How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days

It all depends on where you are in the world and where your air is coming from

Northern Hemisphere 2023 summer warmest in two millennia; study calls for urgent greenhouse gas reduction

The 2023 summer temperature was 1.19°C higher than the warmest summer in 246 AD

South India may see early, intense heatwaves thanks to El Nino and global warming

Early heat in southern part of country, even as the north reports colder than normal temperatures

COVID-19 seasonal, winter spread risk higher in temperate zones: WMO

Local and global positivity rates, presence of novel variants and local vaccination rates also important factors

Study shows how Arctic sea ice loss accelerates permafrost thaw

Research finds that Arctic permafrost thawed in the past as well when there was no sea ice, leading to global temperature rise

Torpor: a neat survival trick once thought rare in Australian animals is actually widespread

To enter torpor, an animal decreases its metabolism, reducing its energy requirements

Northern hemisphere gets too hot to handle

Be it Europe, Asia or the Middle East, all are setting heat milestones

Roasted North: Why record-shattering heatwaves are burning the northern hemisphere

The heatwaves in the northern hemisphere are now frequent, early, intense and last longer as seen in Siberia last year and North America this year

Does coronavirus spread more easily in cold temperatures? Here’s what we know

Unfortunately, we will only learn exactly how changes in the weather affect the pandemic by living through it

India gets robotic telescope to keep an eye on dynamic cosmos

A new telescope will be commissionined at the Indian Astronomical Observatory at Hanle in Ladakh as part of an international network designed to …

Most humans haven’t evolved to cope with the cold, yet we dominate northern climates — here’s why

Sites from settlements such as Boxgrove in West Sussex offer clues about how ancient hominins survived northern climates

Air pollution responsible for decline in monsoon rains in last 50 years, says study

High levels of aerosols in the atmosphere lead to lowering of Earth’s temperatures and reduction in rainfall

July 2023 likely to be warmest month on record

World seeing unprecedented warming in more than 100,000 years, say experts

Warming Arctic may be responsible for world’s extreme weather

Melting of Arctic is triggering changes in global wind patterns and causing more frequent heatwaves and downpours in northern hemisphere, says …