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Gag Order on Activism

Indian Govt. Restricts Funding to 10 International Child Rights, Climate Change NGOs

The central government has imposed restrictions on funding for 10 international NGOs working to ensure child rights and prevent climate change, according to a report by The Hindu. The NGOs...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Climate Change Could Put Almost 20% of the Total Human Calorie Intake in Jeopardy

...Revolution. Related on The Swaddle: Climate Change Will Soon Zap Rice of Nutritional Value Researchers studied 27 climate models, each with different scenarios, and found that even if global warming...

Natural Solution

Ocean Microbes Act As ‘Methane Sinks,’ Can Help Tackle Climate Change: Study

Microorganisms found in the ocean may play an important role in the process of mitigating climate change by acting as “methane sinks” on ocean floors, a new study has found....

By Devrupa Rakshit

Protect The Seagrass

Seagrass Could Be A Powerful Weapon Against Climate Change, Natural Disasters: UN Report

...and industrial run-off, coastal development and climate change, besides unregulated fishing activities, anchoring, trampling and dredging. However, the researchers are hopeful that human interventions aimed to reduce these man-made stress-factors...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Closeness to Climate Change and Pollution Can Cause Distress, Environmental Grief

...to environmental degradation. Environmental grief as a concept is validated further by a new study that found climate change affects people’s mental health; women are 60% more affected than men,...

Habitat Loss, Climate Change Endangers 3 Wildcat Species Unique to South Asia

...critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity. The species inhabits mangrove swamps and coastal wetlands, which are presently threatened due to climate change. The rusty-spotted cat is listed...

By Devrupa Rakshit

How a Robust Climate Education Curriculum Can Address Young Adults’ Eco‑Anxiety

...a curriculum focusing on climate change. In India, as many as 79% of students feel studying climate change, and environmental conservation is imperative to know what changes to make. “Making...

By Saumya Kalia

Green Revolution

Climate Change Is Turning Antarctica’s Snow Green

...If Greenhouse Emissions Continue But, scientists are hopeful that this impact of global warming and climate change could, in fact, potentially create a new source of nutrition for other species....

By Devrupa Rakshit

Diseased By Climate Change

Scientists Believe a Mysterious Skin Disease In Reef Sharks Is Due to Climate Change

Whitetip reef sharks in Malaysia are suffering from a mysterious flesh-eating disease that has manifested in the form of spots and lesions on their heads. Scientists believe climate change is to...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Living in Denial

Rise in #ClimateScam Tweets Is Worrying Scientists

Search the term “climate” on Twitter and the first hashtag to appear as a result is not climate action, but #ClimateScam. There has been a sharp rise in climate denialism...

By Ananya Singh

Mission Impossible

India Wants to Build Smart Cities. We Asked Experts if These Urban Designs Can Survive the Climate Crisis.

...to climate change, and we should worry because we also have a large population and a large population of vulnerable groups. The magnitude with which a climate event affects the...

By Saumya Kalia

Money Won't Pay These Bills

Why Bill Gates’ Climate Philanthropy Doesn’t Fix the Problem

...technologies to stop accelerating climate change and end carbon dependency, and eventually, moving to a sustainable future. The philanthropic approach toward climate change, however, looks to the future to solve...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

The Ultimate Motivator

Informing About Deadlines for Climate Action Is Effective, Not Alarmist: Study

...in turn, translates into greater support for making climate change-related action a priority for governments. “It also increased a sense of collective and individual response efficacy in addressing climate change,”...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Radical Not Responsible

Extinction Rebellion: How Radical Climate Crisis Advocacy Became a Social Justice Battleground

...social collapse.” So far, so great, right? With the world’s ecosystems collapsing all around us, radical climate advocacy is a welcome respite from climate-change-denying prime ministers and conspiracy-theorist politicians who...

Your Work Here Is Done Sun

The U.S. May Research Dimming the Sun as a Climate Solution. What’s the Fallout?

...to put us on track toward a 1.5 degrees Celsius world,” said Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change. The spate of climate disasters has been increasing year on...

By Ananya Singh

Smooth Climate Criminals

Identifying Climate Villains Has Become Mainstream — But It Isn’t Enough

...There’s a common thread connecting the seemingly disparate events — the identification of the villains of climate change. Sometimes, in the case of the celebrities on jets, they have recognizable...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Three Shades of Climate Deception

The Many Ways Fossil Fuel Companies Are Using Social Media to Greenwash Climate Inaction

...of climate deception and delay.” According to previous surveys, Gen Z and millennial people on social media are more likely than previous generations to engage with climate change content on...

By Saumya Kalia

Sustainability Now

India’s Public Health Care System Is Overburdened, Undermined by Its Fossil Fuel Dependency

...Indian Children Will Face Lifelong Health Issues Due to Climate Change, Says Lancet Report Even though climate change routinely affects every sector of the Indian economy – including healthcare, where it...

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