Blazing India: Andhra’s economy suffers due to heatwave

Crops are withering in the countryside, leading to an exodus of people to the cities

Heatwaves to continue in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh

Lack of pre-monsoon rains, coupled with dry, hot winds moving from the northwest have brought the conditions in the country  

Heatwaves across continents drive home global warming reality

Most nations are facing record high temperatures

What does the marine heatwave in Pacific mean for environment?

It could cause droughts in the surrounding region, affect marine ecosystem and coral reefs

Low pre-monsoon showers, dry spell behind heatwaves in Bihar: Scientists

Patna has recorded the maximum temperature of 45.8 degree Celsius — the highest in the last 53 years  

Ocean heatwaves likely to increase as planet warms: study

Marine heawaves have already become longer-lasting and more frequent, extensive and intense and this trend is likely to accelerate under further …

This amino acid can help mung bean plants withstand heat stress

Researchers have found that reproductive functions of bean plants reduced upon heat stress and that this damage could be reversed by application …

Heatwave: think it's hot in Europe? The human body is already close to thermal limits elsewhere

The challenges ahead are stark. Adaptation has its limits. We must therefore slash greenhouse gas emissions to keep to the Paris warming limits

Europe braces for unprecedented heatwave

Temperatures may soon cross 40°C mark in several countries in the continent

Blazing India: Summer disrupts life in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone

Farmers, daily wagers and vendors suffer even as many rush to hospital with heat-related illnesses

Blazing India: Bihar’s poor slog and suffer the most

Daily wage labourers, roadside vendors and farmers in the state take the heat

Bihar bans tree-felling

Government cites increasing pollution and heatwave in the state as reason for the ban

Heatwave over north, central India abating, says private forecaster

Temperatures to fall after rising marginally in the next two days

As temperatures continue to rise, birds struggle to survive

Record-breaking temperatures reduce bird population and are behind absence of insectivorous birds

Blazing India: Odisha’s work not yet over

The state has certainly been able to reduce heatwave deaths by putting very strong prevention measures. However, its efforts to build long-term …

Cyclone Vayu: Expect no landfall in Gujarat

The cyclonic storm Vayu has changed its direction to northwest and may not hit the coast

Heat is on: 2019 on track to become hottest year ever

El Nino, or the unusual warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, will further add to the already warming temperatures

Not a single cool month in the last 628 months

India, which just experienced one of the hottest Septembers in the last century, loses at least 400 people to heat waves every year

Rare Antarctica warming to trigger heatwaves, fires in Australia

The sudden stratospheric warming in South Pole has spiked temperatures by more than 40 degrees

Saving coral reefs like these can save other ecosystems

Limiting greenhouse gas emissions, rebuilding fish stocks and improving quality of water can help protect reefs

Every month in 2019 among 4 warmest such month: Report

July 2019 was recorded as the warmest month globally and has re-written climate history, with dozens of new temperature records at local, …

French photographer finds ‘alarming’ lake high in Alps

Bryan Mestre discovered the meltwater lake at an altitude of 3,400 metres at the base of the Dent du Géant and the Aiguilles Marbré…

Blazing India: The sun beats down mercilessly on Vidarbha

With no rains yet and the heat wave still on, the situation in Maharashtra’s easternmost region has everybody worried

Blazing India: 22 states see 73 heatwave spells in 97 days

The blistering conditions came early and didn’t even spare non-hotspots

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