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Spectre of stagflation: On the overall macroeconomic outlook

Higher credit costs may further dampen consumption 
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Cool start for searing summer ahead in Andhra Pradesh

Tharun Boda

Marine heatwaves are sweeping the seafloor around North America

Reuters

Confronting climate change — and the Taliban — in Afghanistan

Ruchi Kumar
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Science This Week | NASA hands over NISAR to ISRO, fastest single-shot camera shows how flames form soot and more

The Hindu Bureau
Debris surrounds damaged homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, September 29, 2022, in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Experts caution that attributing any single event to La Nina or its better-known cousin, El Nino, is difficult as they pronounced Thursday, March 9, 2023, that the La Nina weather phenomenon has come to an end. But they can say generally that tornadoes in the Southeast and hurricanes are more frequent during La Nina.

La Nina, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone

Antarctic sea ice cover at record low

Chennai, Kolkata, in India, at particular risk due to sea level rise: Study

View of male human skull and stone tools discovered at the village of Gross Fredenwalde in Germany, dated to 7,000 years ago, in this undated handout photograph. This individual’s population lived side-by-side with the first Europe farmers without mixing.
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Genetics study lays bare Ice Age drama for humans in Europe

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Searing changes: On heatwaves predicted by the Met Office

A traffic policeman drinks water to quench his thirst during a heat wave, at the Delhi-Gurugram expressway, May 15, 2022.
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Explained | IMD is already sensing heat waves. What are they and why do they happen?

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Researchers on Tuesday said an intensive study of Earth’s deep interior, based on the behaviour of seismic waves from large earthquakes, confirmed the existence of a distinct structure inside our planet’s inner core - a wickedly hot innermost solid ball of iron and nickel about 800 miles (1,350 km) wide. Image for Representation.

Science This Week | Innermost layer of Earth’s core detected, Webb telescope discovers massive galaxies and more

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Climate change and unchecked construction in flood- and landslide-prone areas are making disasters like the violent storm that killed at least 48 people in southeastern Brazil ever more frequent.
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Climate change, rampant urbanisation fuel Brazil storm disasters

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Global warming melts sea ice, which leads to further warming because water absorbs more heat than ice, creating what scientists call a “climate feedback loop.”

'Feedback loops' worsening climate crisis: Report

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The world’s biggest and richest companies are failing to deliver on their climate pledges, according to an in-depth analysis released Monday that calls on governments to crack down on corporate greenwashing.

On climate, most corporations more talk than action

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Suffering under the worst heat wave in more than six decades, Argentina has issued health warnings to nine southern and central provinces, the National Meteorological Service, said Saturday.

Argentina issues health warnings amid record heat

AFP
The Lion Gate in the stone wall that surrounded the ancient city of Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite empire located at the village of Bogazkoy in Turkey, is seen in this undated handout picture.

Tree study shows how drought may have doomed ancient Hittite empire

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Trees are carpeted with snow at Khara Pathar Village in Shimla on January 31, 2023.

Shimla losing its white winter, just one day of snowfall this season so far

Vikas Vasudeva
It has been challenging to use results of laboratory experiments alone to create global estimates of how weathering responds to temperature changes.

Model devised to understand global warming impact on weathering, Earth's thermostat: Study

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Shimla: Snow-covered Himalayas mountain range, seen from Shimla, Thursday, February 2, 2023.

Locals, environmentalists concerned over depleting snow cover, rising temperatures in Shimla

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Part of a ball-milling device, consisting of a jar into which ordinary crystalline ice and steel balls are placed before being shaken vigorously in an experiment to create a previously unrecognised form of ice called medium-density amorphous ice.

With frigid innovation, scientists make a new form of ice

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Vehicles are stranded by flood water in Auckland, Saturday, January 28, 2023. Record levels of rainfall pounded New Zealand’s largest city, causing widespread disruption.

The Auckland floods are a sign of things to come – the city needs stormwater systems fit for climate change

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The biggest increases in induntation will occur after the first two metres of sea level rise, covering more than twice as much land as older elevation models predicted, according to a study. Image for Representation.

Worst impacts of sea level rise will hit earlier than thought: Study

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A rise in minimum temperature is harmful to the yield of rice, maize, and cotton.

Climate change: Punjab's cotton, maize yield to dip by 11-13% by 2050, says report

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