US homes, businesses worth $1 trillion at flood risk
Climate change is making sea levels rise, which is putting 2.5 million properties along the coast at a risk of chronic flooding
Climate change impacts will not wait for slow government negotiations like Bonn
By 2018 end, the Paris Agreement rule book has to be finalised. But efforts to finalise these set of rules at Bonn was marred by tardy pace and …
Are we measuring sea level changes correctly? There is room for doubt
Assessment of sea-level rise might actually be underestimating the total changes in the sea by up to 8 per cent
Many small island nations can adapt to climate change with global support
Although climate change threatens the world's small island nations, many can adapt and preserve their homes and cultures – especially if …
Hurricanes of the future might have increased potential for catastrophic events
Climate science predicts a definite increase in the frequency of hurricanes, their intensity and duration due to warming of the ocean surfaces
After US, rising sea level may soon gobble up an entire island in Canada
Land bigger than 300 football fields has been swallowed by the sea within the span of a few generations
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
Why every degree counts now
A series of interactive infographics to explore the 21st Century's toughest development challenge: The planet's changing climate
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