Climate Change

International Yoga Day: These Yoga Poses Can Help Treat Diabetes

Health | DoctorNDTV | Thursday June 20, 2019

International Yoga Day: Yogis around the world seem to have solutions to all problems known to mankind. From the common cold to climate change, what can't yoga solve? How about diabetes? Below we talk about a few yoga poses that can help in treating diabetes.

Trump UN Envoy Pick Kelly Craft Says Climate Change A Threat To Planet

World News | Reuters | Thursday June 20, 2019

US President Donald Trump's pick to be United Nations ambassador acknowledged on Wednesday that climate change is a threat and pledged to recuse herself from any UN talks on the issue involving coal because her husband is a coal billionaire.

International Yoga Day 2019: Here's Why Yoga Day Focuses On Climate Change

Health | DoctorNDTV | Wednesday June 19, 2019

International Yoga Day's theme this year is climate action, and we couldn't be more excited. Read more to find out yoga's role in fighting climate change.

Scientists Amazed As Canadian Permafrost Thaws 70 Years Early

Science | Reuters | Wednesday June 19, 2019

Permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, an expedition has discovered, in the latest sign that the global climate crisis is accelerating even faster than scientists had feared.

Nvidia to Work With ARM Chips, Deepening Push Into Supercomputers

Reuters | Monday June 17, 2019

Nvidia has said it will make its chips work with processors from ARM Holdings to build supercomputers, deepening Nvidia's push into systems that are used for modelling both climate change predictions and nuclear weapons.

NASA Pressured by Trump Official on Climate Change Stance, Emails Show

Associated Press | Saturday June 15, 2019

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine came around to the prevailing view of scientists before he took over, and that evolution did not sit well with a Trump environmental adviser.

Britain To Become First G7 Country With Net Zero Emissions Target

World News | Reuters | Wednesday June 12, 2019

Britain has announced it will enshrine a new commitment to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 into law, marking a first among G7 nations facing increasingly severe impacts from the climate crisis.

Delhi, San Francisco Set Heat Records. Such Spells May Be The New Norm

India News | Jason Samenow, The Washington Post | Wednesday June 12, 2019

Simultaneous heat waves scorched land areas all over the Northern Hemisphere last summer, killing hundreds and hospitalizing thousands while intensifying destructive and deadly wildfires.

India, China, Russia Have No Sense Of Pollution: Donald Trump

World News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Thursday June 6, 2019

US President Donald Trump has yet again attacked other big economies over climate change, claiming countries like India, China and Russia don't have "good" air or water and they don't fulfil their responsibilities towards the environment.

Production Of World's Top 10 Food Crops Including Wheat, Rice Affected By Climate Change: Study

NDTV Food Desk | Monday June 3, 2019

A new study has said that climate change has already affected the production of the world's top 10 crops in certain regions.

IIT Delhi To Study Heat Stress Tolerance Thresholds

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Wednesday May 29, 2019

The partner institutes in this project include IIT Kanpur, IISER Bhopal, RKMVU Kolkata, SRU Chennai, IIPH Gandhinagar.

Amazon Shareholders Reject Facial Recognition, Climate Change Proposals

Associated Press | Thursday May 23, 2019

Amazon said Wednesday that shareholders at an annual meeting in Seattle voted against proposals related to two major social issues: climate change and facial recognition technology.

Sea Levels Likely To Witness 2-Metre Rise By 2100, Says Study

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 21, 2019

Global sea levels could rise by two metres and displace tens of millions of people by the end of the century, according to new projections that double the UN's benchmark estimates.

Elon Musk Has Downsized His Dreams to End Climate Change

Austin Carr, Bloomberg | Tuesday May 21, 2019

Musk to vowed introduce more "hardcore" cost-cutting measures to save the company from running out of cash in 10 months.

4,000 People Fear This Is Their Last Election Before Their Island Sinks

India News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 19, 2019

Residents on Ghoramara fear that the votes they cast on Sunday in the national election may be the last before their island sinks into the Bay of Bengal -- a victim of climate change's growing toll.