen further without urgent action, the UN said Wednesday.
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"Russia Is Storm, China Is Climate Change": Germany Spy Chief
Germany's intelligence service chiefs warned on Monday that China could use stakes in critical infrastructure as leverage to pursue political aims amid a debate in Berlin over whether to let Chinese shipping company Cosco invest in Hamburg port.
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Make America Greener: Biden's "Ambitious" Climate Plan Gets Senate Nod
After 18 months of arduous negotiations and a marathon night of debate, the US Senate on Sunday passed Joe Biden's ambitious climate, tax and health care plan -- a significant victory for the president ahead of crucial midterm elections.
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India Highlights Terrorism, Climate Change At UN Security Council Debate
India on Thursday highlighted terrorism and climate change at UNSC open debate on "Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Security in the context of Terrorism and Climate Change".
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Expert Says Warming Link To Europe Floods "Plausible"
With extreme weather killing more than 150 people in Europe and searing heat across parts of North America, the debate around climate change has grown more fierce in recent weeks.
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Kamala Harris, Mike Pence Debate On Pandemic, Climate Change: Top Quotes
US Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris squared off evening in Salt Lake City, Utah, ahead of the November 3 election.
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P Chidambaram's "Namaste Trump" Dig At PM After India Reference At US Presidential Debate
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram this morning asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold another 'Namaste Trump!' rally to honour his dear friend", a day after the American President raised questions over the credibility of India's COVID-19 tally, claiming that it was among the countries that do not accurately disclose the number of deaths...
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India "Bigger Problem" Than China: Michael Bloomberg On Carbon Emissions
India poses a bigger problem than China when it comes to fighting climate change, particularly on reducing carbon emissions, Democratic presidential aspirant and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has said.
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Boris Johnson Skips Climate Change Debate On TV, Gets Replaced By Melting Ice Sculpture
Britain's governing Conservative Party complained to the broadcasting regulator after its chosen representative was shut out of a general election television debate on climate change on Thursday.
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Were Dinosaurs Killed Off By Asteroid Or Volcanoes? Scientists Debate
Scientists say the story may not be quite that simple, and that massive volcanic eruptions over hundreds of thousands of years may have contributed to the dinosaurs' demise at the end of the Cretaceous period.
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Full Text Of Sushma Swaraj's Speech At 73rd UN General Assembly
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addressed the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York today. Ms Swaraj, who addressed the General Debate last year as well, reached New York last Saturday.
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At Climate Change Summit in Paris, It's Developing Nations Against Developed
Coal is a dirty word at the Paris summit and India has been put in the line of fire for using it for its power needs. The debate, many say, is skewed in favor of the narrative of developed nations who do not want to give up 'carbon space' to the developing nations.
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Nuclear Power as Panacea for Climate Change? Experts divided
As delegates at a Paris summit haggle over how to curb global warming, the role of nuclear energy in limiting climate-changing emissions is the subject of fierce debate between champions and critics of atomic power.
