How the world's land and water surface have changed in 30 years

India ranks sixth in conversion of land surface to water 

Over 77 countries saw highest average temperature in 2023 in close to 5 decades: Report

Central America, parts of South America, southern Africa and western Australia face highest risk of developing or intensifying drought

Widespread extreme rainfall during northeast monsoons has doubled since 1980s — & climate change is likely responsible

Spike likely due to increasing sea surface temperatures caused by global warming, say researchers

Budget 2023-24: Deep Ocean Mission gets Rs 600 crore; funds to be spent on research vessel, identifying minerals

Experts raised concerns over the impacts of mining on deep-ocean biodiversity

DTE impact: Orissa High Court forms panel to study Olive Ridley conservation after 800 die

The 3-member panel to report by March 10 after consulting stakeholders

Union Budget 2021-22: Finance Minister launches Rs 4,000 crore deep ocean mission

The project will cover deep ocean exploration and conservation of biodiversity 

Upper oceans hottest in 2020 despite lower emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns

Heat content was 20 zetta joules higher than in 2019

Land for ideology swap

Geopolitics, a mineral-rich disputed territory, Egypt-Sudan ties and the fall of Morsi

Bad to worse

What ails India's wind pattern study?

Rain check

Wetlands can cope with sea rise

Vegetation and rate of sedimentation are crucial to wetlands’ resilience

IPCC Special Report: India under constant threat of cyclones, coastal flooding

This report emphasises on what several scientists and researchers have been saying for a while now

Sea levels along Indian coast rising at faster rate than global average: WMO report

Such a sea-level rise could have major consequences for the millions of people living along the Indian coastline

Thazhampettai: Climate change, erratic ocean currents make fishing in this Tamil Nadu village unpredictable

More frequent and deadlier cyclones as well as the construction of private harbours in Tharangambadi has only added to the woes of the fisherfolk

Caught between COVID-19 and climate crisis: How Arctic saw massive disruptions in 2021

The Arctic Circle has continued to warm at more than twice the rate as the rest of the world through 2021  

Telangana’s heavy showers have sure shot imprint of climate change

Global warming made the cyclonic system that brought rains to the state carry more water than usual

Half of world’s sandy beaches could disappear due to sea level rise by 2100

Even assuming better outcome for action on climate change, where global emissions peak around 2040, well 37% of beaches will be lost by 2100

Herbivores can protect ecosystems from climate change: study

A marine biologist, Rebecca Kordas, tries to understand how intertidal ecosystems, which exist along the shore, adapt to changes such as …

Climate change drives Australian mammal to extinction

Barrier Reef rodent is the first documented extinction of a mammal species due to man-made climate change 

Will climate-induced migration feature at COP21?

People in small island nations and vulnerable deltas, which perhaps had no role in the greenhouse gas emissions changing the world's climate, are …

Shell shuts drilling operations off the Alaskan coast

The company claims to have made only a marginal discovery of oil and gas in the region  

Dwindling tree cover dilates storm havoc

Cyclones that traverse the Indian peninsula from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea are a common enough feature. But over the past few years, …

In ocean’s way

People watch helplessly as the sea nibbles the Konkan coast, swallowing groves and beaches, and shallowing creeks

Cyclone Nisarga: Mumbai to bear the brunt

Cyclone Nisarga’s landfall will finish in three hours, storm surge, heavy rain and winds expected in Mumbai