As temperatures continue to rise, birds struggle to survive

Record-breaking temperatures reduce bird population and are behind absence of insectivorous birds

Chimpanzees evolved to behave more flexibly. It can help them weather climate change

Chimpanzees are capable of remarkable behavioural variability, and this may have allowed them to range in harsher and drier habitats

Summer commences in India, impact on COVID-19 unclear as of now

More data expected in next 2 weeks, especially on the virus, humidity and ultra-violet radiation

City trapped in a solar oven

Climate-incompatible buildings that fuel excessive use of air- conditioners not only add to the energy needs of cities but also create …

Simply Put: The heat is on

Simply Put: Climate Roulette

Warmer subsurface waters in Bay of Bengal likely fuelled Amphan super cyclone: Study

This shows a link between marine heatwaves and cyclones, say experts

Simply Put: One Nation, One Weather

IMD predicts summer warmer than usual

March has been extremely wet

How 535 new fast radio bursts can help answer deep questions about the universe

Every newly captured event is allowing astrophysicists to learn more about weird cosmic phenomena; some astronomers have begun to use fast radio …

Nobel Prize for physics awarded for gravitational waves detection

Scientists Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne, together with Barry Barish, whose effort led to the discovery 100 years it was …

2016: the year in space and astronomy

Colliding black holes to exploding spacecraft, 2016 was an incredible year for astrophysics

Urban trees can tackle pollution, heat waves

A report points out trees and other types of vegetation, when planted along a city street or grown in a park or residential yard, provide …

Extreme heatwave conditions continue to persist over several parts of India

According to experts, the immediate meteorological reason for the heat can be attributed to hot winds blowing from the Arabian Peninsula towards …

Heatwave and hot winds claim two lives in Bihar

IMD issues ‘yellow’ alert for heatwaves in over a dozen districts in the state

Deaths due to heat in Middle East & North Africa likely to rise 60 times by end of century

Over 80% deaths can be prevented by limiting global warming to 2°C

Transboundary Bengal hotspot for lightning strikes: Report

West Bengal, along with Bangladesh, received two million on-ground lightning bolts

Extreme weather events increasing in intensity in Africa: Greenpeace report

Temperatures and extreme heat events are expected to increase across the continent

Climate change’s dangerous new fires

Climate change is creating a new kind of dangerous wildfire. It will take all our tools to keep communities safe

Radio interference from satellites is threatening astronomy — a proposed zone for testing new technologies could head off the problem

The more radio transmissions there are, the more challenging it becomes to deal with interference in radio quiet zones

What impact does climate change have on your health?

Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000–2004 and 2017–2021

New powering system developed for IoT applications

The potential of the proposed system is vast and includes applications such as battery-free wireless cameras, wireless monitors, sensors, skin-…

What's causing elephants in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu to die? Hunger and thirst

In last one week, two elephants died in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka due to dehydration and heat stroke

Extreme heat makes women extremely vulnerable

Our response and mitigation approaches to heat and other such extremes should be gender-sensitive

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