Rising temperatures due to climate change may be compounding the stress on crops in multiple ways, it says
Can't prevent earthquakes, but can minimise Damage: Earth Sciences ministry
A season in hell: Bushfires push at least 20 threatened species closer to extinction
How to monitor the bushfires raging across Australia
Djibouti receives two years’ worth of rain in a single day
The East African country, along with neighbours, Kenya and Somalia might be in store for more flooding in the ...
Bulbul ‘more dangerous than Aila’: Affected people
One week after the cyclone struck the Sundarbans, Down To Earth travels to the area to take stock
Bulbul could have damaged Sundarbans more than Aila but for the low tides
High tide would have meant saline water inundating the delta area
Bulbul damages crops, houses, electricity and water connections in Odisha
Though no death has been reported in the state, damage to property has been immense
Bulbul kills in Bengal before moving onto Bangladesh
Cyclonic storm likely to fizzle into depression
Cyclone Bulbul may skip Odisha coast, head for Bangladesh
The chances of the cyclone hitting Odisha coast are remote, as per the latest bulletin of the India Meteorological Department
Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara prepare for Cyclone Bulbul
Expect landfall in two Odisha districts on November 8-9
2019 set to be record-breaking cyclone year for India
Cyclone Bulbul, to hit Andhra and Odisha by November 9, to be seventh such storm this year
237 million people in 6 Asian countries at risk due to coastal flooding by 2050: Study
In India, six times more people are at risk from coastal flooding than the earlier estimates based on satellite ...
Satellite-based advisory service launched for deep sea fishermen
The gap in communication was severely felt during Cyclone Ockhi in November-December 2017
What fuelled this year's flood fury in Pune?
Unplanned development and erratic weather majorly caused the deluge, find experts
Why fires that scorched the Amazon are a planetary emergency
From the Arctic to the Amazon, fires are raging at an unprecedented scale, stoking an unfathomable fear: is the ...
Six tropical storms whirling over Atlantic and Pacific
The combined number of active storms has reportedly tied a modern record, set in September 1992
Indian rivers crossed highest flood level 25 times in August 2019
This caused extreme floods in many states, according to Central Water Commission data
Dams were built to control floods; they are now triggers
Most of the recent floods in the country have occurred due to sudden release of dam water
UNCCD COP14 throws up innovative methods to fund drought mitigation
Commercialisation of basic livelihood and services like water and sanitation would generate sufficient funds to mitigate drought, they said
What does the marine heatwave in Pacific mean for environment?
It could cause droughts in the surrounding region, affect marine ecosystem and coral reefs
Good communication is a key part of disaster response
There's a need for more trained personnel using social media during a disaster and for funding to adequately equip ...
Hurricane Dorian: A big, slow and very unpredictable storm
The Category 5 hurricane is moving at 1.5 km/hr and can hit any one out of five southern US ...
Yamuna breaches danger mark in Delhi
Development after Haryana released 8.28 lakh cusecs of water on August 18
Floods ravage Odisha, kill eight
Several districts are waterlogged and no access to clean drinking water is a major issue
