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Four key climate change indicators break records in 2021: WMO

-Press release by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) dated 18 May 2022 Geneva, 18 May 2022 (WMO): Four key climate change indicators – greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification – set new records in 2021. This is yet another clear sign that human activities are causing planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean, and in the atmosphere, with harmful and long-lasting ramifications for sustainable development and...

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Eight persons killed, lakhs hit by floods and landslides in Assam -Umanand Jaiswal

-The Telegraph There is no respite in sight with the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre in Guwahati predicting rain in the region till May 21 Guwahati: Flood and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in Assam have led to the death of eight people over the past 48 hours and snapped rail link to South Assam, Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura because of “unprecedented” damage caused by landslip and waterlogging on the Lumding-Badarpur hill section...

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NFHS Data Shows More men Eating Non-veg Than Before

-Newsclick.in According to the data, an overwhelming 83.4% of men and 70.6% of women in the 15-49 years age group have non-vegetarian food daily, weekly, or occasionally. More people, especially men, are eating non-vegetarian food in India amid the ongoing debate over the consumption of non-vegetarian food. An analysis of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data by The Indian Express shows that the proportion of Indian men who consume non-vegetarian food has...

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India roasted -Renu Kohli

-The Telegraph The economic impact of heatwaves is steep India is feeling the heat in ways other than the rising prices. The ongoing heatwave, in which temperatures have shot above 45 degree Celsius in many parts of northwest and central India, highlights the rising climate risks and their attendant costs. Heatwaves, beginning earlier than in the past, are part of a changing climate whose defining features, in addition to the gradual rise...

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North India faces an acute fodder shortage, courtesy wheat crisis, climate change -Arvind Shukla

-Down to Earth Wheat straw is being sold at Rs 1,100-1,700 per quintal; it was being sold at Rs 400-600 per quintal last year Farmers across North Indian states are facing a shortage of dry fodder due to the wheat crisis, which in turn, has been primarily fuelled by an unusually hot March, according to farmers, agricultural scientists and experts. Many farmers chose to plant mustard instead of wheat this rabi season in...

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