The UK is still not prepared for extreme temperatures – here’s what it should do
The UK has numerous frameworks and plans; however, they are not integrated, don’t consider dependencies between sectors and issues and they …
Auckland floods: Kerala woman travelling to New Zealand narrates her experience of being stranded at Malaysia airport
Many desperately need their luggage off the plane for medicines, sanitary napkins and clothes
Davos 2023: Natural disasters, extreme weather second-most severe global risk in short term
India recorded extreme weather events on 291 of the 334 days between January 1 and November 30, 2022
As told to Parliament (December 7, 2022): 71% Indians can’t afford nutritious food, member of Parliament cites DTE report
More than 1.7 million people die every year due to diseases caused by poor diet, DTE reported
Maharashtra doubles input subsidy for farmers, citing extreme weather events
Maharashtra farmers skeptical about doubling of input subsidy by state government; say benefits hardly accrue to them
Climate change, poor planning: Why Assam’s floods are getting worse
The current spate of floods in Assam claimed 71 lives and affected nearly 3.2 million people in 32 districts
Cyclone Fani has been difficult to predict, but it’s not the first one
Cyclones Gaja, Titli and Ockhi had also intensified very quickly and taken weather forecasters and scientists by surprise
'Warmer future can lead to heavier hailstorms'
UK researcher Amulya Chevuturi talks to DTE about how hailstorms occur and how they could intensify with rising temperatures
Counting the cost of catastrophe
With changing climate, the frequency of extreme weather events in India is rising and so is the price we pay for it.
Extreme rainfall acidifies land in India's northeastern states
The vicious cycle of frequent heavy rain events degrading land, which again cause more floods and hence further degrade land, cripples …
Heavy rains are not unusual in Kerala, yet...
The heavy spell cannot be seen in isolation from the seasonal distribution, rainfall abnormalities over the rest of the country or abnormal …
Cyclone Sagar kills 16, displaces thousands in Middle East, East Africa
Cyclone Sagar, one of the rare ones to penetrate into western Gulf of Aden, was also the strongest tropical storm ever recorded in Somalia
We have never seen anything like this before: dust storm victims in Rajasthan, UP
Although the local administration had generated alerts about the dust storm, the intensity and scale was unexpected and unprecedented
New normal: series of intense, widespread storms in less than a week; 19 states brace for more
Unusually high temperature has aided such intense storms across the country, indicating more turbulent days ahead
Lessons from semi-arid regions on how to adapt to climate change
Building on local experience and having access to current and expected climate trends is crucial to adapting to climate change for …
Study links additional deaths due to climate change impact on food production
Three-fourth of all climate-related deaths are estimated to occur in China and India in 2050
World on track to shatter temperature records for 12 consecutive months in May 2024
Both air and ocean temperatures have been on a record-breaking streak for the past 12 months and 13 months, respectively
Mozambique’s cyclone flooding was devastating to animals — we studied how body size affected survival
Larger species tend to be more resilient to disturbances but smaller ones can recover quicker
USAID and Red Cross to organise virtual ‘Global Summit on Extreme Heat’ today
Event aims to find solutions to lessen impacts of extreme heat, save lives and mitigate costs
Extreme temperatures kill 5 million a year: 20-year study
Intense cold caused more deaths than intense heat but this is changing
Humans hunted Arctic foxes in wintry northern Europe during last Ice Age, fossils show
They did not migrate during winter but rather hunted Arctic foxes for survival
Fifth-warmest year: 2021 was marked by floods, heatwaves, other climate anomalies for Europe
Europe experienced its warmest summer ever last year
2023 in a blink: DTE’s reportage on global scientific research this year
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023
‘Severe weather’ hits Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
Hailstorm, strong winds, lightning and heavy rains throw life out of gear
Forecast for mets: grim