’Atmospheric river’ over California spurred by bomb cyclone

Atmospheric rivers are storms which act like rivers in the sky, dumping massive amounts of rain which can cause flooding and mudslides

Malaysia floods force thousands to evacuate

Rapid urbanisation, industrial agriculture and conversion of forests into settlements have made townships increasingly vulnerable to extreme floods

Chile heatwave exacerbates forest fires

Chile is in the grips of the climate crisis and is currently facing a 14-year drought 

Indo-Gangetic Plain drying up? Water storage declined, ‘stream flow’ rose in Ganga, Indus basins last year, says WMO

Half a billion people live in the Indo-Gangetic Plain across Pakistan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh  

Antimicrobial resistance: Intensification of food production must be sustainable

Rise in demand for meat and dairy products was reconciled through the intensification of livestock systems

Using the ocean to fight climate change raises serious environmental justice and technical questions

Ocean affects everyone on the planet, but not everyone will have the same relationship to it or the same opportunities to have their opinions heard

Europe burns: National Emergency declared in UK; wildfires in France, Spain, Portugal

Many parts of the continent including Spain, Greece and France experienced wildfires July 17, 2022, after an unusually dry, hot spring

Stockholm+50: Measuring progress will be a big deal

Sustainability will command top priority when the world meets to review Stockholm; post-pandemic recovery must be inclusive

Climate change pushing pine beauty moth northward in Finland 50 years ahead of predictions

The insect pest has spread into northern Finland, up to 68°51’N, according to a new study

2021 was one of the hottest years on record – and it could also be the coldest we’ll ever see again

The fact 2021 was among the world’s hottest years despite these cooling forces shows just how strong the long-term warming trend is

CoP26 Diary (Nov 10): Cover decision draft mentions ‘coal’, ‘fossil fuels’ for first time

Guinea, speaking on behalf of G77, commented that developed country partners showed “no appetite to discuss the definition of climate …

Green lending: World’s biggest banks’ latest initiative at COP26 is a step backwards

It wouldn’t make sense to abruptly forbid lending to non-green projects now, since we need to avoid hitting hardest the banks that are …

Climate clock is ticking: Reset shows world is a year closer to 1.5°C warming threshold

According to recent estimates, only 500 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide can be emitted from 2020 onwards if we are to stay below the 1.5 C …

Global warming: How Kolkata, Mumbai are most at risk from high tides

The impact of the sea-level rise is concentrated in Asia, with China the most at risk, followed by India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Explainer series: Tracking climate crisis in North East India

Some villages are parched, some are seeing unusual floods: The climate crisis is doing the unimagineable in North East India. DTE tells …

The stratosphere, the earth’s blanket is disappearing

The shrinking stratosphere is a stark signal of the climate emergency and the planetary-scale influence that humanity now exerts

Still burning: Forest fires continue to rage in Uttarakhand

Wildfires began in Uttarakhand on October 15, 2020 and continue to destroy large tracts of forests

India can’t have a piece-meal approach of fighting only food security or climate change

Any effective solution to mitigate climate change in India must take in to account poverty, inadequate food distribution and lack of basic shelter

Three things historical literature can teach us about the climate crisis

The climate emergency may be unprecedented, but there are a few key ways in which past literature offers a valuable perspective on the present crisis

Locust attack: India faces worst-ever pest invasion

Apart from India, the pests have attacked 60 countries including Pakistan and Somalia, that have declared national emergencies

Climate change is the greatest threat to the planet

World Economic Forum's 'Global Risks Report 2020' and UN's 'Global Economic Prospects' claim extreme weather and loss in biodiversity will …

Look back at the decade: Extreme weather

The second decade of the millenium will be remembered as the one when the climate emergency set in

Emperor Penguins would be extinct if climate goals are not met

Quite like a canary in a coal mine, used by the British in the mid-1980s to check for carbon monoxide in a mine; the Emperor Penguin is providing …

This bio-brick can help cut pollution

Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad and KIIT School of Architecture, Bhubaneshwar, have developed bricks from agricultural …

Want to know more about climate crisis, human brain? Here are a few recommendations

Here's a must-read, must-watch, must-attend list for you: A book to better understand why climate change is such a complicated issue, a …