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Rise In Nighttime Warming Impacting Sleep Quality, Health In India: Report
With Mumbai seeing the highest changes in the nighttime temperatures, India continues to suffer a severe heatwave, a new analysis on Friday showed climate change added nearly 50 to 80 nights each year
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What Is The Urban Heat Island Effect That's Making Metro Cities Hotter?
With the arrival of May, mercury is soaring in India's metropolitan cities. While the national capital, Delhi, recorded 33 degree Celsius followed by Mumbai at 34 degrees Celsius, both Chennai and Bengaluru stood at 37 degree Celsius each.
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India's Cities Won't Be Able To Cope With Urban Population Boom: Report
India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still.
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Delhi, Mumbai May Become 5 Degrees Warmer By 2080-99: Greenpeace Report
Delhi and Mumbai's mean annual temperature will be five degrees Celsius higher in the 2080-99 period as compared to the 1995-2014 period if global CO2 emissions double by 2050, according to Greenpeace India's new heatwave projections.
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Stark Images Show What Climate Change Could Mean For Mumbai
Climate Central has released a set of stark, interactive images that show what will happen to some of the most iconic landmarks across the world if the climate change crisis is not tackled.
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80% Of Mumbai's Nariman Point, Cuffe Parade Will Be Submerged By 2050: Civic Body Head
Mumbai municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said today that by 2050, a major portion of south Mumbai, including the business district of Nariman Point and state secretariat Mantralaya, will go under water due to the rising sea level.
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Aaditya Thackeray Launches Mumbai's First Climate Action Plan
Mumbai, which has been battling freak weather conditions and erratic rains over the last few years, launched an ambitious plan to tackle the impact of climate change today.
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Climate Change Is A Real Thing, Action Plan Needed: Aaditya Thackeray
As Mumbai once again gets flooded due to heavy rains, Maharashtra environment minister Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday said climate change has become a real thing and stressed on undertaking mitigation measures as part of a larger action plan to deal with the phenomenon.
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Mumbai's Colaba Sees Heaviest Single-Day Rain In August In 46 Years
South Mumbai's Colaba area, which includes iconic landmarks such as the Gateway of India, reported its heaviest single-day rainfall in August in 46 years on Wednesday, when rains and cyclonic winds reaching speeds of up to 107kmph hit the city and its neighbouring areas, disrupting suburban train and bus services and throwing normal life out of gea...
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Mumbai Slum-Dwellers By The Sea Live At The Mercy Of Climate Change
Already at risk from rains, flooding and open sewers, slum-dwellers who live by the ocean in the Indian financial capital Mumbai are vulnerable to rising seas caused by global warming and say the government should help them move to safer locations.
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Just 20-Centimetre Rise In Sea Level May Double Mumbai Flood Frequency
Huge swathes of Mumbai's beaches have already been lost to rising seas. Now shanty dwellers fear for their homes and critics say the country's largest metropolis - like other world mega-cities - is not doing enough to hold back the waves.
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Caught In Jam, Babul Supriyo Took Mumbai Auto. Then Left A Twitter Review
Caught in a massive jam on the way to the Mumbai airport, Union Minister Babul Supriyo's hopped on to an auto-rickshaw. The Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change managed to reach the airport on time and was so impressed with the auto ride that he posted a five-star review on Twitter.
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Mumbai Temperature Crosses 40 Degrees, "Climate Change" Says Sena Leader
The people of Mumbai on Monday literally felt the heat, and it wasn't due to the April-May elections. The temperature rose to 40.3 degrees, triggering apprehensions of a hot summer in the city, which is known for its moderate climate.
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Delhi's Average Temperature Spiked By 1 Degree In Over A Century: Report
The average temperature in the national capital increased by one degree Celsius, by 0.7 degree in Mumbai, 0.6 degree in Chennai and 1.2 degrees in Kolkata in over a century-and-a-half.
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"Blue Squad" Takes On Plastic Ban Violators In Mumbai
Wearing matching blue Nehru jackets, the dozen inspectors fan out across Mumbai's hectic Crawford Market, each scouring for violators of an ambitious plastic ban.
