22 million people displaced by natural disasters globally last year

Floods, storms and quakes displaced 19 million people in Asia alone

How Bhutan is grappling with climate change

Ugyen Tshewang, secretary, National Environment Commission of Bhutan, speaks to Ankur Paliwal on the effects of climate change and how the …

FAO quantifies impact of natural disasters on agriculture

Asia is the most affected region, followed by Africa

Countering El Nio

A call for an international front against the naughty child

Maharashtra's insurance scheme for orchard owners draws angry protests

Too high a premium for too little cover

Industrialisation bringing acid rain to India

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

Colombia resumes spraying herbicide glyphosate

Documentary films on climate change

101 suicides in two months; is Marathwada the new Vidarbha?

Most suicides among orchard farmers, say observers

Changing climate Jharsuguda to seattle

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

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 …

India launches weather satellite

Will help understand country’s monsoon cycle better

Science and Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

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

Science and Technology - Briefs

Lima climate summit: Commitment to deal with ‘Loss and Damage’ weakens

Least Developed Countries and civil society organisations call for an explicit inclusion of ‘Loss and Damage’ in the climate …

Getting the bulletin right

EL Nino and the new challenges

Make India a ‘weather-ready’ nation

A proposal has been sent to the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, detailing the areas of concern in India’s weather forecasting system and …

No cap on mechanisms