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#Thread | Here's how climate-induced changes in plant behavior are hurting local economies across India.
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1⃣ In #Uttarakhand, increasingly warmer winters are making #Rhododendrons bloom earlier than usual; during February-March instead of its usual schedule of March-May.
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The season is not the best time for #Rhododendrons, because late winter rains in February-March wash away the blooms, affecting local population dependent on making juice, jams and jellies from the flowers.
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.@UN report warns that cities and regions in Asia, middle-east and Africa could see millions of premature deaths by 2050 if the nations fail to drastically scale up environmental protection measures.
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Flagging the deadly impact of #AirPollution and #WaterPollution that annually claims at least nine million lives globally, a new @UN report calls for urgent action to save humanity from the disastrous consequences of environmental degradation.
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The report warns that #WaterPollution alone will become the number one cause of death in the world by 2050.
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We celebrate #WorldWildlifeDay on March 3, let's take a look at the major threat to marine species and wildlife - noise pollution.
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Humans are social animals, yet, we often fret about our noisy neighbours. And then there are those who cannot complain even if they want to: plants and animals. As we get comfortable in sound-proof glass cabins, these neighbours of ours do not have the luxury to do so.
Does noise cause mass stranding events?
In January 2016, more than 80 pilot whales stranded mysteriously on a beach in Tamil Nadu. Though it was unusual for Indians, such incidents have become increasingly common across the globe.
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In January 2016, more than 80 pilot whales stranded mysteriously on a beach in Tamil Nadu. Though it was unusual for Indians, such incidents have become increasingly common across the globe.
#WorldWildlifeDay #WorldWildlifeDay2019
In 2018, scientists announced that three bird species vanished from the Earth for good, and more species on the brink could disappear forever in 2019.
Dissimilar to mass extinctions in the past, our current extinction crisis is almost solely caused by humans — specifically activities that cause loss of habitat, introduce alien species and contribute to the changing climate.
