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Global emissions have not fallen but continued to rise since then, necessitating more drastic and immediate steps to curtail them (Photo: Mint)

Temperature rising by 1.5C likely in near term unless world acts now, UN says

4 min read . 20 Mar 2023

The power used by data centres today is approximately the same as what it was in 2010.

Data centres go energy efficient

2 min read . 06 Mar 2020

Photo: Getty Images

Climate models run red hot, nobody knows why

4 min read . 03 Feb 2020

The world has room left in the atmosphere for less than 20 years of emissions at current rates. Photo: HT

Scientists are sceptical political leaders can meet climate goals

4 min read . 16 Nov 2017

Photo: Hindustan Times (Hindustan Times)

Dirt, a climate bomb under your feet

5 min read . 07 Oct 2017

Hurricane Irma, a Category 4 storm expected to make landfall in Florida on Sunday morning, has an ACE of 58.09 so far, according to data from the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University. Photo: AP

Three hurricanes smash the Atlantic’s single-day power record

1 min read . 09 Sep 2017

Comparing the answers about sleep with respondents’ local temperatures, scientists not only found a link between temperature and sleep, but discovered that it was three times stronger in summer. Photo: iStock

Climate change is making it harder to sleep

4 min read . 27 May 2017

Haematite tubes from the NSB hydrothermal vent deposits in Quebec, Canada that represent the oldest microfossils and evidence for life on Earth. The remains are at least 3,770 million years old. Photo: Matthew Dodd/University College London/Reuters

Scientists discover evidence of oldest life on Earth

1 min read . 02 Mar 2017

The proximity of the Trappist-1 solar system, combined with the large size of its planets make it a good target for follow-up studies. They hope to scan the planets’ atmospheres for possible chemical fingerprints of life. Photo: AP

Seven earth-like planets discovered orbiting nearby star, may hold life

3 min read . 23 Feb 2017

Scientists identified degraded HIV in samples from preserved Hepatitis B tests in 1978 and 1979; they restored the viral genetic material with excruciating precision, enabling them to set the US outbreak within the larger context of the virus’s evolutionary history. Photo: Hindustan Times

AIDS was already here in 1971

3 min read . 27 Oct 2016

West Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea region is the fastest-melting spot on the continent. Photo: AFP

West Antarctica begins to destabilize with ‘intense unbalanced melting’

2 min read . 26 Oct 2016

The study is an estimate of how much we’re hit by light that originated outside our galaxy in stars active as long as billions of years ago. Photo: AP

No wonder you’re hot. You’re being blasted by a trillion suns

1 min read . 16 Aug 2016

As representatives of more than 150 nations gather on Friday at the UN’s headquarters to sign the agreement, it’s become clear to many scientists that even the required 2C goal is aspirational at best. Photo: Reuters (Reuters)

The half degree that will change Earth

2 min read . 22 Apr 2016

The good news is that there’s probably been a net increase in wine quality. The bad news: It’s not likely to last as warming continues. Photo: Bloomberg

Global warming is messing with wine

2 min read . 22 Mar 2016

Tax food, not just fuel, to save the planet

3 min read . 04 Feb 2016

The opening of the Arctic may be one of the most important events since the end of the ice age, some 12,000 years ago. Photo: Reuters

The world has discovered a $1 trillion ocean

4 min read . 23 Jan 2016

An extra ‘hot day’ leads to a 0.4% drop in birth rates nine months later, or fewer 1,165 deliveries across the US, say researchers. Photo: AP

Global warming blamed for low birth rate

2 min read . 03 Nov 2015

Dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks on Mars inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water are seen in an image produced by Nasa, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Arizona. Photo: Reuters

Scientists detect liquid water on Mars: Nasa

3 min read . 28 Sep 2015

Pluto (R) and its moon Charon are pictured from about 6 million kilometers in this Nasa handout photo from the New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI). Photo: Reuters

The search for Pluto turns 100 in spectacular fashion

2 min read . 14 Jul 2015

Despite aggressive investments in solar-powered electricity almost everywhere, erasing energy poverty also means more coal for developing countries, and India is the developing world’s most ardent defender of its use. Photo: Bloomberg

The grim promise of India’s coal-powered future

3 min read . 22 May 2015

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