Joshimath’s tragedy again shows us how fragile Uttarakhand’s Himalayas are
Climate change, glacial melt, sedimentation and human activity are a toxic brew threatening …
How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days
It all depends on where you are in the world and where your air is coming from
Europe’s ‘pyroregions’: Summer 2022 saw 20-year freak fires in regions historically immune, close to normal in fire prone areas
Expansion of fire-prone pyroregions in southern Europe is projected under various warming …
Skiing in the Alps faces a bleak future thanks to climate change
Saving the winter economy in alpine resorts will prove very challenging. Skiing won’t …
2023: Cheer for dissent and dialogue
We have to recognise that an alternative exists
Climate change can be beaten — Why some scientists are hopeful
Kofoworola Belo-Osagie talks to scientists to share the reasons that give them …
Record low water levels on the Mississippi River in 2022 show how climate change is altering large rivers
Warmer atmospheric temperatures have the potential to evaporate more water, causing drought …
Loss, decay and bleaching: Why sponges may be the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for impacts of marine heatwaves
Marine sponges were earlier thought to be more resilient to ocean warming
‘Earth’s empty quarter’: Many Pacific nations now have falling populations
Rising sea levels are affecting the lowest-lying nations first, such as the atoll states of …
Even weak tropical cyclones have grown more intense worldwide – we tracked 30 years of them using currents
An increase in ocean currents corresponded to a rise in the intensity of weak tropical …
COP27 was a mirage in the deserts of the Sinai
COP27 was a grand spectacle; it created a sense of hyper-action, when it actually was about …
The renewable energy transition is failing
Renewable energy isn’t replacing fossil fuel energy — it’s adding to it.
Antimicrobial resistance: Intensification of food production must be sustainable
Rise in demand for meat and dairy products was reconciled through the intensification of …
Equity, unabated coal phasedown in first draft of COP27 ‘Cover Decision’; other elements missing
Details are scant on the loss and damage fund demanded by G77, and there is no mention of …
How climate-induced disasters are creating a new dynamic of migration
Over time, countries would not be in a position to absorb so much migration in their …
Five big disagreements on loss and damage as COP27 clock ticks on
Finance, semantics and syntax have slowed negotiations at Sharm El-Sheikh
Tamil Nadu now a forerunner among all states in acting on climate change
Other states in India can emulate Tamil Nadu’s initiatives with a view of …
COP27: Let us not reinvent the wheel to finance loss and damage
While delegates in Sharm El-Sheikh debate the specifics of loss and damage finance, it …
Egypt: The halting place of feeble and mighty
Countries meeting in Egypt need to ensure climate finance given as grants, not loans
Why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis
Vanuatu and its partners are pursuing a ground-breaking diplomatic strategy and others will …
COP27: Switzerland wants ‘major emitters’ and big developing economies to do more on mitigation
Talks on the Mitigation Work Programme November 8 brought back memories of post-Paris …
Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms world’s poorest countries?
Countries in Africa have some of the lowest national greenhouse gas emissions, and yet …