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

Oceans Great Dying 2.0: Heatwaves sweep the oceans

Marine heatwaves hit the western Indian Ocean and the northern Bay of Bengal the most; will be a permanent feature by end of the century  

First pre-monsoon cyclone may intensify by May 6, says IMD

But the cyclone may also become a cause for concern for the onset of the south west monsoon season over the Bay of Bengal and the Indian mainland,…

Climate change is real: Strong cyclones to reduce in Bay of Bengal, rise in Arabian Sea by 2050, says study

Globally, the risk of strong tropical cyclones is expected to become more than double by 2050, according to the study

What is killing Chennai’s Olive Ridley turtles?

Small- and large-scale fishers as well as government officials keep shifting blame for the fatalities

Arctic winter sea ice in 2021 joint seventh-lowest on record, finds NASA

The sea ice maximum in 2021 is not close to a record, but still quite low compared to any year prior to 2000, according to lead author of …

Summers may last 6 months, winters only 2: Recent study

Between 1952 and 2011, summer duration increased to 95 from 78 days. In winters, it decreased to 73 from 76 days

Marine turtles tagged in Odisha after nearly two decades

The forest department plans to tag 30,000 turtles in Odisha this year during the nesting season

Rains could intensify further in flood-hit Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

15 of 32 Tamil Nadu’s districts received more than 10 times the normal rainfall on December 1

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.

This Indian Ocean snail species may be first victim of deep-sea mining

The scaly-foot snail, found at only three spots on the Indian Ocean floor near Madagascar, has been included in the updated IUCN Red List

Fisherman shot dead near sacred Odisha sea turtle sanctuary

Marine fisherman gunned down by armed coast guard personnel within Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary as turtle mating season underway

Rising surface temperature threatens Africa's blue economy

Even as West Africa struggles to plug rampant illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, rising sea surface temperature poses new challenges

36 per cent cities to face water crisis by 2050

An estimated 400 million people currently live in cities with perennial water shortage. The number is slated to go up to 1 billion by 2050 due to …

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

By 2050, climate-related disasters could cost US $35 billion a year: audit report

The GAO report urged Trump administration to take climate change risks seriously and begin developing a response action plan

The lateral push

India must think in parallel because extreme weather events—both known and unknown—are becoming the order of the day

Something's Fishy

Fish vendor Dinesh Kumar explains his preference for the river hilsa from Bangladesh, while customers divulge on its taste.

Science & Technology - Briefs

Contributo di accesso: Venice, sinking Queen of the Adriatic, will prevent ‘overtourism’ by charging you €5 to enter

The access fee is an experiment promoted by the Municipality of Venice, with the purpose of regulating the tourist flows in the historic centre, …

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

Study warns of new warming records this winter, driven by El Nino, long-term global warming trend

June-October 2023 surpassed the 1991-2020 average by 0.57℃

Sonorous submarine: Tech used to study fish in Goa can help understand how sea life responds to climate change

Certain fish communities are loud during the day, while others are more vocal at night

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