To give an eco-friendly twist to the 4-day Chhath Puja celebrations, organisers in Siliguri are creating artificial ghats. About 130 ghats will be created in the Gandhi Maidan area. Over 11,000 earthen lamps will be lit on the evening of 2nd November and the organisers hope to recreate the original atmosphere. The move comes after the National Green Tribunal banned performing of rituals in the river to prevent environmental damage.

The oceans are losing oxygen at an unprecedented rate and this poses a major risk to tuna, sharks and other species. The findings were presented by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature at the&nbsp;UN climate conference in Madrid. They shared that "the delicate balance of marine life is thrown into disarray" as the ocean loses oxygen. While all fish need oxygen to survive, the bigger species are more vulnerable to these depleting levels as they need more oxygen to survive. They are thus moving towards the shallow areas of sea, where they are vulnerable to fishing. Global heating is a major source of this depleting oxygen levels.&nbsp;

Honouring marine species that have lost their lives to plastic pollution, few environmental groups have come together to build the world's first marine cemetery. Located at the&nbsp;Beypore Beach in&nbsp;Kozhikode&nbsp;in&nbsp;Kerala, the cemetery has been made of over 2000 plastic bottles, featuring 9 tombs. 8 critically endangered marine species including seahorse, hammerhead shark, parrotfish&nbsp;and&nbsp;leatherback turtle have been honoured at the cemetery. The project was led by Jellyfish Watersports.

The Bhadrinarayan Temple in Surat has switched to solar power to meet its energy needs. High electricity bills led the management to make the switch, after which they were able to save the money that is now being used to provide education to children in the region. The trustee of the temple stated that fifty kilowatt capacity solar panels have been installed on the terrace of the temple.

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg&nbsp;has once again hit out at world leaders, accusing them of 'silencing' the youth. Addressing a climate rally in Madrid, Thunberg said, "people want everything to continue like now and they are afraid of change". Thunberg also added that calls for real action against climate change are still being "ignored" by political leaders. Thunberg&nbsp;is in Madrid while&nbsp;the United Nations-sponsored talks on climate change is underway. The march was led by dozens of representatives of Latin America's indigenous peoples and organisers claimed 500,000 people showed up for the march.

A village in Russia's Far East is on high alert due to a polar bear invasion. Hungry polar bears and their cubs descended on a village in search of food. According to World Wide Fund, some 50 bears are roaming near Ryrkaipiy village, since they were unable to hunt at sea and moved to populated areas to search for something to eat. Social activities have been cancelled and patrols have been appointed to protect locals.

Norwegian Air has become the first airline to sign the UN Climate Pledge,&nbsp;committing to become climate neutral by 2050. Passengers will be able to see their flight&rsquo;s carbon emissions and purchase offsets with their ticket. Customers who choose to purchase offsets will fund carefully selected CO2-reducing clean energy projects in regions Norwegian serves.&nbsp;Over the past 10 years, the airline has &ldquo;reduced its emissions by 30 percent per passenger kilometer&rdquo; by operating fuel-efficient aircraft.&nbsp;

Climate change is causing birds to shrink, says a new study conducted by researchers from the&nbsp;University of Michigan and the&nbsp;Field Museum in Chicago.&nbsp;Researchers analysed over 70,000 specimens from 52 North American migratory bird species collected over 40 years. They found that almost all of the species were getting smaller and&nbsp;their wingspans are growing.&nbsp;However, scientists aren't exactly sure why warmer temperatures cause birds to shrink.&nbsp;More studies may help understand&nbsp;how animals will adapt to climate change.
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According to the Centre for International Climate Research, carbon emissions have increased by about 0.6% over the course of 2019. The 2019 estimate is based on data through the first nine to ten months of the year, with a few national estimates based only on six months of data.&nbsp;Both the United States and the European Union saw emissions drop 1.7% from 2018 to 2019, but China saw a 2.6% increase and India had a 1.8% rise. China is by far the biggest carbon polluter, with 28% of the 2019 emissions. The United States is No. 2 at 14.5%.

Ahead of the COP25 climate change meeting, an art installation has been created in Madrid that recreates air pollution. The installation simulates pollution levels of some of the most polluted cities in the world including London, New Delhi and Beijing. The pollution pods have been created by British artist Michael Pinsky and use perfume blends and fog machines to imitate the deteriorating&nbsp;air quality. Spain's Energy and Environment Minister Teresa Ribera paid a visit to the site that even spreads awareness on how pollution impacts the health.

The Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo in California has become the first theme park on the West Coast powered by solar energy. Recently, an event&nbsp;was organized to celebrate the park's commitment to renewable energy including the flipping of a giant switch and illuminating millions of twinkling lights.

A team of scientists used a drone to capture the rapid fracturing and draining of a lake on the Greenland ice sheet, a phenomenon that could become more frequent as a result of climate change. The process is difficult to capture, but the group of glaciologists from the Scott Polar Institute at the University of Cambridge were fortunate when they arrived at the Store Glacier in northwest Greenland in July 2018.&nbsp;Aerial photography captured by the drone from before and after shows a dark blue oval shrinking into a smaller, shallower and lighter blue circle.

Marine Conservation Society in the UK found almost 16,000 cans and bottles in four days of beach cleaning in September. The revelation&nbsp;highlights the importance of a&nbsp; comprehensive&nbsp;deposit return scheme to avoid marine litter. As part of the Great British Beach Clean, more than 10,000 volunteers cleaned&nbsp;437 beaches and collected almost 11 tonnes of litter.&nbsp;

The dangers of marine litter once again come to light with the viral photograph of a seal pup with a glass bottle in its mouth. Photographer Dan Thurling&nbsp;took the photo at&nbsp;Donna Nook reserve in Lincolnshire. The glass bottle is apparently from Starbucks and the chain has offered its support to protect the area.&nbsp;

Chennai's Marina beach, which is India's longest urban beach, is currently blanketed with a layer of thick toxic foam due to pollution. Despite warnings about how dangerous the foam could be for the skin, tourists are taking a dip in the water and even using the foam as a backdrop for photographs! The samples of the foam are being investigated&nbsp;by the local Pollution Control Board.&nbsp;

An alarming video of a polar bear in Russia spray-painted with the text "T-34" in black on its body is worrying scientists. Experts say this could affect the animal's ability to blend in with its surroundings and hunt for food. An investigation is underway to find out exactly where in Arctic Russia the video was filmed. Interestingly, the T-34 was a tank that played a crucial role in the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany during World War Two. The footage was posted on Facebook by a member of the World Wildlife Fund.

The World Meteorological Organization on Tuesday warned that according to preliminary data the period from 2010 to 2019 is likely to be the hottest decade on record.&nbsp;Each of the previous four decades have been hotter than the last, and the trend is set to continue. Not just that, 2019 could be the second-warmest year on record.&nbsp;The report comes just before delegates from around the world are all set to meet at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid to discuss the ongoing crisis.&nbsp;

For centuries, the Everglades National Park in Florida has been drained and plowed, and experts warn that almost half of the original wetlands&nbsp;preserve has now disappeared. A significant amount of money and effort has gone in to restore what has been lost but restoring the flow of water through the 'river of grass' is a big challenge. Another challenge the wetlands face is of invasive species like pythons that have gobbled up over 90% of small mammals in the area. Efforts are being undertaken to control the snake population.

Disasters that were brought upon by climate change have become the number one reason for internal displacement of more than 20 million people over the last decade. According to the new&nbsp;Oxfam&nbsp;report, low and lower-middle income nations, including India, are four times more likely to be affected by climate-fuelled displacement than higher income nations like the US. This means that despite their comparatively lower contribution to carbon pollution, the world's poorest countries pay the heaviest price for climate change. Displacement is also a security issue, the report added, as it leads to instability and conflict.&nbsp;

In a horrific incident, a dead sperm whale washed up on a Scottish beach with a '100 kg' litter ball in its stomach. Details of the 46-feet-long mammal were posted by a group called the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme on Facebook and serves as a stern reminder of the devastating effects of marine pollution. From fishing nets to ropes and plastic cups, debris comprised a whole lot of trash. However, it is not clear if that was the cause of death but it definitely may have caused some problems for the whale's digestion, say researchers.

New Zealand's&nbsp;livestock industry has begun a genetic program called the &lsquo;Global first&rsquo; project with an aim to tackle climate change. As part of the project, the industry will breed low 'methane-emitting' sheep. Approximately one third of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the country come from livestock.&nbsp;Breeders who want to produce these low-methane rams or male sheep will have to measure a 'methane breeding value'. This process would have no negative impact on&nbsp;farm productivity, say researchers.

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