Indoor air pollution could impact creative potential of occupants, study finds – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Indoor air quality at offices could negatively impact the creativity of workers, according to a new study.Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, found that the 87 study participants, all undergraduate and postgraduate students, produced creative output with lower scores when there were high indoor levels of volatile organic compounds, including…

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Corporate advocacy on Carbon Capture at odds with scientific consensus, InfluenceMap Study Reveals – Times of India

[ad_1] Over 80% of corporate engagement in Carbon Capture contradicts climate science.In a groundbreaking study released on Sunday, InfluenceMap, a non-profit think tank dedicated to providing objective analysis on the environmental impact of companies and financial institutions, sheds light on concerning disparities between corporate advocacy on carboncapture and established scientific principles.The comprehensive analysis scrutinized more…

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Extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming: Study – Times of India

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: State-of-the-art climate models drastically underestimate how much extreme rainfall increases under global warming, according to a study published Monday that signals a future of more frequent catastrophic floods unless humanity curbs greenhouse emissions.It comes as countries prepare to meet at the COP28 summit in Dubai beginning later this week, amid fears it could…

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Climate ‘countdown clock’ report launched ahead of key UN talks – Times of India

[ad_1] PARIS: Top scientists have launched a yearly report series to plug knowledge gaps ahead of crunch climate talks, with their global warming “countdown clock” vying for the attention of world leaders and ordinary citizens alike.In a year marked by devastating extreme weather events, Dubai will host key UN negotiations starting on November 30 aimed…

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Volcanic eruptions behind lethal climate change millions of years ago: Study – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Massive volcanic eruptions and subsequent environmental crises caused changes in climate over the past 260 million years, leading to mass extinction of life during these periods, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews, shows that these eruptions released large amounts of carbon dioxide into the Earth‘s atmosphere,…

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Florida Heat: ‘Feels like a hot tub’: 38°C in the ocean off Florida. Was it a world record? – Times of India

[ad_1] The reading from a buoy off Florida this week was stunning: 101.1 Fahrenheit, or just over 38 Celsius, a possible world record for sea surface temperatures and a stark indication of the brutal marine heat wave that’s threatening the region’s sea life. But determining whether that reading was in fact a world record is…

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