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Rise In Nighttime Warming Impacting Sleep Quality, Health In India: Report
With Mumbai seeing the highest changes in the nighttime temperatures, India continues to suffer a severe heatwave, a new analysis on Friday showed climate change added nearly 50 to 80 nights each year
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What Is The Urban Heat Island Effect That's Making Metro Cities Hotter?
With the arrival of May, mercury is soaring in India's metropolitan cities. While the national capital, Delhi, recorded 33 degree Celsius followed by Mumbai at 34 degrees Celsius, both Chennai and Bengaluru stood at 37 degree Celsius each.
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India's Cities Won't Be Able To Cope With Urban Population Boom: Report
India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still.
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Delhi, Mumbai May Become 5 Degrees Warmer By 2080-99: Greenpeace Report
Delhi and Mumbai's mean annual temperature will be five degrees Celsius higher in the 2080-99 period as compared to the 1995-2014 period if global CO2 emissions double by 2050, according to Greenpeace India's new heatwave projections.
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Stark Images Show What Climate Change Could Mean For Mumbai
Climate Central has released a set of stark, interactive images that show what will happen to some of the most iconic landmarks across the world if the climate change crisis is not tackled.
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80% Of Mumbai's Nariman Point, Cuffe Parade Will Be Submerged By 2050: Civic Body Head
Mumbai municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said today that by 2050, a major portion of south Mumbai, including the business district of Nariman Point and state secretariat Mantralaya, will go under water due to the rising sea level.
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Aaditya Thackeray Launches Mumbai's First Climate Action Plan
Mumbai, which has been battling freak weather conditions and erratic rains over the last few years, launched an ambitious plan to tackle the impact of climate change today.
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Climate Change Is A Real Thing, Action Plan Needed: Aaditya Thackeray
As Mumbai once again gets flooded due to heavy rains, Maharashtra environment minister Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday said climate change has become a real thing and stressed on undertaking mitigation measures as part of a larger action plan to deal with the phenomenon.
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Mumbai's Colaba Sees Heaviest Single-Day Rain In August In 46 Years
South Mumbai's Colaba area, which includes iconic landmarks such as the Gateway of India, reported its heaviest single-day rainfall in August in 46 years on Wednesday, when rains and cyclonic winds reaching speeds of up to 107kmph hit the city and its neighbouring areas, disrupting suburban train and bus services and throwing normal life out of gea...
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Mumbai Slum-Dwellers By The Sea Live At The Mercy Of Climate Change
Already at risk from rains, flooding and open sewers, slum-dwellers who live by the ocean in the Indian financial capital Mumbai are vulnerable to rising seas caused by global warming and say the government should help them move to safer locations.
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Just 20-Centimetre Rise In Sea Level May Double Mumbai Flood Frequency
Huge swathes of Mumbai's beaches have already been lost to rising seas. Now shanty dwellers fear for their homes and critics say the country's largest metropolis - like other world mega-cities - is not doing enough to hold back the waves.
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Caught In Jam, Babul Supriyo Took Mumbai Auto. Then Left A Twitter Review
Caught in a massive jam on the way to the Mumbai airport, Union Minister Babul Supriyo's hopped on to an auto-rickshaw. The Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change managed to reach the airport on time and was so impressed with the auto ride that he posted a five-star review on Twitter.
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Mumbai Temperature Crosses 40 Degrees, "Climate Change" Says Sena Leader
The people of Mumbai on Monday literally felt the heat, and it wasn't due to the April-May elections. The temperature rose to 40.3 degrees, triggering apprehensions of a hot summer in the city, which is known for its moderate climate.
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Delhi's Average Temperature Spiked By 1 Degree In Over A Century: Report
The average temperature in the national capital increased by one degree Celsius, by 0.7 degree in Mumbai, 0.6 degree in Chennai and 1.2 degrees in Kolkata in over a century-and-a-half.
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"Blue Squad" Takes On Plastic Ban Violators In Mumbai
Wearing matching blue Nehru jackets, the dozen inspectors fan out across Mumbai's hectic Crawford Market, each scouring for violators of an ambitious plastic ban.
