By 2050, the world will lose $38,000,000,000,000 to climate change, dragging down average income by 19%
Poorest countries may have income reductions 8.9 percentage points greater than richest countries
How a massive anticyclone caused floods in Dubai and humid heat in Mumbai, on the other side of the Arabian Sea
Anticyclones don’t let other weather systems pass by and create conditions for extreme weather on their peripheries as well
NOAA, ICRI confirm fourth global mass coral bleaching event in 2023-2024
This is the second such event in the last 10 years and comes at a time when global oceans have also recorded unprecedented heat
Indians may already be experiencing temperatures close to limits of human survivability without even being aware
The basic criteria for IMD to declare a heatwave currently does not take into account relative humidity, which is increasingly becoming a cause …
IMD predicts a scorching summer for 2024
People may not get much respite from the heat even during the nights, predicts agency
One of the major gaps in our weather observational system is over the oceans: Elena Manaenkova
Former WMO Deputy Secretary General, Elena Manaenkova speaks to Down To Earth about extreme weather, the global cryosphere and emissions on World …
Why did eastern India receive heavy rainfall on March 20? A cocktail of weather systems is the answer
The India Meteorological Department had listed 5 different weather systems that were active over mainland India on March 20; there was also an …
COP27 diary (November 16): ‘$100 billion in climate finance more of gesture from rich countries’
A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
जलवायु संकट: बदलते मौसम के बीच ओडिशा, तेलंगाना में समय से पहले लगी आम में बौर
आमतौर पर दक्षिणी केरल में इस समय आम के पेड़ों में बौर आना शुरू होती हैं
COP27 diary (November 15): Political support to loss and damage facility critical, says Pakistan
Intense dust storm catches Rajasthan, UP unawares
Local authorities say that the death toll due to the dust storm is expected to rise
Increased chance of earth breaching 1.5°C in next five years
One of the years from 2023-2027 could be the warmest ever recorded, warns WMO
PM’s climate change council has not met in almost 7 years
Who is, then, advising the PM for his climate goal announcements?
DTE Reportage: Coverage of the Subsidiary Bodies 58 climate conference in Bonn
Delegates discussed climate issues in the runup to November’s conference in Dubai
800 stranded in Arunachal’s West Kameng after cloudburst
The cloudburst comes after a lean monsoon season in the state
Snow cover across Northern Hemisphere has declined in last 4 decades due to changing climate: Study
Ninety per cent of the global population lives in the Northern Hemisphere, above the Equator
COP27: Act here and now on loss and damage facility, climate-vulnerable nations tell rich ones
European Union softens stance on loss and damage facility, albeit with a caveat
Cyclone Burevi hurtling towards Trincomalee on Lanka’s east coast
The cyclone will make a second landfall on December 3-4 along the Tamil Nadu coast
More cold on the way for North India post-Christmas: IMD
Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will be affected
COP28 diary (December 5): Negotiations on Adaptation to continue; Industry Day observed at Expo City 2020
Last round of GST negotiations expected on December 6; green public procurement pledge launched
Not Cherrapunji or Mawsynram, Rishikesh was India’s wettest town for most of August 2023
Between August 1 and August 25, the town received 1,901 millimetres of rainfall
Viva Freddy: How the cyclone broke 16 records in 37 days
DTE reportage tracking Cyclone Freddy from Australia to Africa
IMD predicts summer warmer than usual
March has been extremely wet
Expect more ‘bomb cyclones’, courtesy climate change
Severe rain and snow lay seige to large parts of United States, Canada
COP28 diary (November 30): Loss and damage Fund becomes operational on first day
Though $550 million is good to start up the LDF on its first day, it is far short of the billions required to actually address the needs of …
