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Drought and Starvation in East Africa
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Toll Of Climate Change: Droughts And Starvation In East Africa

Dr. Kankana DebnathAugust 22, 20220

Eastern African countries face severe drought and starvation. The ongoing civil war in Northern Ethiopia along with drought and starvation in East Africa are heavily contributing to food insecurity in Africa. The World Health Organization warned that over 50 million people in East Africa faces acute food insecurity. According to a study by the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization an estimated 7 million children are suffering from malnourishment. As per the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, hundreds of thousands are leaving their homes in search of food or livelihoods. The affected countries are Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda. This year accounts as the fourth season of failed rains in Kenya. It is one of the hard...

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Delhi Ranks World’s Most Polluted City Once Again, Kolkata Is Second

Aditi priya singhAugust 18, 20220

A study published by the Health Impact Institute (HEI) of the Global Air Initiative states that Delhi continues to rank the world's most polluted cities in terms of population-weighted average annual concentrations of PM2.5. Another city in the west of India, Kolkata, ranked second in the list of the most polluted cities in the world. Meanwhile, Mumbai is the 14th most polluted city in the world. According to the City Air Pollution and Health Report, the city of Kano in Nigeria is ranked third and Lima in Peru is fourth. Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Jakarta, Indonesia came in fifth and sixth respectively. In addition to India, the list of the 20 most polluted cities in the world includes three Chinese cities (Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu). Two cities in India have official ground air su...

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Europe Heatwave: Weather Wreaks Havoc, Fear For Thousands Of Lives

Aditi priya singhJuly 21, 20220

It's getting very hot in Europe right now. In France on Monday, the mercury column exceeded 42 degrees Celsius, setting a new temperature record. Scientists say that such a record was set in England. He warned that thousands of people could die from this unusual heat. It is more common in Spain and Portugal. Almost all scientists agree that this heat is the result of climate change. He said that climate change has now created a public health emergency. Hundreds of people died from lack of heat in Portugal and Spain. This number should continue to grow. Britain is Burning The temperature in London on Monday exceeded 36 degrees Celsius. The UK Met Office has since warned that temperatures in the UK will top 41 degrees this season. It will be a record. Previously, the highest temperatur

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Earth Turns To A Ball Of Fire: NASA Releases Latest Picture Showing Effects Of Heatwave

Aditi priya singhJuly 19, 20220

American space agency NASA has shared a picture taken from the satellite. In the picture, a large part of the earth is seen surrounded by red marks. This red colour is of the constantly warming area. The blue mark of cold seems to be decreasing gradually. At present, many cities in America and Europe are in the grip of severe heat. In the information given by NASA, it has been told that the picture is to make it clear that the emission of greenhouse gases has reached dangerous levels. Because of this, global warming and increasing temperature and many other ecological problems are being faced. America's space agency NASA has shared important information about the scorching heat in Asia, Europe, North Africa and West Asia. At this time, not only Europe, but parts of Africa and Ame...

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India Sets Example By Abolishing Single-Use Plastic; What It Entails?

Aditi priya singhJuly 18, 20220

With the prohibition on selected single-use plastic things from this month, India has set a worldwide example in the battle against plastic contamination. Single-use plastics are generally those items that are thrown away after being used just a single time and don't go through the recycling system. The heavy utilization of plastics all over the planet represents a great danger. Hence, governments and different worldwide administrative bodies are trying to stop it. Prohibition on manufacturing, import of single-use plastic things across the nation As per news organization ANI, a report on plastic waste administration by the Indian Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs uncovered that the per capita plastic use in India is 11 kg, while the worldwide typical per capita utilization of pl

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‘Soil Degradation Is Biggest Environmental Issue’: Spiritual Preacher Sadhguru

Aditi priya singhJune 16, 20220

Spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev, popularly known as Sadhguru, has emphasized the need to focus on the most important environmental issue, soil enrichment.Sadhguru is planning to travel 30,000 km from Europe to Central Asia, as part of the 100-day Save Soil campaign. Addressing the media at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium, Sadhguru explained that soil requires at least 3% organic matter but less than 1% in most countries. Sadhguru informed that UN agencies have set a minimum parameter of 3% organic content in the soil. The soil of no country has 3% organic content. Soils in Africa have only 0.3% organic content and in India, it is 0.68% while below 1% it is considered desertification. Sadhguru said that the quality of soil has deteriorated in 193 countries of the world. However,...

