climatechange
By Hera Rizwan As one environmental disaster after another hammers the planet and wreaks chaos, the impact of climate change has never been felt in such intense volume before, as in the 21st century. Today, global warming, rising sea levels, droughts, and extreme temperatures have increased the frequency and severity of natural disasters, exacerbating the sufferings of millions of people. According to a UN report, people who are already most vulnerable and marginalised experience the disproportionate impact of climate change. The report also noted that the impact of climate change on gender is...
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By Hera Rizwan Misinformation and disinformation around climate change, propagated by fringe websites, found a voice in the mainstream after being amplified by prominent Twitter accounts including those verified with a ‘blue tick’, a study by the Institute of Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has found. ISD is a think tank, headquartered in London, which specialises in research and policy advice on hate, extremism, and disinformation. For the purpose of this research, the reach of 32 fringe climate-denying and climate-sceptic websites was traced around COP27. These websites were from the United States ...
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By Hera Rizwan The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a warning, on February 20, that the maximum temperatures in that week would be 3-5° C higher than the long-term average. The warning was issued for northwest, west, and central India. The national capital recorded its second hottest February day (31.5° C) in the last five years, according to The Skymet Weather report. This is a shift from the normal weather trend as the "month of February starts with a normal of 23-degree celsius and closes with 25-26 degree celsius", the report said. Speaking to BOOM, AVM Sharma, president (Meteo...
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By The Conversation Our dependence on fossil fuels is one of the biggest challenges to overcome in the fight against climate change. But production and consumption of fossil fuels is on the rise, and expected to peak within the next decade. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak to two researchers who examine the political challenges of transitioning to a world after oil, and what it means for those states who rely on oil for resources. Oil is not only used as a fuel, but is integral to everyday life through its applications in plastics, manufacturing processes, fabrics, paints a...
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By Hera Rizwan Nine Indian states, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Punjab, are among the top 50 regions in the world at risk due to climate change hazards, according to the recent 'Gross Domestic Climate Risk' report released on Monday. The report is published by Cross Dependency Initiative (XDI) and ranks over 2,600 jurisdictions around the world, identifying which of these jurisdictions "see the greatest escalation of modelled damage from 1990 to 2050". The data compared these regions based on projections of the damage that extreme weather and climate change such as flooding...
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By The Conversation Ellie Broadman, University of Arizona and Darrell Kaufman, Northern Arizona University Over the past century, the Earth’s average temperature has swiftly increased by about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The evidence is hard to dispute. It comes from thermometers and other sensors around the world. But what about the thousands of years before the Industrial Revolution, before thermometers, and before humans warmed the climate by releasing heat-trapping carbon dioxide from fossil fuels? Back then, was Earth’s temperature warming or cooling? Even though scientists...
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By The Conversation Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland New Zealand, where agriculture is one of the largest contributors to climate change, is proposing a tax on cow burps. The reason seems simple enough: Cows release methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and New Zealand has a goal of reaching net-zero emissions by midcentury. Right now, the country’s effects on climate change come roughly equally from carbon dioxide and methane. Worldwide, 150 governments have committed to cut methane emissions, both from agriculture and by cracking down on the largest source – fugitive leaks from natural ga...
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By The Conversation Noah Kaufman , Columbia University ; Chris Bataille , Columbia University ; Gautam Jain , Columbia University , and Sagatom Saha , Columbia University Rising trade tensions between the U.S. and the European Union, two of the most important global leaders when it comes to climate policy, could undermine key climate initiatives of both governments and make it harder for the world to put the brakes on climate change. The two have clashed over the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act’s requirements that products be made in America to receive certain U.S. subsidies. The EU recently anno...
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By Archis Chowdhury Social media is rife with videos showing Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg being held by German police as photographers come and take pictures, with the claim that it shows her recent detention by the German police being staged as a publicity stunt. BOOM found this claim to be false; the German police denied these claims andtold Reuters that Thunberg was detained, and not arrested, and was eventually released after an identity check. A spokesperson for the interior ministry of the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where Thunberg was detained, told the BBC that ...
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By The Conversation Luciano Rodrigues Viana, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC); Charles Marty, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC); Jean-François Boucher, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), and Pierre-Luc Dessureault, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) Global coffee consumption has been increasing steadily for almost 30 years. With a daily average consumption of 2.7 cups of coffee per person, coffee is now Canada's most popular drink. It is estimated that around two billion cups of coffee are consumed daily worldwide. This demand has led to considerable diversification...
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