What are Urban Heat Islands? Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) are areas in cities where the temperatures climb to much higher levels than their rural surroundings. This is mainly an effect of human activities, infrastructures, and land use changes resulting from urbanization. When cities expand, they usually replace the original landscapes with buildings, roads, and parking […]
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Understanding Climate Change Climate change refers to big changes in temperature, precipitation, and other aspects of the atmospheric conditions over long periods. In simple terms, this is mainly due to human actions. Large releases of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere occur through the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil,
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Introduction to Climate Change and Poverty Climate change refers to changes that are significantly altering the weather pattern of the Earth. These are partly induced by human activities, including fossil fuel combustion and deforestation. This is because they lead to an increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere; it makes temperatures and other
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Introduction to Climate Change and Biodiversity Climate change refers to significant and persistent changes in the temperature and weather patterns of any given region or the entire globe. This is primarily caused by human activities like fossil fuel burning, deforestation, and industrial processes, which have increased the greenhouse gases. These gases include carbon dioxide and
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Understanding Climate Change Climate change refers to significant and lasting changes in global weather patterns and temperatures. Such a change is primarily caused by human activities that emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The primary cause of climate change is the use of fossil fuels. Coal, oil, and natural gas are now the universal forms
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Climate Change and Its Impact on Health Climate change refers to the changes occurring in the climate system over an extended period. They include temperature, precipitation, and other characteristics of the earth’s climate system. For over a century, they have been mainly induced by human activity in the form of emissions through greenhouse gases, such
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Understanding Rising Sea Levels One of the environmental concerns that one needs to pay attention to is rising sea levels. The primary cause of this effect is principally from the consequences of global warming. Ideally, the main reason for the rise in the sea level is derived from two factors: first, from the thermal expansion
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Introduction to Climate Change and Wildlife Humankind activities such as burning fossil fuels and reduction of forests have increased the concentration of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere. These are gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide which trap heat and make the earth warm-up by a process generally known as global warming. The
The Indian economy faces the huge challenge of climate change. It affects the various sectors of Indian economy, be it agriculture, health, infrastructure, and energy, and it would disrupt daily economic activities. So, we need adequate financial measures to reduce its impacts. Agriculture India is a country whose entire agriculture sector contributes about 17% of
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Overview of Water Scarcity in India Water scarcity is an important issue both at the international level and the Indian level. I would start by formally defining it. By definition, it refers to not having enough easily accessible water to meet livelihood requirements and sustain economic growth. Water scarcity in India raises such serious issues
