What is the bomb cyclone blitzing across US?

The winter storm, Ulmer, has led to terrifying blizzard conditions, tropical storm winds and heavy rainfall; killing one person

In 2018, natural disasters cost the world $225 billion

Extreme weather-related disasters caused 89 per cent of the economic loss in Asia Pacific region

'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 …

From Phailin to Hudhud: a year of extreme weather events

Year 2014 has witnessed a series of floods, droughts and an unusual spell of hailstorms in a few states. A look at the damage and displacement …

Hudhud hits fisher people in Odisha

Bad weather spells in Bay of Bengal between February to October, the busiest period for fishers, have affected their livelihood

यूएन रिपोर्ट : दो दशक में 7348 प्राकृतिक आपदाओं में 12.3 लाख की मौत

आंकड़ों के मुताबिक एशिया में 2000-2019 के दर्मियान 3,068 सबसे अधिक आपदा की घटनाएं हुई, इसके बाद अमेरिका में 1,756 और फिर अफ्रीका में ...

जून 2020 तक सामने आई 200 से भी ज्यादा प्राकृतिक आपदाएं, 2019 के मुकाबले हैं 27 फीसदी ज्यादा

2020 में आई आपदाओं से करीब 561,881 करोड़ रुपए का नुकसान हुआ है। इसमें से करीब 95 फीसदी से अधिक नुकसान मौसम संबंधित आपदाओं ...

Climate-induced loss and damage continues to be neglected globally

Ever since inception, the executive committee of WIM has not been able to mobilise fund for addressing loss and damage in developing countries

Time to get out of denial mode

Government will have to internalise the fact that climate change is going to affect us more and more in the future

Heat stress fuels migration in Pakistan

Adaptation to high temperatures should be an important part of climate change combat plan, says a research based on data collected from within …

El Nino and La Nina weather events set to increase: report

Frequency of extreme weather events is expected to nearly double with global warming—from one in 23 years to one in 13 years

क्या कोरोनावायरस के कारण ‘हंगर हॉटस्पॉट’ बन जाएगा भारत

ऑक्सफेम की नई रिपोर्ट में भारत को उभरते हुए ‘हंगर हॉटस्पॉट’ के रूप में चिन्हित किया है

क्या पेरिस समझौते के लक्ष्यों को हासिल कर सकती है वैश्विक उत्सर्जन में 50 फीसदी की कटौती

शोध के अनुसार पेरिस समझौते के लक्ष्यों को हासिल करने के लिए 2030 तक वैश्विक उत्सर्जन में 40 से 50 फीसदी की कटौती करनी ...

India's double challenge

Traditional system of flood management through lakes and connected water channels has been forgotten

Climate change may be driving changes in India's northeast monsoon

In recent years, the shifting patterns of the southwest monsoon and its implications have been spoken about extensively, but the northeast …

Asia has faced more disasters than any other continent since 1970

A Centre for Science and Environment analysis shows that the number of natural disasters reported in developing countries has increased

Hottest day in Arctic: WMO official warns of more extreme weather

As Verkhoyansk in Siberia recorded 38°C, governments must remember how a hotter Arctic region can affect the whole world

मुआवजे और संवेदना व्यक्त करने से नहीं थमेगी आकाशीय बिजली की मार

बिहार में आकाशीय बिजली गिरने से एक दिन में 83 लोगों की मौत हुई है। हर साल होने वाली इन मौतों को रोकने के ...

Arctic Sea ice saw largest decline in 41 years in July 2019: NCPOR

Loss of ice cover in the Arctic Sea has had strong effects on components of climate system, such as reduction of heat and momentum, water vapour &…

पेरिस समझौते के फेल होने पर दुनिया को होगा 600 ट्रिलियन डॉलर का नुकसान

आईपीसीसी के अनुसार 2030 से 2050 के बीच वैश्विक तापमान में हो रही वृद्धि 1.5 डिग्री सेल्सियस की सीमा को पार कर जाएगी। 

117 सालों में छठा सबसे गर्म साल रहा 2018

 करीब 60 करोड़ भारतीय ऐसे क्षेत्रों में रहते हैं जहां अधिक तापमान और वर्षा जीवनस्तर पर नकारात्मक प्रभाव डालेगी

Drought, but why: Normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought

One-third of India’s districts are chronically drought-hit despite receiving above normal rainfall

CSE welcomes India's decision to ratify Paris Agreement, warns of hard work ahead

By becoming one of the early ratifiers, the country has shown that it is a serious global player in climate negotiations

Did 2015 make us more climate wise?

Last year, weather records were broken left, right and centre all over the world as the world witnessed cold waves, heat waves, droughts, …

‘Ganga basin temperatures to rise by 1-2°C by 2050’

Eddy Moors, who heads the Earth System Sciences and Climate Change group at Alterra Wageningen University and Research Center in the Netherlands, …