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A study has found that earth has lost about 4000 sq kilometers of tidal wetlands since 1999. The factors responsible are– rising sea levels, aquaculture, soil erosion and urban expansion.
Large parts of north India have witnessed periods of extreme heatwave this year, it is being seen as an effect of rising global temperatures due to carbon emissions. The heatwave has caused deaths, altered crop yields and affected crop cycles.
The power minister of Goa Sudin Dhavalikar announced that all the 76 government buildings in Panaji will be installed with solar panels to meet their energy demands. The minister also highlighted that the State’s Assembly complex will also get a solar panel after the confirmation from the Assembly speaker.
The United Kingdom is planning to install a beaming solar power station in space and aspires to establish a demonstrator in orbit by 2035. British aerospace manufacturer Airbus in collaboration with Cambridge University, satellite manufacturer SSTl and over 50 other tech organizations has joined the UK Space Energy Initiative which aims to establish the first solar power plant in space.
A new report ‘Drought in numbers’ published by the UN has warned that the world is going to witness more severe cases of droughts due to the rising global temperature. The human-induced activities are already causing water scarcity and affecting billions of people across the world and the new data is pointing out that the situation is going to get worse in the near future, the report added.
The International Food Policy Research Institute has released a new report predicting that India’s food production could decline by 16% due to climate change impacts. The new report on climate change and food systems also projected that the population at hunger risk could also see a spike of 23% by 2030.
According to the International agency’s new report, the world is set to achieve new records in renewable energy capacity by 2023. The solar energy capacity will touch its highest mark led by China and Europe, the report highlighted.
Bengaluru based startup Bellatrix aerospace has successfully tested an eco-friendly propulsion system to launch the rockets and satellites into space. The new system has the ability to cut emissions of harmful compounds while the launching process and can also increase fuel efficiency, the ET report said.
According to the World Meteorological Department there is a 50-50 chance that the temperature will cross the 1.5 degree limit from pre industrial levels in the next 5 years. The likelihood of the temperature threshold to be breached in the next 5 years is 93% according to the MET office in London.
On 11th of May, the Tata IPL match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals will be the first carbon neutral cricket match. Schneider Electric in partnership with Rajasthan Royals announced that they will offset the carbon emissions from the match by planting 17,000 trees in the next six months so the trees suck equivalent amount of carbon by the year 2052 as the cricket match would have resulted in
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.