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Let us kick-start a new model
We still have time to mend our ways. Let us include the environment into our development agenda. Else the loss will be irreversible. The danger bells have already started ringing on the global warming front. We are seeing the planet temperature hottest since 125,000 years! This summer India had 95 of the world’s hottest cities,…
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It’s elementary, Watson!
The talk in my city Bengaluru (sorry, the image above is some other city) these days is mostly on the climate. We take it a day at a time. Every new day presents an opportunity to compare the heat with the previous day. And take solace if today was better. But fretting we are! And…
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We all are losers or winners
What happens when you see a sudden wide crack on the wall at home? Or, you notice that a tap is leaking? The paint peeling off, the roof plaster falling off? You rush off to get a builder to check and do the needful. Right? But when the bigger home, our planet, cries for attention…
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One-third of all species threatened with extinction!
If you have ever felt happy listening to a birdcall or seeing a flash of crimson in a bleak desert landscape, you are in for some depressing news from the IUCN. Three out of five of the bird species have declining populations. IUCN’s latest Red List puts a third of the tropical birds on the…
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Blame the heat on the education system
Whether one talks of urban heat islands or global warming, the prime cause is consumption. Unless consumption can be reduced drastically, there is not much hope. Every summer we fume and fret, chasing the mercury daily and comparing notes. This summer too. In Bengaluru, March has notched two degrees higher than ever. What will April…
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Bengaluru can have water surplus, says scientist
A combination of rainwater harvesting and treated wastewater can easily provide more than the requirement of the city, says Dr T V Ramachandra. This is a person who knows what he speaks. He has, for the past couple of decades and more, worked extensively and researched on many related areas of energy, urban planning, lakes…
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