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Possible Danger For Asia: China Destroys Natural Resources Of Tibet

Aditi priya singhJune 16, 20220

Since the control of Tibet, China has been destroying its natural resources and assets. Tibet's natural boundaries and nature-bound system are currently being destroyed and manhandled by Beijing for its own advantage, not even taking into account China's residents there. According to Tibet Press, Tibet's new white paper named 'Tibet since 1951: Liberation, Development and Prosperity from Beijing' clearly shows that Beijing isn't worried at all over the level of destruction of Tibet's ongoing climate . Rather than recognizing the destruction of the climate in Tibet, it reveals a decent insight into the government making harmless criteria to the ecosystem and taking sustainable steps forward. According to the Tibet Press, the results of All of these things are evaporation of mel...

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World Environment Day 2022: Finland Showed A New Path To Save Earth, Says Expert

Aditi priya singhJune 15, 20220

Earth is currently dealing with serious issues like environmental change, debasement of biodiversity and inordinate exploitation of natural assets. Europe, America and Japan have confronted serious heat waves in the past couple of years. Because of this, the nations there have experienced a lot of monetary loss. Tropical cyclones in Africa and Asia have caused a great deal of death and property damage. The recurrence of dry seasons and droughts in East Africa is expanding. There has also been a surprising increase in rainfall in certain areas. In the year 2019 because of the debasement of biodiversity, More than 1000 species are confronting the danger of termination. As of now, the financial model of all significant nations depends on over- exploitation of natural resources . In ...

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This March Was The Hottest In 122 Years, Heatwave Badly Effected The Crop Production!

Aditi priya singhApril 25, 20220

Ever since the country's Meteorological Department began keeping records 122 years ago, India has recorded its warmest March this year, threatening life and food supplies. Already many countries are going through severe heatwaves and now India is also about to enter its hottest season. The average nationwide temperature in March was 33.1 °C (91.6 °F), the third warmest on record, surpassing the 32.7 °C recorded in March 2021. While March is typically a colder month in India, between April and May Before the hottest summer months in the U.S., climate scientists believe that India's spring season is shortening and transforming due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Sunil Das, a rickshaw puller in Noida, near Delhi, told Quartz, “It has become impossible to w...

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Europe Faces Extreme Heat Reaching 120 Degrees Fahrenheit; Climate Crisis Is Omnipresent

Sonia SolankiApril 23, 20220

It won't be wrong to say that the climate crisis is omnipresent as Europe records the highest temperature of 120 Fahrenheit (48.8C) in Sicily. Mr Carlo Buontempo, director of EU'S climate monitoring service said, "2021 was a year of extremes including the hottest summer in Europe, heatwaves in the Mediterranean, flooding and wind droughts in western Europe." He also added, "The understanding of weather and climate extremes is becoming increasingly relevant for key factors of society." EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Report Details The report reveals that the average temperature in Europe has increased by more than 2 degrees in the past year. In its fifth annual report of C3S, it shows that Sicily, Italy recorded the highest ever temperature in Europe at 48.8C (120F). ...

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Time To Limit Global Warming Is Running Out: IPCC Report

Sonia SolankiApril 13, 20220

The latest IPCC report says "The negative effects of climate change are worsening much faster than scientists predicted less than a decade ago and the time to limit global warming is running out". The report is titled 'Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change'. This is the third instalment of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report. What Is IPCC And Its Aim IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It is a United Nations-governed body that assesses climate change in a scientific manner.  It was created by the MWO (World Meteorological Organisation) and UNEP ( United Nations Environment Programme) in the year 1988. The main aim of the IPCC is to provide governments with scientific information, at different levels, that helps in making the climate policies of th...

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“IPCC Report 2022 Causes Worry For Environment-Mark The Higlights….”

Pooja YadavMarch 4, 20220

Even if greenhouse emissions are decreased, several disasters caused by temperature change are likely to happen within the next twenty years, in line with a report compiled by the Intergovernmental Panel on global climate change (IPCC). Overview: India is severely impacted if emissions aren't reduced, consistent with the second installment of the IPCC report. India will face effects because of food and water scarcity, heat reaching human survival limits, significant economic devastation, and rising sea levels if the emissions don't seem to be stopped. The IPCC report also notified that over 3.5 billion people, or 45 percent of the worldwide population, board climate-vulnerable areas. The report also stated that the power to adapt by humans and natural ecosystems was being te...

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