Heatwaves Are Coming – And Indian Cities Aren't Exactly Ready for It
Indian cities are likely to see hotter days ahead. Are they prepared? According to a new report by Sustainable Futures ...
‘Include Heatwaves In Disaster Management Plans’: Parliamentary Panel Tells Centre
The 31-member committee also urged the ministry to study and plan for long-term disaster preparedness, considering climate ...
Indian cities brace for heatwaves but lack long-term planning, study finds
The study examined how nine major Indian cities-Bengaluru, Delhi, Faridabad, Gwalior, Kota, Ludhiana, Meerut, Mumbai, and ...
Parliamentary panel urges central govt to include heatwaves in disaster management plans | Details
The 31-member committee, headed by BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, also urged the ministry to study and plan ...
Long-term actions to deal with heatwaves rare in Indian cities: report
A study on heatwave preparedness of nine Indian cities, including Delhi, has found that long-term actions are rare and where ...
Air conditioning during summer heatwaves drove surge in fossil fuels, report finds
Cooling accounted for all of the US' year-on-year electricity demand growth in June of last year, a third of which was ...
Climate change could be increasing sewage-associated viruses, new study shows
It’s important for scientists to understand how these extreme weather events will influence the sewage-associated viruses ...
Study reveals India unprepared for growing heatwave threat; warns of rising deaths
A new report indicates India is⁣⁣ poorly prepared to handle the⁣⁣ increasing number of extreme⁣⁣ heatwaves in the future. It⁣⁣ claims the country pri ...
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Threatened by warming waters, brook trout may be able to adapt to hotter weather
Brook trout may have a genetic trick up their scales when it comes to adapting, with limitations, to heatwaves that threaten their existence. Scientists have known for years that brook trout — an ...
Indian cities underprepared for future heat waves, rely on short-term measures: Study
The researchers assessed how nine Indian cities, accounting for 11% of the country’s urban population, were responding to ...
Summer is early - and India's economy is not ready for it
The weekly average minimum temperature was also above normal by 1-3C in many parts of the country. Above-normal maximum ...
Long-term actions rare, poorly targeted to deal with heatwaves in Indian cities: Report
Study by SFC reveals lack of long-term heatwave preparedness in Indian cities, urging immediate action for future heat ...