Carbon Dioxide removal behind Paris Agreement target
In order to meet the 2 degrees Celsius threshold, 0.96 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide should be annually removed compared with 2020
Half of world’s glaciers will vanish by 2100, even if 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold is met: study
The glacial disappearance will contribute significantly to the rising sea level and threaten water supply to a billion people, according to a new study published in Science that uses satellite imagery
Explained: Fusion energy and US scientists’ breakthrough
In most of the fusion reactions being conducted in laboratories, magnetic force is used to fuse the atomic nuclei. In the case of the US experiment, strong lasers did the job of bringing close the nuclei and fusing them
James Webb telescope may have spotted some of the most distant galaxies ever seen
Researchers say that if the initial estimates are correct, these galaxies may have formed some 350 million to 450 million years after the Big Bang occurred
Study throws new light on impact of Great Depression on human DNA
The findings suggest that the economic recession impacted how people would age, even before they are born. The cells of those who were conceived during the Great Depression show signs of faster ageing
33 bacteria alone accounted for 7.7 million deaths in 2019, finds study
An analysis published in the Lancet found that infections caused by these 33 bacteria were the second highest cause of death in 2019 after coronary heart disease
How are bat viruses increasingly infecting people? Research sheds new light
The researchers claim that their detailed investigations and the outcomes enable them to predict in advance – up to two years – when clusters of the spillover may appear
Japanese company set to launch first commercial mission to the Moon
The M1 lander of the Japanese company Ispace is scheduled to be launched this week from Florida’s Cape Canaveral. The company expects it to land on the Moon in March-April 2023
No sign of cut in carbon emissions, 2022 set to touch record high
The current trend suggests that humanity would pump record-high carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, raising the temperature well above the 1.5-degree Celsius limit in just nine years
COP 27: Weighty presence of fossil fuel lobbyists raises alarm
Environmental activists and researchers feel that fossil fuel lobbyists being granted access to policymaking processes poses the threat of slowing down climate action
Low-Income countries bear brunt of climate change, lose trillions of dollars, says research paper
Brazil, Venezuela and Mali have been the worst-hit countries with their per capita GDP going down by 5% annually, research has shown
More equitable sharing of COVID-19 vaccines would have saved a million lives: study
It had been widely assumed that the disparity in vaccine distribution led to a loss of lives during the pandemic. But the new research has come out with an estimate of the global loss, which could be helpful in planning for future pandemics






