Source: Down To Earth | Environment & science issues | India, South Asia

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North India Deluge 2023: Ladakh, a cold desert, received over 10,000% of its normal rain on July 8-9

  2023-07-12 (or before) in Down To Earth | Environment & science issues | India, South Asia

Heavy rains are now a reality for Ladakh due to global warming; Ladakhis may now have to unlearn their former ways of living 

  Tagged under: Climate Change | India

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Heat waves likely to last ‘25 times longer’ in India by another 2-4 decades, says climate report

  2022-05-02 (or before) in Down To Earth | Environment & science issues | India, South Asia

 The heatwaves will last over five times longer if global temperature rise is constrained to about 2°C, says report launched ahead of G20 summit

  Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change | India

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Farms, cities eat up 148 million hectares of biodiversity hotspots in 24 years: Study

  2020-10-31 (or before) in Down To Earth | Environment & science issues | India, South Asia

The largest losses, mostly in forests, occurred in the Sundaland, Indo-Burma and Mesoamerica hotspots, all in developing countries

  Tagged under: Farming | Rainforests | Trees | Biodiversity Loss

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