बेमौसमी बारिश से कमजोर हुआ गेहूं का दाना, उत्पादन में गिरावट

जनवरी से मार्च के दौरान बेमौसमी बारिश व ओलावृष्टि का असर अब देखने को मिल रहा है

Urban flooding around the world: Where is India placed?

Climate change, urban population growth have prompted cities to adopt water-sensitive urban design, sustainable drainage systems 

ओलावृष्टि से फसल को भारी नुकसान, लेकिन क्या किसानों को मिल पाएगा मुआवजा

ओलावृष्टि व बारिश से फसल नष्ट हो गई, सरकार ने मुआवजे की घोषणा भी कर दी, लेकिन फसल नुकसान के आकलन का तरीका नहीं ...

New support scheme for water-stressed districts as crop insurance becomes voluntary

Changes to PM Fasal Bima Yojana leave famers without effective support for crop losses in time of climate emergency  

जल संकट झेल रहे किसानों को सहायता देगी सरकार, लेकिन कब?

केंद्र सरकार ने प्रधानमंत्री फसल बीमा योजना को स्वैच्छिक करने का निर्णय लिया है, लेकिन एक नई योजना भी शुरू करने की बात कही ...

मध्यप्रदेश के एक हिस्से में बाढ़ तो दूसरे में सूखे जैसे हालात

मध्यप्रदेश के पश्चिमी हिस्से के औसत से 31 प्रतिशत अधिक बारिश हो चुकी है, जबकि छिंदवाड़ा जिले में अब तक सबसे कम 54 फीसदी ...

आकाशीय आपदा का जमीनी सच

प्राकृतिक आपदाओं में बिजली गिरने से हुई मौतें सबसे अधिक हैं, लेकिन गृह मंत्रालय की अधिसूची में यह आपदा शामिल ही नहीं है। 

लू से 36 लोगों की मौत, आंध्रप्रदेश में हो रही हैं सबसे अधिक मौतें

सबसे अधिक गर्म शहर चुरू में लू से कोई मौत नहीं हुई, क्योंकि आद्रर्ता कम होने के अलावा लोग बचाव का पूरा इंतजाम जाते ...

Delhi on the verge of another air emergency

Stubble burnings have seen a decreasing trend, but the air quality of Delhi was 'severe' and poised to turn worse

Poor harvest in 2019 may push 6.3 million Somalis to hunger by year end

The rainy season in 2019 has been the third-driest in Somalia since the early 1980s

Heat wave grips Kerala, claims three lives

The state government has declared a natural disaster, issued alerts and circulated precautionary guidelines

Cold wave grips north India, to get worse

This severe weather is attributed to the absence of western disturbances in the country

Cyclone Gaja live analysis: Tamil Nadu saw 30% more cyclones in past 16 years

Gaja is the 10th cyclonic storm the state will experience since 2003

Cyclone Gaja live analysis: This is the 13th depression this year, highest in 26 years

The storm has turned severe and will hit Tamil Nadu today evening

Funds to fight climate change in Africa grossly inadequate

Almost 70 per cent of the funds committed by developed countries to finance climate action in Africa are tied to conditional loans and credit lines

India is under the weather: extreme events expand footprints

From cloudburst in Himachal, dust storms in Rajasthan and UP to lightning in Andhra Pradesh and devastating rainfall in Haryana and Punjab, freak …

Some extreme weather events in 2016 would never have happened without human-caused warming: studies

Extreme heat across Asia in 2016 and unusually warm waters in the Bering Sea would not have been possible without human-induced climate change

Despite increasing probability of El Nino, IMD confident of good monsoon

Met department has also predicted a fairly uniform geographical distribution of monsoon

What IPCC says about India

It projects a fall in crop yields and rise in the impact of extreme weather events in India

Natural disasters force 26 million people into poverty each year: World Bank

The extreme natural disasters also cause a US$520-billion loss in annual consumption globally

Few takers for ambitious crop insurance scheme

Only four percent more farmers have opted for crop insurance despite  government’s targets for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

First drought, then floods: is this an extreme weather event?

After an excruciating drought, several states of India have reported excess rainfall this monsoon. Climate change may have a role to play in …

International weather agency warns of a stronger El Niño

The peak three-month average surface water temperature in the east-central tropical Pacific Ocean will exceed 2 degrees Celsius above normal

Potential ‘historic’ storm disrupts life in US, transit systems shut

Nearly 6,500 flights cancelled, wind gusts getting stronger

Phytoplankton influences cloud formation