Hot and Bothered With LanguageHow the Climate Subtly Shapes the Way We Talk In areas with high humidity and warm temperatures, people tend to use more vowels in their speech, the researchers found. By Devrupa Rakshit
Cowed Down By IrrationalityDirector of IIT Mandi Blames Himachal Landslides on… Meat‑Eating A concise guide on the rise of pseudoscience at the IITs By Rohitha Naraharisetty
A Steaming Glass of Rage Please!Anger About Climate Change Is Actually Productive, Says Research Turns out, for every two steps along the anger scale anyone took, they moved one step ahead on the activism scale. By Devrupa Rakshit
Too Hot to Have SexHow Climate Change Disrupts Romance, Sex The psychological toll of climate change can manifest in heightened stress and anxiety -- impacting one's capacity to be intimate. By Devrupa Rakshit
Money Won't Pay These BillsWhy Bill Gates’ Climate Philanthropy Doesn’t Fix the Problem Bill Gates has been a key figure of sustainable innovation. But his strategy for a better world stops short of addressing the root causes of climate injustice. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
climate cholera crisisClimate Change May Be Causing Global Cholera Surge: WHO The UN flagged cholera infections in at least 30 nations this year -- compared to the last five years' average of fewer than 20 countries. By Amlan Sarkar
Floodwaters of InjusticeParis Agreement Goals May Worsen Climate Crisis For Many Island, Coastal Areas: Study It speaks to how climate goals are formulated, and the injustice behind whose needs are accounted for on international fora. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Living in DenialRise in #ClimateScam Tweets Is Worrying Scientists Climate scientists are reportedly leaving Twitter due to a recent revival of climate disinformation – how will this impact access to public knowledge? By Ananya Singh
Your Work Here Is Done SunThe U.S. May Research Dimming the Sun as a Climate Solution. What’s the Fallout? As the world inches towards climate tipping points, scientists are taking serious note of geoengineering solutions. By Ananya Singh
Simulating SovereigntyIsland Nation to Upload Itself to the Metaverse as Climate Change Threatens Existence The island nation of Tuvalu is hoping to preserve its cultural heritage in the cloud as climate change threatens its existence -- but can the metaverse help? By Ananya Singh
Our Planet In CrisisWhy David Attenborough’s Environmentalism Is Flawed The natural historian is a beloved figure in environmentalism — but his focus on overpopulation puts the onus of climate change on the poor. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Wrong trees in Wrong PlacesLarge‑Scale Afforestation Could Have Unintended Effects on Climate, Reveals Study Unscientific tree plantations can have repercussions not only on local ecosystems, but also on global climate patterns. By Ananya Singh
Dark Side of the InternetHow ‘Dark Data’ Is Affecting the Environment Much like single-use plastic, single-use data is responsible for generating a massive carbon footprint. By Amlan Sarkar
Greener EarthTrees Are Getting Bigger Due to Climate Change, Shows Study Rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere increasing the rate of photosynthesis and growth in plants is called the carbon fertilization effect. By Devrupa Rakshit
The Need For Economic VeganismBitcoin Is As Bad for the Environment As Beef, Finds Study "The climate damage for each dollar of value created was 10 times worse for bitcoin than for wind and solar generation." By Devrupa Rakshit
Crisis MismanagementWhy Researchers Working on AI Argue It Could Cause ‘Global Disaster’ A new paper warns that artificial intelligence “could considerably erode a state’s sense of security and jeopardize crisis stability.” By Saumya Kalia
Three Shades of Climate DeceptionThe Many Ways Fossil Fuel Companies Are Using Social Media to Greenwash Climate Inaction Platforms like Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook are "the new frontier of climate deception and delay." By Saumya Kalia
Hot and BotheredResearch Shows How Online Hate Speech Rises With Heatwaves, Extreme Weather Online hate speech functions as a "new impact channel through which climate change can affect overall societal cohesion and people's mental health." By Saumya Kalia