East Africa to experience surge in El Nino-related malaria infections, experts warn
Impending outbreak of new infections can wipe away gains in malaria control, they say
Rising sea
Hospitals feel the heat too from extreme weather and its health impacts
Hospital infrastructure has not been adapted to secure health care during such events.
Hurricane Sandy
Go for inclusive growth
As much as the government works to formalise the Indian economy, conditions force people into illegal and informal business
Is Earth Close to “The Great Dying”?
Our “normal” climate is dead; the weather has gone insane, and it is annually killing thousands of Americans and millions of people …
Food security: Climate change is affecting the seeds that India depends on
An increase in number of days with extreme temperatures or rain has caused a decline in quality and size of seeds across India
Current climate reports might have underestimated the consequences of the climate crisis
The models do not consider methane emissions from permafrost thawing and carbon releases from droughts
Triple whammy: 3 weather systems to cause intense precipitation across India from December 1
Low pressure areas over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea and western disturbance over Afghanistan likely to induce rain, snow
Uttarakhand Floods: Respect Himalayan landscape if you want to preserve it, say experts
The recent flooding in Uttarakhand will recur across the biodiversity-rich Himalayas; respecting the landscape is the only way to conserve it
India lost more than 70,000 people because of climate change-related disasters
A new report by an international thinktank Germanwatch has some bad news for India. It says that between 1998 and 2017, India lost, on an average,…
Cyclone Ockhi first anniversary: Struggling widow, scarred survivor left hopeless
Those who lost their kin to the disaster are finding it hard to make ends meet and ones who made it back alive have still not overcome the mental …
How normal were the rains? IMD chief wants to study more factors to know
With climate change causing changes in annual precipitation and ocean temperature levels, these parameters need to be included in …
Cyclones that have hit India: What you should know?
Here is what you should know about cyclonic activity in India as Cyclone Gaja is going to hit the coast of Tamil Nadu today.
Role of Western disturbances in freak weather events
Scientists reason why the beneficial weather phenomenon has become increasingly disastrous
India's climate quandary
The National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture, India's flagship programme that aims to make Indian villages climate-proof, is at …
A peek into Indian monsoon over 8,000 years
A team of Indian researchers has recreated a continuous history of the Indian monsoon, providing new insights into forces governing it
Six rules for rebuilding infrastructure in an era of 'unprecedented' weather events
After extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey, city planners need to think about the smartest way to rebuild
Hit by extreme winter, Mongolia stares at humanitarian crisis
Livestock deaths due to extreme cold are robbing herders of livelihood, causing mass migration to cities
`We are teetering at the edge of a new era'
It is very hard to understand why we do not seem to grasp the immensity and urgency of climate change that is already unfolding around us, says …
Simply Put: A hoax no more
Summer of extreme heat: Wildfires in Greece as Europe scorches
Parts of China, US also break temperature records
Traditional knowledge of small farmers key to climate-smart agriculture
Proofing small farmers from weather vagaries is critical to climate adaptation
Megadrought, megapluvial conditions will become the new normal under high emissions scenario: Report
The shift may have already taken place or is in the offing in some regions
Embrace disruption and keep walking the green way
Too much time has been wasted in looking for answers that are convenient, not real