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New Farm Fertilizer Could Remove CO2 from Air, Improve Soil Quality
Researchers have identified a method to accelerate carbon mineralisation using calcium silicates in farm fertilizers. The process could sequester billions of tons of CO2 while benefiting soil health. Unlike traditional magnesium silicates, calcium silicates react faster with CO2, making the approach more efficient. Scientists are exploring ways to ...
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How Human Activity Fuels Pandemics: Climate Change and Biodiversity at the Core
Human-driven disruptions to ecosystems are linked to the rising frequency of pandemics. Climate change and biodiversity loss affect pathogen spread, increasing human exposure. Experts highlight the need to address root causes, including wildlife-human interactions, to prevent future outbreaks. The planetary health approach, focusing on ecological p...
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What To Know About Eco-Anxiety
Understanding eco-anxiety, its effects, and ways to address it is crucial for managing mental health while promoting positive environmental action.
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More Than 80% Of Indians Exposed To Climate-Related Health Risks: Ex-WHO Chief Scientist
Almost everyone in India is now vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, former chief scientist of the World Health Organisation Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said.
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Understanding The Impact Of Climate Change On Children, Pregnant Women, And Elderly
This article delves into the specific health challenges they encounter and underscores the urgency of implementing targeted climate adaptation strategies.
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Cities Worst Hit By Heatwaves, Say Experts, Warn Of Hotter Days
Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.
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Indian Children At Extremely High Risk Of Climate Crisis Impacts: UNICEF
India is among four South Asian countries where children are most at risk of the impacts of climate change threatening their health, education, and protection, according to a new UNICEF report.
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Summers In Northern Hemisphere May Last Half The Year By 2100: Study
Summers in the Northern Hemisphere may last for six months by 2100 without efforts to mitigate climate change, which could have far-reaching impacts on agriculture, human health and the environment, says a study.
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Children In India Face Higher Health Burden Of Climate Change: Lancet Report
As temperatures rise in a changing climate scenario, children born in India will be particularly vulnerable to a greater health burden of malnutrition, air pollution and deadly heat waves, according to a major new report published in The Lancet journal.
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Climate Change Study Warns Of Health Risks, Deaths Due To Global Warming
Climate change is making more people around the world vulnerable to heat exposure, putting them at greater risk of heart and kidney disease, heat stress, and other heat-related killers, scientists warned on Wednesday.
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In "Mann Ki Baat", PM Modi Talks Of Climate Change, Urges People To Shun Plastic
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged the people to shun low-grade plastic and polythene, saying it was creating a negative impact on the environment, wildlife and the health of the people.
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Air Pollution Can Kill: Increased Deaths In Near Future Predicted
Change in climate leads to increased amounts of ground - level ozone and fine particle that further impacts human health. Although fine particles and ground level ozone occur naturally, human beings have increased them considerably.These fine particles will remain in the air for a long time when there is less rain. When it does not rain the harmful...
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Nations With Least Emissions Most Vulnerable To Climate Change
Countries that emit the least amounts of greenhouse gases are ironically the most vulnerable to climate change effects such as increased frequency of natural disasters, changing habitats and human health impacts, a new study has found.
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Climate Change May Lead To Spread Of Malaria, Crop Loss: Government
A study to assess the impacts of climate change has projected the spread of malaria to newer areas, government today said.
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The Many Health Impacts of Climate Change
By 2030, the direct damage costs to health will be a whopping two to four billion US dollars.
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New Farm Fertilizer Could Remove CO2 from Air, Improve Soil Quality
Researchers have identified a method to accelerate carbon mineralisation using calcium silicates in farm fertilizers. The process could sequester billions of tons of CO2 while benefiting soil health. Unlike traditional magnesium silicates, calcium silicates react faster with CO2, making the approach more efficient. Scientists are exploring ways to ...
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How Human Activity Fuels Pandemics: Climate Change and Biodiversity at the Core
Human-driven disruptions to ecosystems are linked to the rising frequency of pandemics. Climate change and biodiversity loss affect pathogen spread, increasing human exposure. Experts highlight the need to address root causes, including wildlife-human interactions, to prevent future outbreaks. The planetary health approach, focusing on ecological p...
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What To Know About Eco-Anxiety
Understanding eco-anxiety, its effects, and ways to address it is crucial for managing mental health while promoting positive environmental action.
-
More Than 80% Of Indians Exposed To Climate-Related Health Risks: Ex-WHO Chief Scientist
Almost everyone in India is now vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, former chief scientist of the World Health Organisation Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said.
-
Understanding The Impact Of Climate Change On Children, Pregnant Women, And Elderly
This article delves into the specific health challenges they encounter and underscores the urgency of implementing targeted climate adaptation strategies.
-
Cities Worst Hit By Heatwaves, Say Experts, Warn Of Hotter Days
Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warning that the heat is fast becoming a public health crisis.
-
Indian Children At Extremely High Risk Of Climate Crisis Impacts: UNICEF
India is among four South Asian countries where children are most at risk of the impacts of climate change threatening their health, education, and protection, according to a new UNICEF report.
-
Summers In Northern Hemisphere May Last Half The Year By 2100: Study
Summers in the Northern Hemisphere may last for six months by 2100 without efforts to mitigate climate change, which could have far-reaching impacts on agriculture, human health and the environment, says a study.
-
Children In India Face Higher Health Burden Of Climate Change: Lancet Report
As temperatures rise in a changing climate scenario, children born in India will be particularly vulnerable to a greater health burden of malnutrition, air pollution and deadly heat waves, according to a major new report published in The Lancet journal.
-
Climate Change Study Warns Of Health Risks, Deaths Due To Global Warming
Climate change is making more people around the world vulnerable to heat exposure, putting them at greater risk of heart and kidney disease, heat stress, and other heat-related killers, scientists warned on Wednesday.
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In "Mann Ki Baat", PM Modi Talks Of Climate Change, Urges People To Shun Plastic
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged the people to shun low-grade plastic and polythene, saying it was creating a negative impact on the environment, wildlife and the health of the people.
-
Air Pollution Can Kill: Increased Deaths In Near Future Predicted
Change in climate leads to increased amounts of ground - level ozone and fine particle that further impacts human health. Although fine particles and ground level ozone occur naturally, human beings have increased them considerably.These fine particles will remain in the air for a long time when there is less rain. When it does not rain the harmful...
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Nations With Least Emissions Most Vulnerable To Climate Change
Countries that emit the least amounts of greenhouse gases are ironically the most vulnerable to climate change effects such as increased frequency of natural disasters, changing habitats and human health impacts, a new study has found.
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Climate Change May Lead To Spread Of Malaria, Crop Loss: Government
A study to assess the impacts of climate change has projected the spread of malaria to newer areas, government today said.
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The Many Health Impacts of Climate Change
By 2030, the direct damage costs to health will be a whopping two to four billion US dollars.
