Cyclone Biporjoy likely to make landfall in Gujarat; what is unusual about it?
Biporjoy is unusual because most models could not predict that it would intensify into an extremely severe cyclonic storm
All talk, no walk: G7 fail to inspire ambitious climate action
G7’s request for a common net zero deadline from other major economies seriously undermines equity considerations & shifts …
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
Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: How Zambia can make the most of it
The country has substantial reserves of copper and cobalt, critical metals for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
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
Climate tipping points could lock in unstoppable changes to the planet — how close are they?
Small patches of the Amazon and northern forests might tip and transition to a savannah-like state first, bypassing a more catastrophic …
We can't stabilise the climate without carbon offsets — so how do we make them work?
Governments should be transparent about the problems of offsetting and move to fix them quickly
September 2021 was one of the four warmest Septembers globally: Copernicus
Europe had near-record warmth in places during September 2021 but was cooler than average in the east, and close to average overall, according to …
Strong fires in 4 Brazilian states, Federal District, satellite images show
It will rain in the last quarter of the year in Brazil but it won’t be enough to end the drought aiding the fires, say experts
Sea level rose 3.1 mm each year between 1993 and 2020: Report
Warming ocean waters have caused many marine species to move towards cooler waters, leading to introduction of non-native and invasive …
How understanding genes can help scientists adapt trees to climate change
Climate change can transform the time when trees sprout leaves; understanding plant’s genes can help tide over the problem
Atmospheric CO2 levels may rise 50% higher than pre-industrial levels: Recent estimates
Atmospheric CO2 levels exceeded 417 parts per million (ppm) for several days in February and March 2021 — way above the pre-industrial …
Climate change, conflict: What is fuelling the Lake Chad crisis
Climate change, religious conlficts and economic crisis have taken toll on people and environment
Earth’s magnetic field broke down 42,000 years ago and caused massive sudden climate change
The ozone layer was destroyed, electrical storms raged across the tropics, solar winds generated spectacular light shows, Arctic air poured …
Chimpanzees evolved to behave more flexibly. It can help them weather climate change
Chimpanzees are capable of remarkable behavioural variability, and this may have allowed them to range in harsher and drier habitats
Earth Day@50: NatGeo highlights evolution of Human-Nature relationship
National Geographic brings together its family of explorers and experts to highlight the fragile human-nature relationship
Summer commences in India, impact on COVID-19 unclear as of now
More data expected in next 2 weeks, especially on the virus, humidity and ultra-violet radiation
There’s hope, if we wake up to today’s evolutionary potential
Everyone needs to be fired up with a rage aligned with the feminine principle of care rather than the masculine principle of control
Draft EU Climate Law: Incomplete framework, poor on internationalism
Climate activist Greta Thunberg termed the proposed EU law’s 2050 net-zero target a ‘surrender’
Climate crisis: 3 financial firms can make an effect
Corporate ownership has become concentrated in the hands of the 'big 3' passive asset managers: BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street
Obituary: Rajendra Kr Pachauri: (20 August, 1940 - 13 February, 2020)
Failings apart, his was the scientific face of fight against climate change as well as its messianic activist face
India has to increase emissions, RK Pachauri told me
The former head of IPCC died at 79 leaving behind a trail of headlines on climate change
Locust attack: Plague a grim reminder of climate change's reality
Change in cyclonic patterns in Arabian Sea behind locust invasions in Africa, west and south Asia, say experts
Lessons from a pandemic: Urgency for climate action
Much like the claimed behaviour of an ostrich burying its head underground in the face of risk, we demonstrate our capacity to ignore risks like …
Bill Gates is not entirely wrong about trees. He’s not entirely right either
The billionaire recently claimed planting trees would have little effect on climate change