On Earth Day 2024, India should seriously consider fortifying its health system against climate-induced challenges

The escalating impact of climate change on public health and India’s diverse and vulnerable population magnifies the stakes for urgent action

Hokkaido, Japan’s ‘Garden of the Gods’, is warming

Sapporo, its main city, registered 26°C on April 15, the earliest such record in a given year  

Extreme heat affects Indian women more than men, says new study

As we talk more about climate change, the question of climate justice and equity will take centre stage

Watch: What does summer of 2024 have in store for India? Heatwaves, rising temperatures, says IMD

The warning for hot temperatures and heatwaves comes at a time when the El Nino event in the equatorial Pacific Ocean is in its waning phase

Simply Put: Endangered species

Climate change-driven sea-level rise could increase arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh: Study

India, too, suffers from a high burden, with Bihar showing an upsurge in cases affected by arsenic poisoning

Extreme cold still happens in a warming world – in fact climate instability may be disrupting the polar vortex

While the world can expect fewer of severe cold events in the future, many regions need to remain prepared for exceptional cold when it does occur

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

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

Can high temperatures impact people’s ratings of their lives?

Middle and low-income countries recorded a significant decline in evaluations

Simply Put: Global warming & mammoths

Take heart from what’s unfolded at CoP26 in Glasgow — the world can still hold global heating to 1.5℃

The ten days of the talks so far have yielded new binding commitments

Simply put: Kicking away net zero goalpost at CoP26

Simply Put: Achieving net zero

DTE Coverage: Cyclones Tej & Hamoon form together in Indian Ocean’s marginal seas

The last time cyclones formed simultaneously in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal was in 2018

Investigation: Indian voluntary carbon market may not benefit people, climate

A probe into the carbon market and offsetting projects in 40 locations across India

Simply Put: Ozone hole and loop hole

Simply Put: Sun and moon

Northern Hemisphere just recorded its hottest summer

The five warmest summers ever recorded have occurred in the past five years

Invest $1.7 trillion in nature-based solutions to adapt to climate change: UNCCD report

The investment would give four times the return on investment, it said  

Simply put: Billions needed to combat desertification

Strong nexus between land use and drought: UNCCD report

It also called for the management of land and drought to be fundamentally linked

How global warming will impact oceans in the future

Who to blame for July Europe floods? Human-induced climate change

Rainfall events in western Europe now 9 times more likely to happen

IPCC AR6: Science has spoken now climate actions must follow, Sunita Narain

The future is here and it should worry us enormously