A new look at the first great civilisations

Awaiting the deluge

The question on everyone's lips is when will the monsoon commence and how extensive will it be?

Stars dont foretell any more

Sahyadris have been documenting the changing climate for 40 years

Floods cause havoc in drought-prone Barmer, Rajasthan

Rain Shocked

Rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall is making usable water scarce in India

Monsoon-friendly Assam reeling under drought

Cherrapunjee Now a wet desert

India must focus on rainfed farming

There was a time when it was said that the Indian budget was a gamble on the monsoons. That is not the case any more, with industrial production …

In the dark

Climate change will make energy a vulnerable sector and hit power generation

Future shock

As the world continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the global temperatures could rise by 3°C by mid-century, says a soon-to-…

A normal monsoon?

Complexities of the season

Built to last

A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events

Single drops of water make the mighty economy

Climate change denial must stop

Warning from Leh

Leh cloudburst is unusual, say scientists. Such extreme events are rising. What’s wrong?

The laboratory of development

Floods blacked out but real

Ignorance and arrogance make for good floods

Make India drought-proof

A monsoon warning

Rain or no rain

`I did not have a government for 36 hours'

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah pleaded helplessness as the seat of his government went under water and his ministers and …

Double trouble in Bundelkhand

Trial and error

Tell us about the rains