Rain drain

By leaching essential nutrients from top soil, acid rain threatens forests in more ways than previously thought

Excess March rainfall: What it means for COVID-19 outbreak

The country recorded 77 per cent more rain than normal between March 1 and March 19, 2020

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 …

India to have ‘normal’ monsoon in 2021, predicts IMD

Global climatic factors such as El Nino and La Nina are not likely to be at play

Rain deficit can push Karnataka to worst water crisis in 40 years

Bengaluru and Mysuru are likely to face shortage of drinking water

Ice storms, January downpours, heavy snow, no snow: Diagnosing ‘warming winter syndrome’

What we are experiencing in warming winter syndrome is a consistent and robust set of symptoms on a fevered planet; overall, people just about …

Tropical forests losing capacity to cycle carbon and water, finds new tracking system

Between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of humid tropical forests have been cleared since the early 1990s 

Two depressions in September, an anomaly in this already erratic monsoon

There have been only three instances in the last 30 years where two depressions had been recorded in the Bay of Bengal in September

Monsoon plays truant in food bowl of India; rainfall deficit increases

So far, rainfall in the Indo-Gangetic plain has remained deficient, with last week recording largely deficient rain

This year, monsoon has been anything but normal

There is a problem with IMD’s long-range forecasts and how we understand and classify our monsoons

Monsoon data's departure from reality

Latest rainfall data shows 18 per cent monsoon deficit, which Met officials consider to be in the 'normal' range. But does this data really …

In Himachal Pradesh, Hindus and Buddhists organise religious ceremonies for rain & snow

With the 3-month-long dry spell continuing in the state, people say they have been left with few alternatives

Maharashtra unseasonal rains likely to damage onions, wheat, grapes

Along with a drop in price, the conditions will bolster pest attacks, farmers say

Monsoon 2022 will be ‘normal’ but highly erratic month-to-month: Skymet

Abrupt and intense rains with abnormally long dry spells predicted  

As told to Parliament (December 3, 2021): Diabetes prevalence to grow almost 70% by 2045

All that was discussed in the House through the day

India had a deficit monsoon in 13 of the last 18 years

The country had its last surplus monsoon in 2013

Cape Town will not run out of water this year

The announcement has been made keeping in mind the May-September winter rainy season

Unseasonal rainfall damages Rabi crops for seventh consecutive season

Primary estimate puts crop loss at around 10-15 per cent till now

Emission remission

Tracks over green

What will happen to India in a 1.5°C warmer world?

Average global temperature could breach the 1.5°C mark in less than 2 decades, found an IPCC report 

Live storage increases marginally in India’s major reservoirs

The current storage has reached 82% of its capacity, against 76% and 67% August 18 and August 11, respectively

What happens when a raindrop hits a puddle?

Dispersion is the ability of waves of different wavelengths to each move at their own individual speeds

Here is a panoramic view of the growing threat to agriculture in India

This map shows the increasing desertification of India’s soil, which is a reason to worry right now with Rabi season fast approaching and …

We are nearing mid-July, but 14 states, UTs still have huge rain deficit

These states and UTs, mostly in north and east India, reported a deficit between 27 per cent and 74 per cent till July 10