Everything about desert locusts — and how to control them amid COVID-19 crisis

From Yemen to Indo-Pakistan border, how the swarms made way into India — and how the situation should be monitored 

2001-2010: Hottest decade with climate extremes

370,000 deaths globally due to extreme weather and climate conditions, says World Meteorological Organization report

Remembering 2013 Uttarakhand Floods

In June 2013, flashfloods in Uttarakhand wiped out settlements and decimated lives. Here’s a throwback to our investigation into the …

Climate change affecting jobs in South Asia

Training in green skills must for youth: report

Cloudburst explained

Has India taken heed of warning from previous cloudburst incidents?

Kharif crops take a severe hit by intense and unprecedented rainfall across India

IMD advises farmers to drain maize fields, delay sowing paddy in several states  

Climate change can affect diseases transmitted by insects, vectors: UN report

Humans are changing zoonotic disease systems and increasing their impact through habitat encroachment, human population pressure, the report said&…

Surplus rainfall a respite, but now Bihar wary of floods

The state received 305.9 mm rainfall in June — 82% more than normal rainfall in June 2019 

Frozen at gateway

The Doha outcome is all talk no action. In 2007, the Bali Action Plan had called for an urgent reduction in carbon emissions by developed …

What caused a spike in extreme heat events in Northeast Asia

Extreme heat events have become more likely to occur over Northeast Asia

Maharashtra's insurance scheme for orchard owners draws angry protests

Too high a premium for too little cover

How to rewrite the Durban script

Fatal disconnect

Industrialisation bringing acid rain to India

@110 km/hr

Bengal most vulnerable to climate risk, flags India’s first assessment report

The Bay of Bengal region was struck by 41 severe cyclonic storms and 21 cyclonic storms in May between 1891 and 2018

The weather mart

Met department is not the only one predicting weather in India. Forecasts are now sold by businesses to businesses

Widespread web

The threats from aerosols are all pervading

Colombia resumes spraying herbicide glyphosate

Climate change

Modi government’s climate change actions–big on plans but unclear in implementation strategy

Uttarakhand rain data to be used for improved cloudburst forecast

Model developed by scientists at ISRO's Space Applications Centre got some predictions about cloudbursts on June 16 right

Sweat and shiver

A review of climate studies projects what's in store: colder winters, hotter summers, drought, storms and lots worse

Picture imperfect

Aerosol research is still in its infancy. Further studies will reveal the definitive long-term impact of these tiny particles

Warning from Leh

Leh cloudburst is unusual, say scientists. Such extreme events are rising. What’s wrong?

Documentary films on climate change