'Warmer future can lead to heavier hailstorms'

UK researcher Amulya Chevuturi talks to DTE about how hailstorms occur and how they could intensify with rising temperatures

Counting the cost of catastrophe

With changing climate, the frequency of extreme weather events in India is rising and so is the price we pay for it.

Extreme rainfall acidifies land in India's northeastern states

The vicious cycle of frequent heavy rain events degrading land, which again cause more floods and hence further degrade land, cripples …

Cyclone Sagar kills 16, displaces thousands in Middle East, East Africa  

Cyclone Sagar, one of the rare ones to penetrate into western Gulf of Aden, was also the strongest tropical storm ever recorded in Somalia

We have never seen anything like this before: dust storm victims in Rajasthan, UP

Although the local administration had generated alerts about the dust storm, the intensity and scale was unexpected and unprecedented

New normal: series of intense, widespread storms in less than a week; 19 states brace for more

Unusually high temperature has aided such intense storms across the country, indicating more turbulent days ahead

$306 billion—total cost of climate disasters in US in 2017

A hyperactive hurricane season and deadly wildfire events are responsible for this record-breaking economic loss

2017: the year in extreme weather

2017 brought wild, wacky and even deadly weather. Australia was hit by heatwaves and torrential rains; hurricanes hit America and a killer …

Lessons from semi-arid regions on how to adapt to climate change

Building on local experience and having access to current and expected climate trends is crucial to adapting to climate change for …

Study links additional deaths due to climate change impact on food production

Three-fourth of all climate-related deaths are estimated to occur in China and India in 2050

Mozambique’s cyclone flooding was devastating to animals — we studied how body size affected survival

Larger species tend to be more resilient to disturbances but smaller ones can recover quicker

USAID and Red Cross to organise virtual ‘Global Summit on Extreme Heat’ today

Event aims to find solutions to lessen impacts of extreme heat, save lives and mitigate costs  

2023 in a blink: DTE’s reportage on global scientific research this year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023

Fifth-warmest year: 2021 was marked by floods, heatwaves, other climate anomalies for Europe

Europe experienced its warmest summer ever last year

Extreme temperatures kill 5 million a year: 20-year study

Intense cold caused more deaths than intense heat but this is changing

Humans hunted Arctic foxes in wintry northern Europe during last Ice Age, fossils show

They did not migrate during winter but rather hunted Arctic foxes for survival

In photos: Australia hit by once-in-a-century floods

Northeastern state Queensland's situation may worsen as unprecedented rainfall continues

‘Severe weather’ hits Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

Hailstorm, strong winds, lightning and heavy rains throw life out of gear

Forecast for mets: grim

Cloudburst in Leh

Why improved forecasts are not helping prevent floods, droughts

The only way India can maximise the value of its massive investments in weather and S2S forecasts is by ensuring a process to bridge the gap …

Deluge in Spain continues, could still face its driest summer in over 6 decades

Some areas see more rainfall in a day than normally seen in an entire month; wet weather to continue

India bore maximum brunt of extreme weather events in 2020: Report

As many as 2,067 lives lost to floods in India through the year, the highest in the world due to climate change-induced events 

Monsoon 2018: Destructive yes, distributive no

While floods during monsoon killed 1,310 people and affected 7.5 million, 40% Indian districts still face drought

India most vulnerable to climate change

More than 22 million Indians were affected by extreme weather events in 2017, making the country most open to the cliamte attack