More than 40 rivers have dried so far in Bihar, even as summer is yet to peak

However, the issue of water crisis is missing in the ongoing Lok Sabha election campaign

Why is Ghana so hot this year? An expert explains

Rising temperatures in northern Ghana influence the incidence and spread of cerebrospinal meningitis

Watch: What does summer of 2024 have in store for India? Heatwaves, rising temperatures, says IMD

The warning for hot temperatures and heatwaves comes at a time when the El Nino event in the equatorial Pacific Ocean is in its waning phase

Simply Put: Five trillion economy

IMD predicts a scorching summer for 2024

People may not get much respite from the heat even during the nights, predicts agency

Neptune’s summer temperature drops dramatically. What may have caused this?

Scientists had expected the planet to slowly grow warmer, not colder

Amid COVID-19, doubts raised over hosting of Tokyo Summer Olympics

The Tokyo Summer Olympics are scheduled to be held from July 24, 2020

Madhya Pradesh farmers were craving rain; now they fear too much of it

Rainfall status yo-yos from 23% deficit to 20% excess in a month

Sizzling summer: IMD forecasts ‘above normal’ temperatures in most of India for April-June

The average rainfall during April across India will most likely be normal

What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no fans?

In many ways, they’d view the prospect as absurd

Pakistani city may have experienced “highest-ever” April temperature measured on Earth

Nawabshah, in Sindh, registered a sweltering 50.2 degree Celsius on April 30

The Mediterranean is warming three times more than the oceans: Study

The warming is twice as fast in inland and high areas

Northern Hemisphere just recorded its hottest summer

The five warmest summers ever recorded have occurred in the past five years

IMD predicts summer warmer than usual

March has been extremely wet

How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days

It all depends on where you are in the world and where your air is coming from

Live storage at 62% of capacity in monsoon’s third month

However, storage levels are not uniform across the country

India should brace for dry and hot spring-summer, El Nino, say experts

It is too early to predict an El Nino but it is possible, say meteorologists

Why this downpour now in Bengaluru?

City not expected to see clear skies in the coming days

Coping with heatwave: How Odisha villages use natural measures

Concretisation and extreme heat have rendered traditional cooling methods ineffective

Unusual spring heatwave in Spain portends drought conditions in coming months

The country has been suffering from drought since summer last year

Torpor: a neat survival trick once thought rare in Australian animals is actually widespread

To enter torpor, an animal decreases its metabolism, reducing its energy requirements

Sharp contrast: Bihar to face heatwave and heavy rainfall simultaneously, alerts IMD

Heatwaves are normal for May but volume of rainfall is not, say experts

Understanding climate effect on crop yield and associated risks to water security in India is crucial

Reassessing policy options requires a better understanding of climate impact on farm water management in India

UK can see more 40°C days by 2100: study

 Threshold may be lower if the island country’s emissions are reigned in

The great Indian monsoon and its friends

A look at the association between the southwest monsoon and its companions