climate change

Climate change affects everyone on this planet. If all the talk about climate change is leaving you a little lost, hopefully, our A-Z can help get you back on the right track.

India and China are the home to the most polluted cities in the world. China tops the list with 11680.42 Million tons of carbon waste. And, India at the third place with 2411.73 Million tonnes.

Laver Cup protester; A climate change activist took some heat in the most literal sense on Day 1 of the Laver Cup ahead of the second

Millions of people depend on water from the glaciers of the high peaks of Asia. But southeast Tibet has some of the fastest melting glaciers in the entire continent.

The world's blue lakes, many of which are in high northern latitudes, are at risk of losing their blue hues as a result of climate change, according to a new paper published in Geophysical Research Letters.

Denmark has become the first UN member state to offer "loss and damage" support to developing nations that have experienced unavoidable social and financial impacts due to climate change.

Climate change is putting trees in cities and towns at grave risk. More than half of the tree species in the cities studied in the Global Tree Inventory by the researchers are threatened as the climate gets hotter and drier.

Other research has shown that global warming is melting ice around the world and sea levels are rising as a result. This worries the cities that are on the coasts. However, that is not the only problem.

High temperatures and a prolonged drought caused by climate change in Kashmir are proving dire for region's farming community. Whole Kashmir depends on rice cultivation as its main source of food.

State Minister for Science, Technology and Climate Change Keshab Mahanta said that out of these 15, based on survey reports from two top-tier institutes – IIT Guwahati and IIT Mandi, Karimganj tops the list.