Tsunami warning system not in place

Ocean's surface temperature may help predict monsoon

El Nino almost certain this year

Over the years, research has shown there is an association between El Nino and deficient rainfall in India

UK to build supercomputer for weather forecasting

140-tonne computer will be able to perform 16,000 trillion calculations per second

From Phailin to Hudhud: a year of extreme weather events

Year 2014 has witnessed a series of floods, droughts and an unusual spell of hailstorms in a few states. A look at the damage and displacement …

Hudhud hits fisher people in Odisha

Bad weather spells in Bay of Bengal between February to October, the busiest period for fishers, have affected their livelihood

Climate change to almost triple risk of extreme Indian Ocean weather events

While the world is worried about an El Nino forming in the Pacific, a similar phenomenon may be under way in the Indian Ocean

High altitude areas of Tibetan Plateau warming faster than lower regions

Lack of weather data from high altitude regions due to scarcity of weather stations is an impediment towards detailed research

El Nino and La Nina weather events set to increase: report

Frequency of extreme weather events is expected to nearly double with global warming—from one in 23 years to one in 13 years

‘Predictions wrong, but give indications’

India Meteorological Department is often accused of making incorrect predictions. The Ministry of Earth Sciences regularly gets funds to …

Severe fog: Met department in dark

The rising trend of murky days in recent years has failed to spur the Indian Meterological Department into action. Quite clearly, the need of the …

Floods are becoming more complex

Blow hot, blow cold

Reading the weather

‘Phailin’s wind speed exceeds that of 1999 super cyclone’

Where India Met office differs from private forecasters

‘Ganga basin temperatures to rise by 1-2°C by 2050’

Eddy Moors, who heads the Earth System Sciences and Climate Change group at Alterra Wageningen University and Research Center in the Netherlands, …

New priorities

A wake-up call

Britain's worst ever flood in 50 years could be a result of global warming

Rain revelation

New study stresses air currents within clouds are crucial

Malaria forecast

Meteorology can predict incidence five months in advance

'Village level forecast will take time'

What prevents Indian scientists from making weather forecasts for farmers? Sailesh Naik, secretary to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, tells …

US battles severe weather events to celebrate Mother’s Day

People were evacuated as hailstorm and tornado lashed large parts of central America

Ahmedabad’s beat-the-heat plan

Civic body to send weather alerts, create public awareness and train medical officials

Stormy weather blues

Researchers discover how human activities are responsible for good or bad weather at the weekend

Boulder-sized hailstones rain on Rangareddy district, destroy crops

Studies needed to ascertain if freak weather linked to climate change, say Met scientists