Understanding climate patterns: What are El Nino and La Nina?
El Nino and La Nina are opposing climate patterns in the equatorial Pacific Ocean that can affect weather worldwide
Amid hurricanes and wildfires, Trump gives science a cold shoulder
“I don’t think science knows actually. It’ll start getting cooler,” US President Donald Trump said during a briefing on …
Climate change: Scientists look at 20th century data, heat extremes for early-warning signals
The study found that early-warning signals existed before global warming and were possibly due to the interplay of multiple environmental determinants
Looking back: How did climate change alter the world this year?
2020 is on course to become the third-warmest year on record; the development put in motion several catastrophic events
Avg global temperature can rise by 1.5°C in next 5 years: WMO report
Countries under 2015 Paris Agreement had agreed to try and limit average global temperature rise to below 2°C by the end of the century
Heatwaves, droughts, extreme rain may be near permanent in 20 countries at 1.5°C warming
Study warns climate impact may increase multiple extreme events that occur simultaneously or consecutively
Floods cost India Rs 4.7 lakh crore in last 6 decades
At least 90% of the Assam’s districts are flooded and more than 50,000 people are in relief camps
Centre takes steps to monitor pulse stocks: Is India staring at another food crisis?
Heavy rain and hailstorm in mid-March and early April might affect yield of pulse crops; official says government focusing on nutrition and security
Maharashtra onion crisis: Farmers bearing the brunt of low demand, poor export
Produce rates may remain low until export-worthy summer harvest arrives in the market
Looking back in 2020: The world in grip of extreme weather events
Cyclones, rainfall, floods and droughts, climate-induced migration: The world witnessed it all in 2020
Extreme weather events, Russia-Ukriane war escalating onion prices globally
Countries banning exports to stabilise prices; posing threat to food security and nutrition
Extreme heat and rain: Thousands of weather stations show there’s now more of both, for longer
Unusually warm days are becoming more common throughout Australia; New Zealander also experiencing more days with temperatures 25℃ or more
Everything about desert locusts — and how to control them amid COVID-19 crisis
From Yemen to Indo-Pakistan border, how the swarms made way into India — and how the situation should be monitored
Kharif crops take a severe hit by intense and unprecedented rainfall across India
IMD advises farmers to drain maize fields, delay sowing paddy in several states
Climate change can affect diseases transmitted by insects, vectors: UN report
Humans are changing zoonotic disease systems and increasing their impact through habitat encroachment, human population pressure, the report said&…
Surplus rainfall a respite, but now Bihar wary of floods
The state received 305.9 mm rainfall in June — 82% more than normal rainfall in June 2019
Bengal most vulnerable to climate risk, flags India’s first assessment report
The Bay of Bengal region was struck by 41 severe cyclonic storms and 21 cyclonic storms in May between 1891 and 2018
Climate change worsened extreme weather events in 2022: State of the Global Climate report
More such events likely with rising greenhouse gas emissions and approaching El Niño
We need to treat extreme events as connected, not as anomalies
Clear trends of interconnected extreme weather events intensifying and becoming more frequent can be seen across the world as the climate crisis …
Extreme weather in North East: Floods in some districts, others stay dry
While some districts such as Assam’s Dhemaji and Dibrugarh received excess rainfall, others in Manipur and Mizoram are reeling under …
‘50 years of deception’: California sues five Big Oil companies for lying about climate change
Lawsuit against oil and gas companies for “creating, contributing and assisting in the creation of state-wide climate change-related harms …
COP27 impact: What does the loss and damage fund mean for Majuli’s Salmora potters?
Riverbank erosion due to climate change and government measures to deal with it are both affecting the Assam community
India this monsoon: 12% excess rainfall until now, distribution skewed
The North East, for example, is experiencing floods in some regions and below-normal rainfall in others
Spike in sea temperatures, cyclones increase in Indian Ocean region: Report
Temperature rise 0.3°C higher than the global average of 0.7°C; last two years see significant rise in number, intensity and …
How do extreme weather events lead to increase in child marriages?
Droughts, floods and other extreme weather events by intensify gender inequality and poverty, causing a spurt in child, early and forced …