Temperature increase could accelerate rise in antibiotic resistance

Temperature and population density could facilitate transmission and thus increase in antibiotic resistance, say scientists 

Half of glaciers in Satluj basin may disappear by 2050: Study

The Satluj basin has total of 2026 glaciers of different sizes totaling 1426 sq. kilometers area. Smaller glaciers will melt faster

Darjeeling tea faces climate risk

The West Bengal State Climate Action Plan expressed concern over reduced productivity of Darjeeling tea due to increase in extended drought periods

High temperatures and more heat waves this week

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

Increase in temperature will cause more suicides in US, Mexico: study

Climate change could be linked to a total of 14,020 excess suicides in the US and 7,460 excess suicides in Mexico by 2050, says a new study

Hotter than normal: trends show that it is true for both summer and winter temperature

Interestingly, Himalayan states such as Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim have seen the highest increase in annual mean minimum and maximum …

The three-minute story of 800,000 years of climate change with a sting in the tail

Since the industrial revolution, CO2 levels in the atmosphere have climbed to levels that are unprecedented

UK faunascape changes with climate change

Scientists identifed 55 species of invertebrates, mammals and birds that moved out of their natural range or arrived in the UK between …

The wake up call

It’s time we understood that the IPCC's report could be an underestimate of the kind of dangers that await a warmed world and stopped …

Why are we sweating in Shillong?

Because temperatures in India’s biodiversity hotspot are on the rise

Changing weather will affect living standards of half of India's population

2018 was the sixth-warmest and had the sixth-lowest monsoon in the last 117 years, says IMD

Is India ready to face the silent disaster?

Heat waves are likely to increase by up to 30 times by 2100; the government needs to focus on the most vulnerable population, including the poor, …

Bavarian glaciers shrinking ‘rapidly’, says study

Four out of five glaciers could disappear entirely within the next twenty years, it warns

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 …

Yet another El Niño on the anvil; could make 2018 one of the warmest on record

Climate change is influencing traditional dynamics of El Niño and La Niña events as well as their impacts

Hothouse Earth: our planet has been here before – here's what it looked like

The first Hothouse state last occurred 125,000 years ago, and the risk of a new one was raised by a study recently 

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

Climate change will be a growing driver of global migration: experts

Though not visible behind exodus decisions, climate matters certainly play a part

Warnings from the past: Sea levels will rise, 78 Indian cities to see floods

While more than a century-old data projects a warmer world, India still needs a proper regional data on climate vulnerability

Six-fold increase in forest fires as temperatures rise in many states

The Forest Survey of India’s large forest fires monitoring programme data shows that there are 192 large, active fires in the country today

International weather agency pronounces 2015 the warmest year on record

The global average surface temperature in 2015 is likely to be the warmest ever and will reach the 1 degree Celsius mark above the pre-industrial …

India needs US$ 2 trillion to adapt to climate change

The country will experience 1-1.5°C increase in mean annual air temperature in the near term from 2016 to 2045 with ‘profound’ …

Warmer temperatures increasing risk of kidney stones, says study

The research was conducted in five US cities, representing climates found throughout the world

Warming has changed Arctic forever; 2017 could be third hottest year on record: studies

In 2017, the Arctic continued to warm at double the rate of the global temperature increase

High altitude areas of Tibetan Plateau warming faster than lower regions

Lack of weather data from high altitude regions due to scarcity of weather stations is an impediment towards detailed research