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WATCH: A NASA animation shows gigantic plumes of carbon dioxide emissions swirling over India

It’s one thing to read about climate change and carbon emissions in an article, and quite another t…

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Planting trees and bushes along highways can significantly cut local motor pollution levels, study finds

It is common to see plants at Indian traffic medians wilting away for lack of care, or even destroy…

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India among top 3 countries in forest area gains between 2010-2020: FAO report

India gained 2,66,000 hectares of forest area annually from 2010 to 2020, securing the third spot a…

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The carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5°C might be exhausted in just six years, shocking study finds

To have a 50% chance of constraining warming to 1.5°C, the world is left with less than 250 gigaton…

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Widespread adoption of electric vehicles is already making some neighbourhoods cleaner, study finds

Studies have shown that electric vehicle sales in India have risen more than sixfold since pre-pand…

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The Earth's mangroves could end up emitting 500 times more carbon by the end of the century, study warns

Despite covering a mere 0.1% of Earth's surface, mangrove forests play a critical role in regulatin…

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World's largest forest ecosystem turns net-emitter from carbon sink due to extreme wildfires

The vast boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere stretch from Scandinavia through Siberia, Alaska…

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City farms emit six times more greenhouse gases compared to typical agricultural fields: study

Urban farming is tricky. While futuristic hydroponic systems with multi-level vertical farms might …

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An 'ice-free' summer awaits the Arctic within ten years, study finds!

Although Arctic ice has been steadily diminishing over the past fifty years, the most dramatic decl…

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Did we overestimate the benefits of planting trees to fight climate change? A new study says yes

While planting trees certainly helps, there are a ton of usually uncounted things that prevent it f…

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Garden city to concrete jungle: Bengaluru city has just 7% green cover left, reveals IISc study

Bengaluru's urbanised area has expanded by a staggering 1055% since 1973, from a mere 8% to 93.3% i…

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Climate activists covered private jets in orange paint in a Taylor Swift-inspired stunt, but didn't get her plane

A video showed two activists breaking into a private airfield at London's Stansted Airport where th…

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PM Modi urges states to focus on green growth and green jobs to achieve net zero-target by 2070

Modi supplemented his statement by mentioning that it will significantly strengthen the solid waste…

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Gardeners are fuming about a study that found produce from urban farms has a high carbon footprint

Researchers are facing backlash over a study that found produce grown on urban farms has a higher c…

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Could 'carbon passports' that limit how much we travel be in our future?

The concept would give travelers a limited carbon footprint for transportation each year. In realit…

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India lost more than a million hectares of forest cover in 17 years — that’s more than four times the size of Goa

According to a recent study pushed out by a global research firm World Resource Institute (WRI) …

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Regenerative farming, cover crops will help farmers increase yields, reduce stubble burning: IDH CEO

Regenerative farming, growing cover crops to prevent soil erosion and reinstilling nutrient content…

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Earth lost forests the size of a football field every five seconds in 2022, 10% more than the previous year

Recent analysis of satellite data revealed that Earth lost more than 41,000 square kilometres of ra…

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Taylor Swift's Jets game attendance buried unflattering search results about her emissions, replaced with stories about Travis Kelce

Searching "Taylor Swift jet" brings up results about the football game she watched Travis Kelce pla…

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Meet the ex-Tesla staffer cycling across the world to encourage people to embrace low-carbon slow travel

Benjamin Parent plans to set off on a three-year cycling trip around the world starting in France i…

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