What caused a spike in extreme heat events in Northeast Asia

Extreme heat events have become more likely to occur over Northeast Asia

This amino acid can help mung bean plants withstand heat stress

Researchers have found that reproductive functions of bean plants reduced upon heat stress and that this damage could be reversed by application …

Cold waves claimed 76 times as many lives in India as heat waves in 2020

There has been a nearly 2.7 times increase in the number of cold wave days from 2017-2020

Third COVID-19 wave could be as severe as second: SBI report

Children could be the next vulnerable group and vaccination for them should be speeded up

Why are we drilling into the Earth? Earth Day special

India is also part of the international quest initiated by the International Ocean Discovery Program

Heat wave-like conditions across the country. What‘s causing this?

Conditions stretch from western Rajasthan to Rayalaseema, including interior Maharashtra.

California battles largest wildfire ever, after it experienced the hottest July

Hardly one-third of the fire is under control and it is unlikely to be extinguished before early September

The world was in high fever in 2020

The State of the Global Climate 2020 lists the major global warming milestones

How dangerous heat waves can kill

What can overwhelm a person is a heat source that you can neither escape nor counter. Overheated people suffer from painful involuntary muscle …

Doomsday urgent

Everyone should be terrified of global warming, Jeff Goodell writes in his book, The Heat Will Kill You First

COVID-19 scare at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

As many as 71 people involved with the event tested positive

COVID-19 in Africa: Nearly half the nations going through deadlier 3rd wave

Daily deaths in Namibia increased 12 times compared to the peak during 2nd wave

Europe braces for unprecedented heatwave

Temperatures may soon cross 40°C mark in several countries in the continent

How COVID-19 startled Rwanda that seemed to have it under control

Rwanda's efforts to tackle the first wave of infections were recognised internationally 

Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi among the states bracing for hotter summer this year

Normal heat wave-like conditions will prevail over the country’s core heat wave zone, which includes northern and central India

Extreme weather in India: Heavy rains, floods on 18 days of rainfall-deficient November 2022

The events in November were spread across 12 states / Union territories, most of them in South Peninsula & Northwest regions

India is preparing for another COVID-19 surge but low vaccine coverage leaves it vulnerable

So far less than 10% of the population is fully vaccinated

High temperatures and more heat waves this week

Many areas will witness high temperatures. Will the heat action plans work? 

What triggered the dust storms?

Desertification, unprecedented heat wave conditions, more Western Disturbances, increasing cyclonic circulations & 2 lines of low pressure …

In Short

Scientists find link between surges of cosmic radiation from space and earthquakes

Ability to predict specific locations remains unclear at present

Fourth wave? COVID-19 cases rising in India as mask mandate lifted, schools reopen 

Rise in cases not yet an early sign of a new variant in circulation, say experts

COVID-19 deaths in Africa jump 42% in a week

Infections rose 34% too; Southern Africa remains hotspot

Sound of silence: How COVID-19 lockdowns help scientists

COVID-19 has made the planet less noisy, helping scientist  

The reality of living with 50℃ temperatures in our major cities

Future extreme heat is worse and coming sooner than you might think