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Thats how much food you wasted, now pay up.

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Coorg resort makes guests pay for wasting food

Leftovers are charged at the rate of Rs 100 per 10 gm. And the money goes to an orphanage

13 Feb 2020 6:30 PM IST

File photo shows a lonely penguin appears in Antarctica during the southern hemispheres summer season. AP photo

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Antarctica breaks heat record, records 18.5 degree celsius

The unusually high temperature was likely due, in the short term, to a rapid warming of air coming down from a mountain...

8 Feb 2020 1:08 PM IST

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Indian cities now urban heat islands

Most big cities in the country with population more than one million have recorded rise in mercury level during daytime

7 Feb 2020 1:01 PM IST

G.V. Praksh Kumar, A.R. Reihana, Ramesh Kanna and N.B. Nirmal were among those present during The Loyola ExNoRa Tree Challenge at Loyola College Campus.

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Cool Earth!

ExNoRaâ€™s online challenge goes viral as celebrities plant trees to cut global warming.

7 Feb 2020 12:18 AM IST

$In this Jan. 11, 2020 photo, heavy surf surrounds the legs of a bridge as an extreme high tide rolls into the harbour in Depoe Bay, Ore. during a so-called \king tide\ that coincided with a big winter storm. AP photo$ Lifestyle

Extreme high tides on shorelines signal climate change risk

King tides occur about twice a year in coastal areas when the sun and moon align to enhance the gravitational pull that...

5 Feb 2020 2:02 PM IST

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (AP photo)

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Greta Thunberg to patent Fridays for future movement

The move would allow legal action against persons or companies trying to use her name or the movementâ€™s not in line...

30 Jan 2020 9:41 PM IST

Blackened trees poke through the scorched ground after a wildfire ripped through near Kangaroo Valley, Australia. AP file photo

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Eucalyptus at Australia-'s Kangaroo Island unproductive after...

Only 5% of the tree crop in the Kangaroo Island Plantation has not been fire-affected

29 Jan 2020 3:25 PM IST

A Loa water frogs rescued near the city of Calama, Chile. (Ministry of Housing and Urbanism of Chile)

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Chile-'s Loa water frogs on the verge of extinction

The focus has shifted to encouraging the survivorâ€™s to feed and reproduce in captivity, the frogâ€™s last chance for...

29 Jan 2020 1:48 PM IST

The population of endangered beluga whales in Alaskas Cook Inlet continues to decline, federal marine mammal authorities announced. AP photo

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Endangered beluga whales in Alaskaâ€™s Cook Inlet on the decline

The population is estimated to be smaller and declining more quickly than previously thought

29 Jan 2020 11:37 AM IST

Producing pashmina wool is a livelihood the Changpa people have relied on for centuries. AFP photo

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Climate change forces Ladakh nomads to rethink pashmina wool...

Pashmina, a highly coveted cashmere wool, comes from the fine undercoat of a breed of Himalayan goat

24 Jan 2020 1:07 PM IST

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Houseplants most active when days are longer

Some houseplants are more tolerant of neglect and need less maintenance than others

23 Jan 2020 4:44 PM IST

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Australia-'s platypus may be pushed to extinction by prolonged...

An earlier study published in November 2018 estimated the population had fallen by 30 percent over that period, to...

22 Jan 2020 1:27 PM IST