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Himanshu N
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Environment journalist | Wildlife | Forest | Climate Change
Correspondent with Down To Earth magazine
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As scientists warn of saving the Great Barrier Reef, new report reveals sharpest decline in live corals in almost four decades

#GreatBarrierReef #ClimateChange #HeatStress #Corals #Oceanbiodiversity

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Climate change drives sharpest Great Barrier Reef coral loss in nearly 40 years
The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its most severe coral loss in nearly 40 years due to climate change-induced heat stress, cyclones, and coral-eating starfish. An Australian Institute of Marine S...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Europes forests are losing ability to sink carbon, threatening to achieve climate goals

#ClimateChange #Wildfire #Deforestation #EU

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Carbon sink declining in European forests: Study
A study published in Nature highlights the declining ability of European forests to act as carbon sinks due to climate change-induced extreme weather and human activities. Factors such as increased ha...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Bird flu indicating signs of being airborne, transmission of H5N1 virus from wastewater

#Birdflu
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Air and wastewater may drive H5N1 spread on US dairy farms, warns study
A study from Emory University highlights the potential spread of the H5N1 avian influenza virus on US dairy farms through air and wastewater. The virus, first detected in California dairy cattle, has ...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Burned Amazon forest continue to remain hot for decades

#ClimateChange #ForestFires #Amazon #Brazil #WildFire

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Scorched Amazon forests remain overheated for decades, study finds
A recent study reveals that Amazon forests in Brazil, once scorched by fires, remain significantly hotter than intact forests for up to 30 years, with temperatures averaging 2.6°C higher. This persist...
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August 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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A new study points alien plant species are taking over native plants, reducing rich, diverse ecosystems to homogenous regime

#ClimateChange #ForestFires #Alienplantspecies #InvasiveSpecies @ninadm.bsky.social @jcsvenning.bsky.social

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Alien plant species taking over native ecosystems: Study
Alien plant species, introduced by humans directly or indirectly in different geographical regions of the world, are now spreading at an unprecedented pace, res
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July 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Asiatic lions in their only remaining habitat show they expanding their territory including coastal areas.

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In search of new homes
The Asiatic lions could be settling in a new territory outside their protected turf in Gujarat, at least so it seems. On March 16, a lion was spotted lounging b
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June 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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What is the climate probability of a summer day with a maximum temperature of more than 25ºC? You can see it throughout the year. Central Europe reaches at most 50%, while the south, Spain, Portugal, and Italy, for example, achieve 100% on many days.

#climate #meteo #dataviz
May 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Tropical tree species in biodiversity hotspot Western Ghats of India crossing critical heat thresholds

#ClimateChange #Biodiversity #WesternGhats

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Tree leaves in Western Ghats crossing critical heat thresholds, finds study
A recent study has revealed that leaves of several tropical forest and agroforestry species in the Western Ghats are already reaching temperatures that could lead to irreversible heat damage. Research...
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May 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Scientists in India are working to find leaf threshold values for tropical forest species, enabling them to understand resilience and how the plant species will perform in a warming world.

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#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #TropicalForest
Turn a new leaf
Every now and then, biologist Deepak Barua takes a break from his usual assignments at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, and
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March 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Almost 84% of global coral reefs impacted by the worst mass bleaching on the planet. Can researchers assess how many reefs have been wiped out?

#Coralbleaching #NOAA #Coralreef

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It’s official, nearly 84% of coral reefs are affected in the most widespread mass global bleaching event
Scientists have confirmed that the world’s worst ongoing global coral bleaching event has now affected nearly 84 per cent of the world's coral reefs.The US Nati
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April 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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It may take a year or two to understand global scale impact of ongoing coral bleaching

#ClimateChange #Coralbleaching #NOAA #GreatBarrierReef

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Scientists may take at least a year to grasp full scale of world’s largest coral bleaching event
The world is witnessing the most extensive coral bleaching event recorded, with scientists predicting it may take another year to fully assess the damage. Since January 2023, the fourth global coral b...
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May 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Microplastics now deeply integrated with the oceans, influencing biogeochemical processes

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Microplastics now deeply embedded in ocean structure, altering biogeochemical processes
Microplastics have infiltrated the ocean's structure, profoundly affecting biogeochemical cycles, according to a study in Nature. Researchers discovered microplastic particles embedded at depths of up...
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May 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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It may take a year or two to understand global scale impact of ongoing coral bleaching

#ClimateChange #Coralbleaching #NOAA #GreatBarrierReef

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Scientists may take at least a year to grasp full scale of world’s largest coral bleaching event
The world is witnessing the most extensive coral bleaching event recorded, with scientists predicting it may take another year to fully assess the damage. Since January 2023, the fourth global coral b...
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May 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Almost 84% of global coral reefs impacted by the worst mass bleaching on the planet. Can researchers assess how many reefs have been wiped out?

