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2024 ocean temperatures hit all-time high: Report

Ocean warming accounts for more than one-third of global mean sea level rise through thermal expansion

Sun rises over wildfire smoke from the Palisades Fire seen at dawn on Friday in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California. (AFP)
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 11:53 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Los Angeles against the flames

Always vulnerable, the city is increasingly susceptible to fir

Smoke and fire billows from the Palisades Fire threatening homes in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 11, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton(REUTERS)
Published on Jan 11, 2025 09:00 PM IST
The Economist

From heat vulnerability to heat equity

This paper is authored by Nitya Mohan Khemka, ORF, New Delhi.

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Published on Jan 10, 2025 02:15 PM IST
ByNitya Mohan Khemka

2024 was warmest year on record, should be wake up call, say scientists

The year 2024 was the first during which the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level, the threshold beyond which climate change will make human life more difficult

Human-induced climate change remained the primary driver of extreme air and sea surface temperatures. (Getty Images via AFP/Representative)
Published on Jan 10, 2025 09:12 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Why are there massive wildfires in California and what's the solution?

Approximately 85% of wildfires in the US are human-caused, stemming from unattended campfires, equipment malfunctions, worsened by climate change.

A beach house is engulfed in flames as the Palisades Fire burns along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, on January 8.(AFP)
Updated on Jan 09, 2025 12:15 PM IST
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