A monsoon warning

Unmasking aerosols

Forget health impacts, tiny particles floating in the air are altering regional climates and affecting monsoon patterns and agricultural yield. …

Great expectations from Bonn climate talks, but sticky issues need resolving

Drafting a universal climate change agreement enters critical stage of negotiations and streamlining of agreement text

Over 80% people felt climate change-induced heat in July 2023

Temperature records set on all continents in July, including areas in winter

Mocha: Summer cyclones not new; Fani, Amphan were May storms too

New summer cyclone likely to take place in Bay of Bengal around May 8

Destruction of mangroves causes damages of up to $42 billion each year

UN report recommends implementation of policies and laws to protect mangroves

Himalayan blunders

Kerala faces floods for third consecutive year

Extremely heavy rain forecast in Idukki, Palakkad, Thrissur and Wayanad districts for the next two days

‘50 years of deception’: California sues five Big Oil companies for lying about climate change

Lawsuit against oil and gas companies for “creating, contributing and assisting in the creation of state-wide climate change-related harms …

Are humans increasingly responsible for extreme weather events?

Weather extremes are often so overwhelming that it is hard for us to imagine that we may actually be increasingly responsible for at least some …

More Uttarakhand disasters in the offing

Soon-to-be-finalized state action plan on climate change full of extreme events warnings

Rains in Uttarakhand extreme weather event: scientists

Unpredictability associated with monsoons will only increase as global temperatures rise

2001-2010: Warmest decade on record

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

India launches weather satellite

Will help understand country’s monsoon cycle better

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COP27 impact: What does the loss and damage fund mean for Majuli’s Salmora potters?

Riverbank erosion due to climate change and government measures to deal with it are both affecting the Assam community

Soon, an early warning system for cyclones and floods

Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) for Africa and Asia was put in place soon after the 2004 tsunami hit the Indian …

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North-west India may face frequent droughts: World Bank

Organisation’s climate change report predicts decrease in crop yield by 10-30 per cent as world warms by 2°C

Eye on the storm

Cyclone Phailin has not taken many lives but has left behind a trail of destruction that severely cripples people’s livelihood. What did it …

It rained hard in Delhi; what if all that water did not go waste

The volume of rainwater generated in the past week was almost 13 per cent of the demand for water in Delhi, estimated at 2,765 million litres per …

An every monsoon affair: How to tackle urban flooding

Urbanisation is inevitable as is climate change; the need is for a multi-pronged approach

Cop-out

Hopes were pinned on the latest UN climate summit at Lima. It was supposed to prepare the ground for a new climate deal that will replace the …

Flat in 20 days

Global climatic anomalies allied with local weather conditions produced the most freakish hailstorms in central and north India in February and …