Landmarks in the world of weather forecast

Events, inventions and discoveries in weather forecasting

Simply put: UN Climate Action Summit 2019

Protecting the environment in times of war

For Donald Trump, the concept of climate change is a hoax

Hidden cirrus clouds make the earth warmer

Chikungunya

Water levels in dams on Himachal rivers decline to half of their capacity

The state, ravaged by floods in 2023, has been suffering a long dry spell this winter because of the lack of rain and snow in the last three months

IPCC Special Report: Climate risks require India to rethink its approach

The report warns of increased risk of coastal flooding, heatwaves, food scarcity and vector-borne diseases

World seeing signs of climate breakdown: Antonio Guterres

UN Pact for Future must prioritise communities bearing brunt of climate emergency, says UN secretary-general 

Clouds of confusion over monsoon's timely arrival

While extended range forecast shows some signs of an early onset, other meteorological conditions have shrouded the forecast in uncertainty

Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet

From Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former head of the Sierra Club Carl Pope comes a manifesto on how the benefits of taking action on climate …

Mainstreaming Climate Co-Benefits in Indian Cities: Post-Habitat III Innovations and Reforms

The co-benefits approach can lead to significant improvements in the way societies use environmental resources and distribute their outputs.

Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change

How will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos?

Feel the bitter winds

Nila Madhab Panda's Kadvi Hawa is a gently told tale of a family caught in the cusp of climate change

Himalayan glaciers are receding faster than before

To understand their changing behaviour in the wake of climate change, Indian scientists have for the first time set up a high-altitude glaciology …

Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed ― and What It Means for Our Future

From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change.

Ice-free Arctic may happen much sooner than predicted so far: study

While Arctic sea ice volume and extent continue to dip each year, a new study has found out that salinity in snow cover affects accuracy of …

Climate Change: Sunita Narain on adaptation to the new normal

Sunita Narain's video-speech at the Water Research Commission Symposium 2017, in Boksburg, South Africa. She talks about the importance of water …

Can algae be a profitable solution for carbon capture?

Siddhanta Das, special secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, talks about using algae to capture carbon from industrial …

Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change

A declaration of resistance, and a roadmap for radical change, from the generation that will be most screwed by climate change.

Climate change, the hidden hand

Anthony McMichael takes us on a tour across epochs, showing how collapse of civilisations has roots in climate change

Solar geoengineering might work, but local temperatures could keep rising for years

Addressing root causes of global warming more important than geoengineering the planet 

58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change — we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

From common waterborne viruses to deadly diseases like plague, 218 of 375 human diseases may be affected

Loss and damage: Displacements

Globally, disasters, mostly cyclones and floods, triggered most internal displacements, or movements, in 2021.

जलवायु आपातकाल

मानव इतिहास का दूसरा सबसे गर्म वर्ष रिकॉर्ड किया गया 2019, …