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ENVIRONMENT - December 2018

Dec 2018

Aug 04, 2023

China Sees Highest Rainfall in 140 Years

China's capital, Beijing, recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days as remnants of Typhoon Doksuri deluged the region, turning streets into canals where emergency crews used rubber boats to rescue stranded residents.
The city recorded 744.8 millimetres (29.3 inches) of rain, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau said.
Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei were hit by severe flooding because of the record rainfall, with waters rising to dangerous levels. The rain destroyed roads and knocked out power and even pipes carrying drinking water. It flooded rivers surrounding the capital, leaving cars waterlogged, while lifting others onto bridges meant for pedestrians.

Aug 03, 2023

IIT Goa, CUNY to Collaborate on Climate Data Collection, Research

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Goa, and the City University of New York (CUNY) initiated a partnership to share weather and climate data, an endeavour aimed at promoting climate change awareness and fostering scientific research. This project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai.
The collaboration marks a strategic move towards understanding our changing climate better and taking steps to mitigate its adverse effects. The union of these two esteemed institutions could set a precedent for other universities worldwide to follow suit, leveraging data and research to combat climate change.
The initiative's first major implementation is the establishment of a weather monitoring station on the IIT-Goa campus, marking the beginning of seven such stations planned across Western India. These stations will serve as a treasure trove of data, collecting a wide range of information including regular weather metrics like temperature and humidity.
However, these stations will go beyond the norm, also tracking solar radiation, air quality, and soil moisture levels. This comprehensive data collection aims to offer a more detailed depiction of the climate than ordinary weather stations provide, thus facilitating a better understanding of climate change.

Jul 31, 2023

Indian, Japanese Scientists Discover 600-Million-Year-Old Ocean in Himalayas

High up in the Himalayas, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Niigata University, Japan, discovered droplets of water trapped in mineral deposits that were likely left behind from an ancient ocean which existed around 600 million years ago.
Analysis of the deposits, which had both calcium and magnesium carbonates, also allowed the team to provide a possible explanation for events that might have led to a major oxygenation event in Earth's history.

Jul 29, 2023

Maruti, Tata, HP, Coca-Cola and 35 other Firms to Launch 'RECEIC' a Global, Industry-led Coalition

The fourth and final meeting of the G20 Atmosphere & Native weather Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) meeting took place in Chennai. Delegates from most G20 nations, nine guest nations and 12 World and regional organisations attended.
The old meetings of these working personnel were held in Bengaluru, Gandhinagar and Mumbai.
According to Richa Sharma, Additional Secretary of India's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, the key focus areas of this group were land degradation, ecosystem restoration, biodiversity & water resources, sustainable & resilient ocean-based economy, resource efficiency & circular economy.
The previous meetings of this working group were held in Bengaluru, Gandhinagar and Mumbai.
A highlight of the ECSWG meeting was the launch of the Resource Efficiency Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC). The RECEIC has been formed with the objective to bring together nations, industries and experts in their endeavour to take forward the global circularity agenda. 39 firms from across industries are the founding members of this coalition.

Jul 27, 2023

IPCC: Scotish Professor to Lead Top Global Climate Body

The United Nations body responsible for assessing the latest climate change elected a Scottish academic as its new chair.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that Dundee-born Jim Skea was elected by 90 votes to 69 in a vote held at the United Nations Environment Programme headquarters in Nairobi.
Skea will hold office for the next five to seven years in which temperatures are expected to soon strike 1.5 Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels.
The Scot was a founding member of the UK Government's Committee on Climate Change and currently chairs Scotland's Just Transition Commission.
He studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with a BSc in Mathematical Physics with first class Honours in 1975. He gained his PhD in Energy Research from Clare College, Cambridge in 1978.

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