Global environmental risks
Environmental risks are perceived to be the five most critical long-term threats to the world as well as the most potentially damaging to people …
Frozen at gateway
The Doha outcome is all talk no action. In 2007, the Bali Action Plan had called for an urgent reduction in carbon emissions by developed …
Flat in 20 days
Global climatic anomalies allied with local weather conditions produced the most freakish hailstorms in central and north India in February and …
Future shock
As the world continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the global temperatures could rise by 3°C by mid-century, says a soon-to-…
Heat wave: Phenomenon, predictions and precautions
From what the IMD has to say, to areas that are already under the extreme weather event’s grip, here’s all you need for a status …
Climate and food price rise: Weather systems are so extreme that farmers have lost entire crop cycle
The domino effect that extreme weather events has on reduction of agricultural production and food inflation is clearer than ever
India’s extreme weather events | October 2022
At least 197 people died due to the extreme weather events in October. This roughly works out to six deaths a day for the month
Climate change is a threat to Africa’s transport systems: What must be done
Worst-case disruptions to Tanzania’s multi-modal transport networks could cause losses of up to $1.4 million per day
Facebook Live: Are recent floods linked to climate change?
Sunita Narain, Director General Centre for Science and Environment discusses the recent floods event in Mumbai, Chandigarh, Bengaluru and Houston …
Want to know more about climate crisis, human brain? Here are a few recommendations
Here's a must-read, must-watch, must-attend list for you: A book to better understand why climate change is such a complicated issue, a …
'Indigenous Rice Seeds' central to sustainable farming in India
Changing climate and erratic weather events have forced agriculturists to revisit traditional rice varities that had once lost their popularity …
Artificial intelligence can create better climate change models
AI techniques like machine learning and neural networks can resolve more dynamic convective cloud systems that trigger rainfall, other weather …
Climate change in photos: More floods, more droughts, more hurricanes
From catastrophic flooding in Europe, the United States and China to drought in Madagascar to hurricanes brewing in the Atlantic — climate …
Rainfall variation resulted in long periods of droughts, floods in southern Ethiopia: Study
Increasing trends seen in mean maximum and mean minimum temperature over last two decades posed a threat to agriculture, livestock production, …
Extreme weather leads to public health crises – so health and climate experts must work together
Extreme weather events are inevitably followed by disease outbreaks. So why not team health professionals with climate experts?
Need to address impact of extreme weather events on crops
There is a lot the government can do to assist farmers to cope with climate-induced farming problems
Why is snowfall in the Sahara getting more frequent?
There are speculations that rare snowfall in the Sahara desert this time is due to climate change
Climate change in India: Gujarat faces problem of plenty
Regular rains in the state's arid Banni grassland force Maldharis to take up farming, an internal feud erupts
Climate counsel: These farmers in Maharashtra protect each other’s crops from extreme weather; here is how
They use social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Youtube, and in-person gatherings for information about the weather; they also share …
IPCC 2021: How have humans impacted the climate?
Human activity is also the main cause of the global retreat of glaciers since the 1990s and the decrease in Arctic sea ice area
Indian monsoon recovering after decades of decline
As the parched Indian subcontinent eagerly awaits the monsoon, all indications are that it will be a normal monsoon, especially since no El Ni&…
400% rise in number of floods since 1980; droughts, forest fires doubled since then
In the past three decades years, all climatological, hydrological and meteorological events have increased manifold, says a study
How to help farmers prepare for climate change
There is increasing evidence from across many African and South Asian countries that contextual, timely climate information, helps farmers manage …
Do hurricanes feel the effects of climate change?
What scientists know – and don't know – about the linkage between climate change and hurricanes
Hurricanes may be getting more severe – do we need a whole new category to describe them?
The scale from one to five that is used to measure the destructive power of a hurricane may no longer be enough