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Climate, guns and the impeachment crisis for President Donald Trump were just a few areas that seemed to frame debate in existential terms. (Photo: AP)

Existential chosen as word of the year

Dictionary.com chooses 'existential' as word of the year.

4 Dec 2019 3:03 PM IST

Our economic activities continue to use the atmosphere as a waste dump for greenhouse gases. (Photo: AFP)

Each of the last four decades has been hotter than the last

2010s hottest decade in history, UN says as emissions rise again.

4 Dec 2019 12:19 PM IST

The EU will clearly signal its intention to increase ambition by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2050. (Photo: AFP)

We are at risk of unleashing self-reinforced warming; global warming...

Zero-hour on climate, but UN talks in another time zone.

3 Dec 2019 10:30 AM IST

Vema -- named after a vessel which discovered it in the 1950s -- lies in international waters. (Photo: AFP)

Monitoring underwater mountains for clues of global warming and...

Atlantic haven is a test bed for planet's sickly oceans.

3 Dec 2019 10:20 AM IST

The results of the research published in the journal Global Change Biology. (Photo: ANI)

Parrotfish are a vital link in the reef ecosystem

Study predicts when reefs die, parrotfish thrive.

3 Dec 2019 9:47 AM IST

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Dealing with eco-anxiety

Experts explain how to tackle the existential crises of climate change.

3 Dec 2019 12:00 AM IST

Initial funding for this project was provided by Syngenta, an agrochemical company, and the National Science Foundation. (Photo: ANI)

New chemicals might help plants to hold on to water and prevent from...

Scientists discover chemical for plants to improve drought tolerance.

2 Dec 2019 10:24 AM IST

The team has published its analysis in the scientific journal -- Nature. (Photo: ANI)

Global warming can be the cause of declining insect populations

Studies reveal that alarming decline in insect populations.

2 Dec 2019 10:04 AM IST

Overall, heat exposure was estimated to be responsible for 15.6 per cent (95 per cent CI 9.0-21.4) of under nutrition hospitalisation during the study period. (Photo: ANI)

Under nutrition might be because if global warming

Global warming can lead to low appetite.

2 Dec 2019 9:55 AM IST

The retailer plans on cutting its greenhouse gas emissions and go negative by 2040. (Photo: ANI)

Brands to tackle climate change with clothing rental services

Fashion retailer to tackle climate concerns with clothing rental service.

1 Dec 2019 4:23 PM IST

At least 70,000 people braved cold and rain in Brussels on Sunday to demand the Belgian government and the European Union increase their efforts to fight climate change (File Photo)

Some 70,000 Brussels protesters demand action on climate

The event was described as Belgium's biggest climate march ever.

28 Jan 2019 10:49 AM IST

Temperatures in 2018 were around 1.16 degrees Celsius (2.09 degrees Fahrenheit) above the average temperature of the second half of the 19th century, from 1850-1900, often used as a pre-industrial baseline for global temperature targets. (Photo: AFP)

It's official 2018 was the fourth consecutive hottest year on record

The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service also found 2015-2018 to be the hottest years on record.

25 Jan 2019 7:06 PM IST