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Washington: A team of researchers from Arizona State University has found that releasing excess heat from air conditioners running during the night resulted in higher outside temperatures, worsening the urban heat island effect and increasing cooling demands.

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Manhattan: The 'dog days of summer' are here, but don't let the phrase fool you. This hot time of year can be dangerous for your pup, says a Kansas State University veterinarian.

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New Delhi: Union Minister of State Science and Technology (Independent Charge),Earth Sciences MoS in Prime Minister’s Office, Department of Personnel and Training,Atomic Energy, Space and Earth Sciences.

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Kashmir holds not only a distinction of being a picturesque tourist place, but also a melting pot of various religious centers and pilgrimage spots – which makes it a busy religious tourism destination all across the year.

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Washington: May 2014 was the third warmest May in the 35-year satellite-measured global temperature record, and the warmest May that wasn’t during an El Niño Pacific Ocean warming event, according to Dr. John Christy, a professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

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New Delhi: As per the Earth System Science Organisation of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences,  a depression formed over eastcentral Arabian Sea in the afternoon of yesterday, the June 10.

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