Central America reeling under severe drought

The drought has killed 30,000 cattle in Colombia, destroyed 70 per cent corn crop in Honduras

July 2015 is Earth’s hottest month ever recorded

Ocean surfaces across the world also experienced record warmth

India to receive less rainfall, strong El Nino predicted

North-west India will be worst sufferer; IMD forecast says the region will receive only 85 per cent of normal rains

Parts of India received more than 10 times of normal rains in March, April: IMD

Private weather forecaster predicts normal monsoon for 2015 despite El Nino developing in the eastern Pacific

Armageddon

The fires in the Amazon forest show no signs of abating. Lax environmental laws have added fuel to them

The ill effects

Warming climate spawns disease epidemics

Lethal messenger

El Niño brings deadly disease to South America

A large, large catchment

Pacific and the Atlantic oceans: key controllers of monsoons

La Nina’s rare ‘triple dip’ likely to affect weather patterns globally

Continuation of the La Niña may also mean an extended southwest monsoon season for India and the rest of south Asia

Human-made climate change behind rising 2019 temperatures: WMO

Absence of El Niño and yet an extension in the spate of rising temperatures points towards it, says the UN weather agency

2016 was year of extreme warming; 2017 shows no signs of easing

Last year was the warmest on record for North America, second warmest for Africa and South America and third warmest for Europe

UN urges stronger response to address El Niño impacts

More than US $2.4 billion are needed for current El Niño responses and currently there is a $1.5 billion gap in funding

IMD forecasts deficient monsoon for 2015, drought fears grow

Monsoon expected over Kerala by June 5, late by at least a week

Bleached to death

As ocean waters get warmer, coral reefs look even paler this year

Warmer days Down Under

Ocean's surface temperature may help predict monsoon

Odisha’s fish stocks are depleting, courtesy warming seas; here’s how

Rampant catching of baby fish, migration routes changing thanks to climate impact coumpounding problems 

COP27: Climate vulnerable countries, G7 launch plan for quick loss and damage funding

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Senegal, Philippines and Ghana will be among the first countries to receive assistance from the Global …

East Africa drought: ‘Climate change is making La Niña impact severe’

Climate change is pushing countries like Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia into a famine as they face their fifth consecutive deficit rainy seasons

El Nino may hit already hurt Indian farmers

The country saw a 24 per cent rainfall deficit in September and if El Nino continues till spring, it may bring down average rainfall in 2019 …

'All these sites have multiple stresses affecting them. Climate change only adds to that'

Adam Markham, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Deputy Director for Climate and Energy and lead author of UNESCO’s recent report on World …

Countdown to monsoon arrival starts

Will the southwest monsoon arrive on time over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands? 

Is the global warming ‘hiatus’ over?

There are many ongoing signs that the planet is heating up, even “on fire.”

El Niño to disrupt rainfall, reduce crop harvests in Africa, East Asia: scientists

Extensive loss of beans, potatoes and maize are expected in parts of Kenya

Australian Met agency predicts 70 per cent chance of El Nino by June

With this prediction, expectations of a good monsoon season for South Asia may be hit