Month: September 2019

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Distant Asteroid Calamity Shaped Life on Earth 466 Million Years Ago: Study

Will Dunham 19/09/2019

Dust spawned by a collision in the asteroid belt...

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Climate Change Poses Serious Threats to India’s Food Security

Siraj Hussain 19/09/2019

Planning for the long-term impacts of climate change on...

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‘We Are Striking to Disrupt the System’: In Conversation with Climate Activist Greta Thunberg

Amy Goodman 19/09/2019

The 16-year-old talks about climate change action and how...

Himalaya, food security, food insecurity, land degradation, land use change, rain-fed agriculture, Hindu Kush Himalaya, HKH region, Nepal, Bhutan, Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Assam, West Bengal, dryland, COP14, desertification, UNCCD, Food and Agriculture Organization, urbanisation, sustainable development goals,

Climate Change: People of Asia’s Mountains Face Severe Food Insecurity

Nivedita Khandekar 19/09/2019

In only five years since 2012, the rural mountain...

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Mining in Odisha Has Stripped Locals of Access to Clean Air, Water

Manish Kumar 19/09/2019

Rampant mining has led to the diversion of 10451.39...

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BJP-Led States, Others Opposed Modi Govt’s National Waterways Bill

Dheeraj Mishra 19/09/2019

The Centre has declared national waterways in several states...

Greta Thunberg, Covering Climate Now, climate strike, Aarey forest, climate geoengineering, carbon capture, Paris Agreement, Green New Deal, bio-energy, natural capital, Norway, Gabon, Amazon forest fire, eco-fascism, neo-nazis, UN climate summit, Meles Zenawi, fascism,

Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Asks US Congress for Action, Not Praise

Valerie Volcovici 18/09/2019

The Swedish teenage climate change activist joined other youth...