#Coralbleaching #NOAA #Coralreef

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It’s official, nearly 84% of coral reefs are affected in the most widespread mass global bleaching event
Scientists have confirmed that the world’s worst ongoing global coral bleaching event has now affected nearly 84 per cent of the world's coral reefs.The US Nati
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April 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Extreme heat conditions pushed elderly and middle aged persons to experience breaching of critical environment limit increasing in an Indian city, Pune

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#ClimateChange #Criticalthresholdlimits
Temperatures in Pune breached ‘critical environmental limits’ for the elderly multiple times in April: Scientists
During April, Pune city experienced multiple days when peak day temperatures hovered between 40 and 43 degrees Celsius. Even higher temperatures were experience
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April 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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CSE's Director General, Sunita Narain was honoured with AIMA Public Service Excellence Award at the 10th National Leadership Conclave, recognising her exceptional contribution to environmental protection, sustainable development, and climate justice.
April 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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As Asiatic lions outgrow their last refuge in Gujarat’s Gir forests, they are crossing the state borders and even venturing into unlikely coastal areas to establish new territories, writes @himanshujourno.bsky.social

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April 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Scientists in India are working to find leaf threshold values for tropical forest species, enabling them to understand resilience and how the plant species will perform in a warming world.

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#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #TropicalForest
Turn a new leaf
Every now and then, biologist Deepak Barua takes a break from his usual assignments at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, and
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March 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Pot is already boiling for world's amphibian's as they experience temperatures beyond their thresholds.

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Two per cent of world’s amphibians already experiencing temperatures higher than tolerance levels
Researchers have found that 104 of the 5,203 amphibian species they studied are already exposed to overheating in shaded terrestrial conditions, concluding that
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March 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Warmer cities due to climate change become fertile ground for rats, who are known to harbour 50 zoonotic diseases, study finds.

#ClimateChange #Biodiversity

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Major cities worldwide are witnessing surge in rat populations — and climate change could be the reason why
A new study has revealed that climate change is creating the perfect conditions for a surge in rat populations in major urban centres worldwide. The research, p
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February 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Extreme poverty and armed conflicts impact tiger occupancy in India, study shows how tigers share spaces with nearly 60 million people #Tiger #HumanAnimalConflict

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Tiger occupancy in India increased by 30% in 20 years, declined in high poverty, armed conflict regions
Tiger occupancy and local extinction from areas in India have close linkages with poverty, armed conflict and land-use changes, a new study has revealed.The stu
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February 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Over 40% corals including the resilient genera of the Southern #GreatBarrierReef decimated during the fourth Global Mass Bleaching.

#ClimateChange #CoralBleaching #Biodiversity #Marine

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Catastrophic coral bleaching strikes southern Great Barrier Reef, 44% of corals lost
The southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR) saw catastrophic coral bleaching in May 2024, with a staggering 44 per cent mortality rate in protected areas, triggered b
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January 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Brazil's #wildfire razes land more than the size of Italy, highest since 2019.

#ClimateChange #Amazon #ForestFire

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Brazil’s wildfires devastate over 30 million hectares, highest since 2019
Brazil closed out 2024 with another grim milestone, following its worst drought on record. Between January and December, over 30.87 million hectares of wilderne
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January 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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16 virus and bacteria caused 40 outbreaks in 2024, causing public health emergencies across the globe. United Nations say the next pandemic could strike as early as 2030.

#UnitedNations #Pandemic #Zoonotic #ClimateChange

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Trends for 2025: New pathogens lurking
The next pandemic could strike by 2030, says the UN Environmental Programme in a report released in July 2024. The warning, however, appears to point to an immi
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January 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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20% of marine species reported from 21 UNESCO's world heritage sites have reached or exceeded their living thermal limits

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Nearly 20% of species residing in UNESCO’s world heritage marine sites live in unsuitably warm waters
Nearly 20 per cent of species found in 21 of 51 UNESCO World Heritage marine sites have reached or exceeded their living thermal limits, according to an analysi
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December 24, 2024 at 10:58 AM