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

Indian monsoon has intensified since 2002; trend will persist in coming years: study

The heightened monsoon activity has reversed a 50-year drying period during which monsoon season brought relatively little rain  

Why are we sweating in Shillong?

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

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

Cool roofs: episode 3 New Vastu with Ashok B Lall

Top floors can be excruciating during the Indian summers. But there are ways to stay comfortable on top floor houses. Ashok B Lall gives his tips …

Is climate change causing cannibalism among seagulls?

Seagulls are eating their own eggs as fish—their primary diet—move deeper into seas due to rising temperature

How to fight heat wave, the Odisha way

Other states could take a cue from Odisha government on reducing the number of heat stroke deaths

High temperatures and more heat waves this week

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

Negotiations pick pace as US proposes amendment text on exempted countries

The amendment text proposed by the US allows HFC exemption for 34 countries, mostly from the Middle East and Africa

Lakes warming faster than oceans and India’s Chilika is no exception: global study

The water temperature of the Chilika Lake is rising at 0.39 degree Celsius per decade, as compared to average oceanic rise of 0.12 degree

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’ …

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 …

International weather agency warns of a stronger El Niño

The peak three-month average surface water temperature in the east-central tropical Pacific Ocean will exceed 2 degrees Celsius above normal

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

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

Hottest May on Earth was a cooler one for India

Almost all the countries of the world witnessed a hotter than normal May month this year but India stood out as an exception

2013 brings warmest November on record

The year witnessed 37th consecutive November and 345th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average

2001-2010: Warmest decade on record

Climate change is happening now and is not some distant future event: World Meteorological Organization general secretary

Clearer than ever: global warming is for real

Scientists are now 95 per cent certain that global warming is human-induced

July 2015 is Earth’s hottest month ever recorded

Ocean surfaces across the world also experienced record warmth

Global warming halted 1,800 years of ocean cooling process

Volcanic eruptions had resulted in long-term cooling till the 19th century, say experts

Global warming had never slowed down, says US study

Temperature data collected by a variety of techniques from both land and sea have always been a source of concern, according to a section of …

El Nino may hit monsoon this year

Deficit in monsoon, if triggered by El Nino, will severely impact India’s economy

Melting season in Arctic longer by about five days: NASA report

An ice-free Arctic Ocean during the summer might be reached this century, say experts

NASA records hottest August since 1880

Antarctica temperatures were 4°C above normal; India recorded a spike of 1-2°C

Southeast US will bear the worst of this year’s winter, says AccuWeather

This US-based independent weather agency set off gasps of dread and many counter-forecasts last week when it indicated “the return” …