Statistic of the decade: The massive deforestation of the Amazon

8.4 million soccer fields of land deforested in the Amazon over the past decade

More cold on the way for North India post-Christmas: IMD

Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will be affected

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Equity should be a practical necessity, not a moral nicety

Richest 10 per cent population produces half of Earth’s fossil-fuel emissions

Sinks: No principles!

The working group on sinks finds principles most expendable!

Rice yields could plummet 40% by 2100 due to climate change: Stanford University

At least 2 billion people, especially in Asia, could be affected due to the scarcity

How a change in inhalers can cut CO2

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

Simply Put: Ice-free Arctic

Australia: From wettest spring in a decade to extreme heat waves, all in a month's time

First it was the ‘very much above average’ rain during spring (September-November) in most parts of Australia — the country&…

234 scientists read 14,000+ research papers to write upcoming IPCC climate report. Here’s what you need to know

The report, first of 4 that make up the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report, looks at the physical science behind climate change. It will …

This supermoon has a twist – expect flooding, but a lunar cycle is masking effects of sea level rise

Global sea level is still rising with the warming planet; the 18.6-year cycle will soon be working against us

COP27: The need for “New Collective Quantified Goal” in Climate Finance

Global South is spending five times more on debt repayments than on addressing the climate crisis's impacts  

Here’s how much carbon budget is estimated to be exhausted by 2030

A series of interactive infographics to explore the 21st Century's toughest development challenge: The planet's changing climate

Most internal displacement in East Africa’s Burundi due to rise of Lake Tanganyika

Hundreds of displaced families surveyed said they have no hope of returning home   

Bringing woolly mammoths back from extinction might not be such a bad idea — ethicists explain

Mammoth-like creatures could help restore this ecosystem by trampling shrubs, knocking over trees, and fertilising grasses with their faeces

How small family farms are adapting to climate change in Brazil

Agroecology offers a production strategy that enables small farmers in northeastern Brazil’s semi-arid region to survive through droughts

Mocha: Cyclone intensification may not be very high since it will be formed in heart of the Bay, say experts

Experts are treading cautiously about path Mocha will take; it depends on storm’s recurve, they say  

How are the Winter Olympics affected by climate change?

Warming induced by climate change is putting the snow sports industry across the world at risk, forcing governments to resort to artificial solutions

The Batagaika Crater: A warning sign for the Earth

The soil beneath the slump contains dangerous amounts of organic carbon that will be released into the atmosphere as the permafrost thaws, …

European heatwave: what’s causing it and is climate change to blame?

As temperatures continue to warm, we are seeing changes in atmospheric circulation patterns that can lead to increased occurrences of extreme …

North India Deluge 2023: Yamuna crosses evacuation mark in Delhi; highest since 1978

Rising levels of water in the Yamuna are measured at three levels — warning level at 204.50 metres, danger level at 205.33 metres, and …