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Nuclear power plant in Japan moves radioactive water to facilitate damage control for Typhoon Francisco.

Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant is bracing itself for Typhoon Francisco, set to hit the country this weekend, by quickly securing new storage space for contaminate...

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Climate change, rapid urbanization, and subsiding land are putting the world’s coastal cities at increasing risk of dangerous flooding.

Climate change, rapid urbanization, and subsiding land are putting the world’s coastal cities at increasing risk of dangerous and costly flooding, a new study calculatin...

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Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine

Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy team are drilling into ten-thousand-year-old ice to extract vital data on o...

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A drop in carbon dioxide pollution by 3.8% in the US

Warm winters, more efficient cars, less coal use combine for big drop in US carbon pollution. Read More Here

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Global warming and global security

The latest scientific evidence released on global warming. Read More Here 

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Green tag to keep 40% Western Ghats pristine

40% of Western Ghats to become Ecologically Sensitive Area. Read More Here

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Typhoon Bolawen hits Okinawa

A powefrful typhoon triggered landslides on a japanese island before sweeping the country’s east coast. Read More Here

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After Cyclone Phailin, Odisha fights floods in five districts

After effects of flooding caused by cyclone Phailin unsettled 20 lakh people in the affected areas. Water levels in rivers now retreating below the danger level. Read More&nbs...

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By 2047, coldest years will be warmer than hottest in past

Dr. Camilo Mora and his students at university of Hawaii suggest that the rise in emission of greenhouse gases will lead to hottest ever summers in the tropics by 2047. Read M...

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While Congress sleeps

Barack Obama offers stopgap measures to slow global warming Jun 29th 2013 | WASHINGTON, DC |From the print edition IN THE full glare of Washington’s sum...

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POLITICS: PEOPLE WILL DEFEAT AMIT SHAH

Vinta Nanda spent two days with Sonal Patel and returns to tell us that the Congress Par...

April 26 2024

THOUGHT FACTORY: DISCOVERING MAHARASHTRA'S COOL RETREATS

Beat the Heat: unveiling Maharashtra's chilling hideaways for a refreshing summer escape...

April 25 2024

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE RIVER OF LIFE

OP Srivastava takes us on the banks of Gautam Ghose's film. Paar, crossing the river of ...

April 24 2024