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A view of an iceberg near South George island, November 18, 2020. Photo: UK Ministry of Defence/Handout via Reuters
As we grapple with India’s COVID-19 epidemic, we can’t afford to lose sight of the larger crisis that lies in wait: climate change. Several voices worldwide, ranging from celebrities to academics, claim that the global collaboration observed to address the COVID-19 crisis could help us prepare better to face the impending climate crisis. Although the collaboration achieved so far is undoubtedly a ray of hope to cope with a climate-affected future, we were reminded of a question by one of our students, “can climate change be fundamentally addressed as long as the top 5% of the world’s population (or even a smaller fraction) can bail themselves out from the worst impacts of the climate crisis?”
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The world s largest iceberg is on track to crash into a small island, where it could wipe out a generation of penguin chicks and seal pups
The world s largest iceberg is on track to crash into a small island, where it could wipe out a generation of penguin chicks and seal pups
Morgan McFall-JohnsenDec 16, 2020, 05:01 IST
A gentoo penguin with a newborn chick.Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
The world s largest iceberg is drifting dangerously close to
South Georgia Island, where millions of penguins and seals are breeding.
If the
animals access to the ocean.
If
penguins and seals have to travel across the 30-mile iceberg to get food from the ocean, many of their young will starve.