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Climate of the world is changing.

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Climate is changing, carbon dioxide is increasing, and Earth is getting hotter. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Mumbai floods First it was Bombay floods, then Kosi floods, Punjab floods, Rajasthan floods, Leh floods, Jharkhand drought (all in India). Now it is Paksitan floods, China flash floods and landslides, boiling of Moscow, forest fires in Russia, Bolivia and Portugal, and there are lots more to say and write. Millions affected, thousands died, no ending disaster. Climate of the world is changing. What would you think? Yes its climate change or in other broad definition its global warming. If we take the case of drought in Jharkhand State of India, it is very unusual. Other than some pockets of the state, Jharkhand never passed through severe droughts. Rainfall was sufficient all around the year. But from last one year rainfall pattern has changed. Farmers are still waiting for the sufficient rainfall. Agriculture scientists are worried. Monsoon Clouds have changed their way from Bay ...

Heat wave killing people in Russia.

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Muscovites are dying from extreme heat. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi A polar bear cub looks at an adult polar bear resting with a bucket on its head in the cooling waters of a pool at the Moscow Zoo, as the city experiences a prolonged heatwave Picture: AP Muscovites are dying from extreme heat and smoke faster than their bodies can be stored, cremated or buried, and Russians are worried the death toll could be far higher than the official count. Morgues are overflowing and one crematorium in the Russian capital is working around the clock in three shifts. In Mitino on Moscow's northwest, a note at a crematorium warned that it was not accepting any new orders for cremation. The crematorium's four furnaces are currently "processing" 49 bodies per day, with cremations every 20 minutes, according to a timetable available at the reception. As wildfires and a record-setting heatwave continue to pummel Russia Monday, death rates in Moscow are also rising as residents navig...