Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence
Twelve islands we studied in a low wave energy area of Solomon Islands experienced little noticeable change in shorelines despite being exposed …
Shrinking coastline
CMZ dropped
Sharper divide
Sea level rising unevenly in the Indian Ocean
Satellite data signals early hints of a looming El Nino
During El Nino years, the Indian monsoon appears to be weaker and less consistent
COP27: Kolkata presents climate action roadmap, announces city-level summit
Kolkata was the only Indian city at the meeting on urban climate resilience organised by the Climate Action Network South Asia
Rising water levels in Kenya's Rift Valley lakes: 379,935 people require urgent humanitarian assistance
The increased water levels changed the composition of the lakes and damaged biodiversity
Impacts: The hare and the tortoise
While findings on the impacts of climate change get bleaker and bleaker, the negotiations still hobble along at a snail's pace.
Climate change 'hitting harder and sooner' than forecast: Report
Global temperatures have risen by 1.1°C since 1850, and have increased 0.2°C between 2011 and 2015
Sea level rise is not constant; in fact, it is accelerating each year: study
By the end of the century, sea levels would rise at a rate of 10 mm or more every year as opposed to 3 mm estimated earlier
Sea level changes that occurred 6,000 years ago may happen again; Southeast Asia at risk
Natural causes can further aggravate the effects of rise in sea level combined with human-assisted climate change
2011-2015: mighty hot five-year period
A study by the World Meteorological Organization analyses this five-year period for a better understanding of multi-year warming trends and …
The lateral push
India must think in parallel because extreme weather events—both known and unknown—are becoming the order of the day
Global warming has reached remote Greenland ice sheets
New study shows temperatures in Greenland haven’t been this warm in at least a 1,000 years
A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists. They set out to decipher it — and here are the results
In March 2022, Antarctica experienced an extraordinary heatwave — most intense one ever recorded anywhere globally
Record ocean warming in 2021, coastal communities should be on alert: Study
This heating will continue until we reach net-zero carbon emissions, say experts
Look what’s swelling the sea
Use of groundwater accounts for 0.8 mm sea level rise
India, Bangladesh to save Sunderbans
Sea level rise submerges disputed island in the Bay of Bengal
To predict future sea level rise, we need accurate maps of the world’s most remote fjords
Estimating how much mass will be lost is often highlighted as glaciology’s grand challenge as it constitutes a large uncertainty …
Global heating to put 600 million Indians at ‘greatest future risk’: Study
Nearly a billion people could be protected from dangerous heat if countries manage to contain global heating to 1.5C, the threshold of the Paris …
Homeless, displaced, devastated: People in Pakistan’s flood-hit Sindh narrate tales of horror & loss
Climate change-induced sea-level rise and heavy downpour behind this unprecendented calamity, say experts
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Global mean sea level highest-ever in 2019
The State of Global Climate 2019 says that this is yet another sign of the world being in a climate emergency
Warnings from the past: Sea levels will rise, 78 Indian cities to see floods
While more than a century-old data projects a warmer world, India still needs a proper regional data on climate vulnerability
Will the Paris climate deal include issue of forced climate migration?
Experts say that displacement and migration occurs because of the failure of adaptation in most vulnerable countries and, therefore, should be …
Study shows sea defences not enough to protect deltaic cities from flood risk
Deltas are natural sites for cities to grow as they offer direct access to the sea and upriver to the hinterland