Monsoon drops in some areas, increases in others

Annual rainfall is declining in some parts of the country and increasing in others. While the overall effect may be negligible, such trends could …

Against the wall

Even as experts argue that seawalls are not an answer to coastal erosion, the Kerala government is planning another project

Live water storage in reservoirs at the end of monsoon less than 2020

Punjab recorded the highest deficit of 40%

Extreme weather: 2019 broke records; don't expect 2020 to be better

The imprint of climate change is here to stay

Tropical depression that brought floods to Lanka moving north to south India

While it may bring cyclonic rain, it won’t delay the monsoon in India, say experts

Floods and fury: How multiple weather systems caused by climate change are at play

More than 80 people have died in Kerala and Uttarakhand floods

Countdown to monsoon arrival starts

Will the southwest monsoon arrive on time over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands? 

What monsoon holds for India in 2015

From forecasts over El Niño to fears of economic loss, many predictions in the last week have raised eyebrows

The heat is on: Reservoir, groundwater levels dip in Bihar amid high temperatures, poor pre-monsoon

Bihar has recieved 99% less than normal rains during the first week of June

Cyclone Mandous: DTE’s coverage of the 2022 Northeast Monsoon’s first cyclone

Mandous made landfall at Mamallapuram on the intervening night of December 9-10

Scientists find evidence cosmic rays influence Earth’s climate

The galactic cosmic rays also play a role in the global warming 

Rainfall deficit widens as monsoon stays away in first-half of September

Southern peninsula is the worst hit with 72 per cent rainfall deficit

Mumbai receives 438% excess rain in a single day

4 people die as the southwest monsoon brings torrential rain to the city

Monsoon worries

May to turn wet but will India witness a hot June?

Weathermen flying high

Cropped harvest

The much-awaited monsoon in Bangladesh spells doom for the nation

Poor monsoon

Monsoon 2023: Can India forecast drought in the long-term?

A recent deep-learning model finds that till 2027, major parts of the country will be affected by droughts  

Govt says farmers' incomes more than doubled; but doesn't give any number

Last week, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah sought support from Agricultural Rural Development Banks to fulfil Modi’s vision …

Is India ready: CSE finds worrying signs of heat stress

Summer 2022 was 2nd-hottest since 2010; now monsoon leaving it behind    

Djibouti receives two years’ worth of rain in a single day

The East African country, along with neighbours, Kenya and Somalia might be in store for more flooding in the next few days

Face it, the monsoon has been delayed this year

The possible onset of the southwest monsoon is now June 6; only after the next 48 hours will the final date for the season be announced

Power generation stresses an already water-starved India

A report says that power generation will account for nearly 9 per cent of the water consumed in India by 2050

What Kenya needs to do to take advantage of its rainfall

Farmers need to be better informed where they can sell their crops for good prices so that they’re confident they can recoup the cost of …

Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi among the states bracing for hotter summer this year

Normal heat wave-like conditions will prevail over the country’s core heat wave zone, which includes northern and central India