Hurricanes of the future might have increased potential for catastrophic events
Climate science predicts a definite increase in the frequency of hurricanes, their intensity and duration due to warming of the ocean surfaces
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is a good scheme with flawed execution, says CSE
Agriculture insurance is recognised as an important part of the safety net for farmers to deal with the impacts of extreme and unseasonal weather
Flash floods in Assam, Mizoram kill at least 12, destroy hundreds of houses
The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rain across the northeast over the week
IMD to provide block-level weather forecasts by 2019
100 blocks will be covered by the end of this year and the remaining will be covered by 2019
IMD predicts intense heat waves this summer
Climate change held responsible for the growing incidence and severity of heat waves
Frequency of heat waves increasing; we must prepare for it: experts
Experts gathered at the National Workshop on Heat Wave Forecasts for State Level Preparedness deliberated on extreme weather and states' …
Digitising agriculture in face of climate change
Extreme weather and changing geography threatened food security and livelihood in Africa and Asia this year. Digitising agriculture has become a …
This Bangladeshi woman can tell you why the latest round of climate talks matter
Those who have lost much due to environmental disasters would want the Paris agreement to be a success
Climate talks now focus on health adaptation
As the global negotiations increasingly talk about the impacts of climate change on health, the upcoming UN CoP meet in Morocco will debate one …
The new extreme reality of floods
Floods are destroying vast parts of the country because of how we have mismanaged our floodplains
Cyclones and the threat to delta population
Extreme weather events cause huge loss of lives, livestock and household assets
500 years of drought and flood: trees and corals reveal Australia's climate history
The dominant theme of Australia’s drought history is variability. The country may get one year of extremely wet conditions or six …
अच्छी बारिश बाद में निकली खराब, फसलों के उत्पादन में कमी का अनुमान
एनबीएचसी ने खरीफ सीजन की फसलों के उत्पादन का पहला अनुमान जारी किया है, जो बताता है कि अच्छी बुवाई के बावजूद पिछले साल ...
What the tourism sector can learn from Cape Town’s drought
The 2015-2018 drought, one of the longest and the worst to have affected Cape Town, affected tourism badly
Did Death Valley just hit the highest temperature recorded ever
The all-time highest temeparature ever was recorded more than a century ago, but that reading has been challenged
ऊष्णकटिबंधीय वनों में हर साल 10 करोड़ से अधिक बार गिरती है बिजली: अध्ययन
बिजली सालाना लगभग 83.2 करोड़ ऊष्णकटिबंधीय पेड़ों को नुकसान पहुंचाती है, इनमें 19.4 करोड़ पेड़ नष्ट हो जाते हैं
Coping pressure: State of extreme events in 2019
India recorded only 9 out of 93 disasters in Asia in 2019, but accounted for nearly 48% deaths. The country also had nearly 46% of the people …
जलवायु परिवर्तन से किसानों के बीच बढ़ सकते हैं हिंसक घटनाएं: स्टडी
जलवायु परिवर्तन का केवल यह मतलब नहीं है कि आने वाले दिनों में परिस्थितियां कठोर हो जाएंगी, बल्कि इस वजह से लोगों के बीच ...
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India suffered maximum number of climate-related fatalities in 2018
The report, which revealed the figures, was released in Madrid and has bolstered demands for implementing the ‘Loss and Damage’ mechanism
हिमालयी राज्यों में बाढ़ के लिए कौन है जिम्मेवार?
हिंदू कुश हिमालयी क्षेत्र में पिछले 60 साल के दौरान मौसम के चरम तक पहुंचने की घटनाओं में वृद्धि हुई है
भारत में बाढ़ के लिए जलवायु परिवर्तन जिम्मेवार: अध्ययन
जर्नल वेदर एंड क्लाइमेट एक्स्ट्रीम में प्रकाशित इस अध्ययन में कहा गया है कि भविष्य में अधिक दिनों तक बाढ़ की घटनाओं में तेजी ...
Factsheet: Extreme Weather Events
The number of extreme weather events is rising alarmingly across the world—increase in heatwave frequency and the number of warm days …
हीट वेव अब तक एनडीएमए की 12 आपदाओं में शामिल नहीं
एनएमडीए ने मौसम विभाग व स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय के साथ मिलकर एक रूपरेखा बनाई।
Desertification expands in areas on front line of climate change
The latest IPCC report does not clearly link climate change to desertification, but it does say desertification is a “function of both …
Why so many cloudbursts? Experts point to rising temperature
Scientists believe such extreme weather events are occurring sooner every year owing to climate change
