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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

Go for inclusive growth

As much as the government works to formalise the Indian economy, conditions force people into illegal and informal business

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 …

Traditional knowledge of small farmers key to climate-smart agriculture

Proofing small farmers from weather vagaries is critical to climate adaptation

Simply Put: A hoax no more

Summer of extreme heat: Wildfires in Greece as Europe scorches

Parts of China, US also break temperature records

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

Climate change is real: Severe drought hits Assam’s wet regions

Never seen a drought of this magnitude, claim farmers; paddy crop affected

Extreme weather events increasing in intensity in Africa: Greenpeace report

Temperatures and extreme heat events are expected to increase across the continent

195% more Africans affected due to extreme weather events in 2019

Extreme events are also predicted for the first half of 2020 in the continent