The Hindu
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the urgent necessity for a low carbon economy to improve air quality, energy resources and sustainable ecosystems. The unprecedented drop in the world’s carbon footprint by 2.6 gigatonnes (Gt) — a magnitude very close to the total annual emissions of India — during the lockdown emphasises the magnitude of actions required at a global scale to combat climate change.
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal led by Dr. Dhanyalekshmi Pillai, who heads the Max Planck Partner Group (MPI-BGC Germany) at the institute, are attempting to address the climate change challenge by developing and implementing an innovative data-model fusion technique which aim to dramatically improve air quality over India.
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