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2 years, 3 months ago

IIT Kharagpur Researchers Claim Significant Drop in Sulphur Dioxide Levels in India in Last Decade

News 18

There has been a significant drop in Sulphur Dioxide levels in India in the last decade as compared to the previous three decades, a study conducted by IIT Kharagpur has found. “Therefore, we need to continue our efforts to reduce SO2 emissions in India, whether through innovative technologies or environmental regulations,” said Vikas Kumar Patel, another author of the paper. …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Significant drop in SO2 levels in India in last decade: IIT KGP study

The Hindu

There has been a significant drop in Sulphur Dioxide levels in India in the last decade as compared to the previous three decades, a study conducted by IIT Kharagpur has found. The study represents temporal changes in SO2 concentrations across India in the last four decades, an institute spokesperson said. "Therefore, we need to continue our efforts to reduce SO2 …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Covid lockdown did not slow down greenhouse gas emissions, methane levels surged

India Today

As the world stopped functioning and went inside their homes while a virus raged outside, greenhouse gas emissions had gone down. Scientists from the University of Leeds have analysed new data from Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite to identify locations with large surges of methane emissions, the second most important greenhouse gas in our atmosphere. The year 2020 was unique owing …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Gas wells leak explosive levels of methane in Bakersfield

Associated Press

Some Bakersfield residents are concerned about potential explosions after a state agency found that six idle oil wells near homes were leaking methane in the past several days. But Uduak-Joe Ntuk, head of the California Geologic Energy Management division of the California Department of Conservation, the agency that oversees wells and confirmed they were leaking, said in a statement that …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record in 2020: UN

India Today

The World Meteorological Organization reported Monday that greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record high last year and increased at a faster rate than the annual average for the last decade despite a temporary reduction during pandemic-related lockdowns. “The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin contains a stark, scientific message for climate change negotiators at COP26,” World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Carbon dioxide levels in 2020 reached a 3-million year high

CNN

London CNN — The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has once again reached record highs, according to a UN report published Monday, putting the planet on course for warming that far exceeds critical limits to stave off catastrophic climate change. The concentration of carbon dioxide in 2020 was 149% higher than levels before industrialization, hitting another annual record, …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Climate Change Tracker: 2020 was the joint warmest year ever recorded

Live Mint

All through 2020, various international science organizations, including the World Meteorological Organization, has been warning that the past year was on track to being one of the warmest years ever recorded. The Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union’s Earth Observation Programme announced today that 2020 is now the warmest year on record. In early December, the WMO, in …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Despite Covid-19 Lockdowns, Greenhouse Gases are at All Time High Worsening Climate Change

News 18

Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, hit record highs last year and have continued climbing in 2020 despite measures to halt the Covid-19 pandemic, the UN said Monday. Speaking to journalists, he also voiced optimism at US president-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to return his country to the Paris climate accord, saying he hoped it “might …

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