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India to Deploy Global Calculator to Study Climate Impact |
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 Nearly 20 nations, including India, will deploy a global calculator, similar to those launched in London and Beijing, to calculate climate impact scenarios in their territories.
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Government Charts Plan to Manage Green Spaces in Smart Cities |
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 The environment ministry has drawn up a "comprehensive plan" for the management of urban green spaces in the 100 smart cities that Prime Minister wants to create in India.
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Government Launches Mobile App to Check your City's Air Quality |
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 Citizens of Delhi, the city with the world's most toxic air, and Pune can now check for air quality in real time and get forecasts for the next day through a mobile app, SAFAR-Air, launched by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
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Andhra Pradesh: Panel to Protect Forests and Wildlife Formed |
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 The state government has constituted a state-level committee for protection of forests and wildlife headed by the chief secretary.
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Water Scarcity Hits Rabi Crop in Godavari Delta Region |
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 Water shortage is looming over the Godavari delta, thanks to dwindling inflows into the Godavari. The shortage has forced farmers to extend paddy transplantation.
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Millions at Risk from Rapid Sea Rise in Swampy Sundarbans |
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 Seas are rising more than twice as fast as the global average, in the Sundarbans—a low-lying delta region of about 200 islands in the Bay of Bengal where some 13 million impoverished Indians and Bangladeshis reside.
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Karachi Could Submerge by 2060 Due to Global Warming |
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 Pakistan's largest city and financial capital, Karachi, could submerge into the sea by 2060 due to global warming, a top oceanographer has warned lawmakers amid reports of escalating threat of sea intrusion along the coasts of Balochistan and Sindh provinces.
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California Turns to the Ocean for Drinking Water |
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 California's four-year drought is putting a new spotlight on a plentiful but costly water alternative: ocean water, minus the salt.
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Madagascar's New Shark Sanctuary Protects 19 Shark Species |
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 The New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society has assisted the Government of Madagascar to create the country's first marine sanctuary for sharks as part of a new law to safeguard the country's marine resources and the communities that rely on them.
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Arctic Melting Opens Sea Route to More Pollution |
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 As Arctic sea ice continues to melt at an alarming rate, maritime traffic is set to increase, and with it the pollution emitted by ships’ engines.
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Plastic Waste Heading for Oceans Quantified |
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 About eight million tonnes of plastic waste find their way into the world's oceans each year, say scientists.
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West Africa Turns into Dumping Ground for E-Waste |
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 About eight million tonnes of plastic waste find their way into the world's oceans each year, say scientists.
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