NewsRack: 'Climate' news in 'iihs_feeds_v3' topic for user servelots

Human influence responsible for the extinction of one million species	24.4.2019
Washington: Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by AFP that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which its very survival depends. The accelerating loss of clean air, drinkable water, CO2-absorbing forests, pollinating insects, protein-rich fish and storm-blocking mangroves – to name but a few of the dwindling services rendered by Nature, poses no less of a threat than climate change, says the report, set to be unveiled May 6. Indeed, biodiversity loss and global warming are closely linked, according to the 44-page Summary for Policy Makers, which distills a 1,800-page UN assessment of scientific literature on the state of Nature. Delegates from 130 nations meeting in Paris from April 29 will vet the executive summary line-by-line. Wording may change, but figures lifted from the underlying report cannot be altered. "We need to recognise that climate change and loss of Nature are ...
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Seychelles President’s underwater speech	15.4.2019	World News – The Navhind Times
Desroches Island (Seychelles): In a striking speech delivered from deep below the ocean’s surface, the Seychelles president on Sunday made a global plea for stronger protection of the “beating blue heart of our planet.” President Danny Faure’s call for action, the first-ever live speech from an underwater submersible, came from one of the many island ...
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Flood kills 8 in Pak, six children missing	14.4.2019	The Shillong Times
Peshawar: At least eight persons, including two children, were killed in a flash flood in northwest Pakistan, officials said. The incident happened when a vehicle carrying them was heading to a wedding party and it drowned in Wana tehsil of South Waziristan District bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, according to district administration officials. Six children remain […]
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Glaciers shrinking at alarming rates due to global warming	9.4.2019	The Asian Age \| Home
The world's glaciers are shrinking five times faster now than they were in the 1960s.
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‘Bleaching hits world’s southernmost coral reef’	4.4.2019	The Shillong Times
Sydney: The world’s southernmost coral reef has been hit by bleaching this summer, Australian scientists said Wednesday, as they warned rising sea temperatures from climate change were affecting even the most isolated ecosystems. The corals off Lord Howe Island — some 600 kilometres (370 miles) offshore from Sydney — were affected by elevated temperatures this […]
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Pamohi school switches over entirely to solar energy	2.4.2019	The Assam Tribune
Pamohi school switches over entirely to solar energy
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Our role will be to find new business models that can make water much more accessible: Grundfos CEO	31.3.2019	Hindu: Industry
Replacing millions of submersible diesel pumps with sustainable solutions, an ambition for Grundfos
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A vote for climate change solutions	29.3.2019	Hindu: Policy & Issues
Rehabilitation of victims and reconstruction of flood-hit areas are top on people’s agenda
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What we need is a commons manifesto	27.3.2019	Hindu: Op-Ed
How India handles land use change will decide whether it can improve lives without warming the world
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Vice President warns against further degradation of oceans	25.3.2019	The Navhind Times
NT NETWORK PANAJI Pointing out that oceans hold 97 per cent of the planet’s water, while two per cent is found in glaciers and ice caps and only one per cent comprises earth’s fresh water, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said that they are vital for the wealth and well-being of present as well ...
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Conserving water	25.3.2019	Delhi Age
Renowned environmentalist Rajendra Singh reveals a whole different side to environment sustainability and water conservation.
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Manipur launches project to check Nambul river pollution	10.3.2019	The Assam Tribune
Manipur launches project to check Nambul river pollution
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Water will be more precious than gold	5.3.2019	Central Chronicle » Bhopal
Workshop on Water Conservation and Climate Change Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal, Two-day national level workshop on Water Conservation and Climate Change was organized. While inaugurating the workshop, Professor Kant Singh, the chief guest of this workshop said we should plant trees more and more because trees are the biggest source of oxygen. In the process of photosynthesis, […]
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New energy source discovered off Andhra coast	28.2.2019	The Navhind Times
K S JAYARAMAN \| IANS BENGALURU Researchers have discovered “methane hydrates” – a potential fuel of the future – just two metres below the seafloor in the Krishna-Godavari basin off the coast of Andhra Pradesh in the Bay of Bengal. The discovery has been reported by a team of scientists from the National Institute ...
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Erosion, siltation posing threat to Kaziranga National Park	25.2.2019	The Assam Tribune
Erosion, siltation posing threat to Kaziranga National Park
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Ripples of history	24.2.2019	Age On Sunday
Popular writer and historian Sunil Amrith's latest book unruly waters... traces the history of South Asia through its climate.
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Frequent high-tide flooding can affect coastal communities’ economy	19.2.2019	The Shillong Times
People living in coastal areas are highly affected by economic losses caused by frequent flooding and the impact worsens when the sea level rises, making them more frequent, says a new study. Researchers from Stanford University in the US analysed the economic impact of frequent high-tide flooding in Annapolis, a coastal city in the US, […]
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Minus corrective measures, global warming may hit economy	18.2.2019	The Assam Tribune
Minus corrective measures, global warming may hit economy
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Himalayan glaciers in grave danger	6.2.2019	Life \| The Asian Age
A third of Himalayan glaciers can no longer be saved: Study.
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Climate change will melt vast parts of Himalayas: Study	5.2.2019	The Assam Tribune
Climate change will melt vast parts of Himalayas: Study
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