Just over two weeks ago the world’s nations agreed they have averted cataclysmic global warming. Close on the heels of Chennai’s submersion, we have news that the North Pole is going to be warmer than Southern California, a severe winter storm is battering the north-easter rib United States, and northern England has been hit by…
Greta Thunberg’s emotional speech at the UN Climate Action Summit on Sept 23 was followed by Donald Trump’s mocking tweet: “She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future.” But we all know that the 16-year-old Swedish schoolgirl-activist is right. The warnings are crowding in, fast and ominous.…
Forget global warming and focus on local warnings Kanpur, Faridabad, Varanasi, Gaya, Patna, Delhi, Lucknow, Agra, Muzaffarpur. Nine of the world’s ten most polluted cities listed by the World Health Organization are in India. The Bharatiya Janata Party controls eight of them. Our politicians-ought to rise above the next election and make sure we do…
How melting Himalayan glaciers and Chennai’s dry taps are connected Time was when ‘Glacial Speed’ used to mean ‘very, very slowly’. That has changed forever. We know that our planet is warming. New research shows conclusively that Himalayan glaciers are melting at an alarming rate. Interestingly, a major source in the study by a team…