Why does Mumbai sink almost every monsoon?

Mumbai comes to a standstill every time it receives heavy rainfall for consecutive days. Why is the city not prepared to deal with such extreme …

2011-2015: mighty hot five-year period

A study by the World Meteorological Organization analyses this five-year period for a better understanding of multi-year warming trends and …

Climate change intolerance discussed at the launch of Amitav Ghosh’s book

Amitav Ghosh argued that there is a systematic silencing of non-partisan voices on the issue of climate change

Monsoon gains momentum but trouble far from over

High chances of flash floods till August may impact agricultural production in the country

The lateral push

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

This week from the world of science and environment

The discovery of an important piece in evolutionary science and the threat of extreme weather events to our food security—a quick look at …

Make India a ‘weather-ready’ nation

A proposal has been sent to the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, detailing the areas of concern in India’s weather forecasting system and …

Many parts of southern India likely to witness heavy rainfall

A fresh low pressure in the Bay of Bengal will bring rains to south whereas cold weather will prevail in north

Rain stays away from much of India, revival expected in July

Rainfall was 40 per cent below normal in June and may continue to be below normal over western parts of the country

Extreme weather events most severe global risks over next 10 years: WEF

Through 2026, extreme weather events in top 3 risks in 13 countries; climate tipping points expected to change weather patterns

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

Your aircon could make 2024 the hottest on record

As the world reels from the hottest year on record, the weather outlook for the future looks grim, with extreme heat set to be unavoidable unless …

Business can no longer ignore extreme heat events — it’s becoming a danger to the bottom line

Heat intensity of these events is also increasing with the frequency 

Poor harvest in 2019 may push 6.3 million Somalis to hunger by year end

The rainy season in 2019 has been the third-driest in Somalia since the early 1980s

Cold wave grips north India, to get worse

This severe weather is attributed to the absence of western disturbances in the country

Cyclone Gaja live analysis: Tamil Nadu saw 30% more cyclones in past 16 years

Gaja is the 10th cyclonic storm the state will experience since 2003

Cyclone Gaja live analysis: This is the 13th depression this year, highest in 26 years

The storm has turned severe and will hit Tamil Nadu today evening

Despite increasing probability of El Nino, IMD confident of good monsoon

Met department has also predicted a fairly uniform geographical distribution of monsoon

Potential ‘historic’ storm disrupts life in US, transit systems shut

Nearly 6,500 flights cancelled, wind gusts getting stronger

Phytoplankton influences cloud formation

Tornado kills 129

Squalls sweep West Bengal, Bihar; survivors seek relief

Weather disasters behind 95% natural calamities in 2023 that cost over $1 billion, finds report

Just 40% weather and climate-related losses covered by insurance; Insurance penetration lowest in Asia Pacific region

Heatwaves have a cost. Here’s why it’s important to quantify it

Extreme heat is often reported as a “silent killer” because its impacts are much more invisible and silent compared to other natural …

Kampala Declaration on climate change, human mobility now has 48 African countries as members

As many as 105 million people could become internal migrants within the African continent in a business-as-usual scenario  

World Environment Day 2023: How a teen climate crusader battled poverty, abuse after Cyclone Yaas

Across the world, there are millions of children who have been displaced from a stable life by climate-change induced natural calamities