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Thousands of glaciers to melt each year by midcentury, study finds

  Scientists say up to 4,000 glaciers could melt annually if global warming is not curbed. The melting Rhone Glacier…

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Your city looks clean, but the 2025 Global Air Pollution Report says otherwise

      Polluted air contributed to 7.9 million deaths worldwide, or about one in every eight deaths. Those numbers…

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Ladakh’s dying glaciers leave villages without electricity

    Hydropower is an important source of electricity in Zanskar. | Picture courtesy: Safeena Wani On the slope towards…

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The deep ocean is fixing carbon in ways no one expected

A new study reveals that unexpected microbes are quietly fixing carbon in the dark depths of the ocean.    …

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The Ocean Has Stopped Breathing in Panama: Scientists Warn of a Red Flag with Planetary Reach

An invisible ocean system off Panama just failed for the first time in decades—shutting down a natural engine that feeds…

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Forest soils release less nitrogen as moisture disappears

    For years, scientists assumed one thing about warming forests: heat up the soil, and microbes would speed up,…

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Islands of Fire and Ice Veiled in Cloud

  On February 2, 1775, during Captain James Cook’s second Pacific voyage, the explorer laid eyes on two rugged volcanic islands…

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Aravalli row: Why a 100-metre rule has triggered a mountain of concerns

  The SC's acceptance of a 100-metre hill rule has alarmed experts who fear it could exclude large parts of…

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Antarctica’s Southern Ocean might be gearing up for a thermal ‘burp’ that could last a century

  When humans manage to cut enough emissions and eventually reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could…

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COP30 stresses ‘adaptation’ as path to fossil fuel-free world

Countries have called for efforts to ‘at least triple’ adaptation finance by 2035 and have a systematic dialogue with participation…

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