Kalana Krishantha

Joined: August 2, 2022
Articles: 30

Climate Change, Fact Check, Sea Level Rise

The rate of Sea Level Rise has NOT remained constant during the past century!

Climate change has become a hot topic these days, with policymakers, scientists, and several other stakeholders expressing different ideas and opinions on climate change and its consequences. Unfortunately, within all this noise, some statements related to climate change get shared…

Kalana Krishantha
October 20, 2022

Climate Change, Biodiversity

COP15 & Its Impact on Global Climate Change!

The 15th edition of the Conference of Parties(COP15) to the United Nations Biodiversity Conference will be held from the 7th to 19th December at Montreal, Canada. Climate change along with biodiversity of living species would be some of the key topics that would…

Kalana Krishantha
September 23, 2022
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Fact Check, Denial, Skepticism

Series of Altered News Headlines, targeting Global Climate Change

Climate Change conspiracy memes, created and propagated mainly by climate change deniers, are often seen on social media streams, especially on Twitter. These Tweets are accompanied with Hashtags such as #climatehoax, #globalwarminghoax, #climatechangehoax etc. Here, we are going to investigate two…

Kalana Krishantha
September 11, 2022
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Electric Vehicles, Fact Check

Are Electric Motor Vehicles Practical for Sri Lanka?

Long fuel queues which were a common sight in every town in Sri Lanka, have subsided considerably with the introduction of fuel quota system from the 1st of August. Yet few sectors, especially that of three-wheelers have been complaining about the…

Kalana Krishantha
September 3, 2022

Activism

Are Climate Activists Hysterical?

As climate change has become a buzzword over the past few years especially, it also has turned into a topic that has been causing a lot of heated arguments for the past few years. While climate scientists, environmentalists and climate…

Kalana Krishantha
September 2, 2022

Net Zero Policy

Achieving “Net Zero” leads to the Collapse of the World Economy?

It is widely accepted that global climate change has had a significant impact over the past few decades, with major changes in weather patterns, sea level rises etc. impacting the socio-economy lifestyle of millions around the world. Scientists believe that burning…

Kalana Krishantha
September 2, 2022

Fact Check, Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy and Related Misconceptions

Renewable Energy is the energy generated from replenishable sources such as sun, wind, tidal waves, hot springs, biomass, etc. While fossil fuel causes a lot of environmental issues, the process of taking energy from renewable sources remains more environmentally friendly.…

Kalana Krishantha
August 20, 2022

Green Energy, Energy Scams

Investment & Job Opportunities and Scams Related with Green / Renewable Energy Projects!

Human induced activities such as burning fossil fuels like coal, oil etc. which generate harmful greenhouse gases, has been a key driver behind unprecedented levels of climate changes especially over the last century. Yet, at the same time burning of…

Kalana Krishantha
August 4, 2022

Climate Change Myths, Polar Bear

Despite conservation efforts, Climate Change Poses Serious Threat to Polar Bear Population!

Climate Change Myths, Global Warming is not happening

Climate Change is NOT only a Future problem, very much present concern!

CLAIM: For several years climate change had been mainly discussed as a concern only for future generations and a problem that doesn’t really affect current generations in everyday lives. Many perceived an increase in temperature by a few degrees or a…