Social cost of CO2 emission

India’s country-level social cost of carbon emission was estimated to be the highest at $86 per tonne of CO2. It means the Indian economy …

Drawdown

For the first time ever, an international coalition of leading researchers, scientists and policymakers has come together to offer a set of …

Rise in malaria cases in 2016 may be due to decline in health aid

The global fight against malaria is stalled, especially in Africa, because of a decline in health aid, says a new report

The Progress of This Storm: Nature and Society in a Warming World

In a world careening towards climate chaos, nature is dead. It can no longer be separated from society. 

Climate change and small islands

Inhabited by nearly 4.5 million people, even after 70 years of Independence Sundarbans is without proper roads and surface transport, drinking …

Sunita Narain in conversation with Amitav Ghosh

In his new book, novelist Amitav Ghosh examines our inability-at the level of literature, history and politics-to grasp the scale and violence of …

Freak Weather and Climate Change 2015: In Conversation with Shreeshan Venkatesh

The year 2015 will be remembered for 'freak weather' events all around the world. Are such events here to stay? A discussion with Science …

International Mountain Day: Highland people to face vagaries of weather, food insecurity

Released on the occasion of Mountain Day, two reports highlight climate threats to high altitude areas

We need to convince the world about 1.5 degrees when there is still a lot of quibbling about 2

J.R. Nereus O Acosta Secretary Office of the Presidential Adiviser for Environmental Protection, Philippine on the new momentum at COP21 to …

Impact of ocean warming on monsoon

Roxy Mathew Koll from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune talks about the effects of ocean warming on the Indian Monsoons.

'India is likely to experience strong relative impacts of climate change'

Overexploitation of groundwater reservoirs and dependence of surface water reservoirs on monsoon rainfall may lead to decreasing freshwater …

Kyoto's ghost will return

If predictions of global warming turn out to be true, the ludicrous decisions taken at the Kyoto conference will prove very costly to the world

Hot and anxious

Global climate change is today a spectre which allows for no ostriches. Scientific data is piling up to indict human activity as the source of …

Carbon dioxide in 2023 comparable to 4.3 billion years ago as global greenhouse gas levels hit all-time high: NOAA

This was the twelfth consecutive year that carbon dioxide levels rose by more than 2 parts per million

Climate change: If warming approaches 2°C, a trickle of extinctions will become a flood

If all national plans to cut emissions are fulfilled, world would still be on track for 2.5-2.9°C of global warming by end of century

Volcanic eruptions lower capacity to make near-term climate predictions: Study

The model that excluded volcanic eruptions got its prediction right

Adaptation Gap Report 2022 raises alarm on climate finance

International adaptation finance flows are 5-10 times lower than required

Indian cities among places with highest rise in exposure to extreme heat: Study

Dhaka in Bangladesh added the highest person-days of deadly heat & humidity

Global warming is real and 2020 is among 3 warmest year ever

Decade 2011-2020 set to be the warmest decade ever recorded

Climate change will be a growing driver of global migration: experts

Though not visible behind exodus decisions, climate matters certainly play a part

Shutter bugs

Irresponsible wildlife photography runs counter to conservation

High on weed

A study traces the trajectory of Lantana in the country

Rush for rare earths

Countries explore sources of the metals to counter China

Sustaining boredom

Cosmic collision

Discovery of a crater sheds new light on the end of many Middle East civilisations