Hudhud strikes, what happens next?

After battering coastal Andhra Pradesh with high speed rains and winds, Hudhud will move through neighbouring states

Pray before you sow

2014 could be an El Niño year. This weather event has historically caused devastations across countries. Its mysterious nature is keeping …

COP27: ‘Translation between change in weather and damages is not linear’

Down To Earth talks to Friederike Otto, climate scientist at Imperial College London about the science of weather attribution

Climate crisis: Expect more extreme heatwaves in near future

India witnessed a concurrent increase in meteorological droughts and heatwaves in various parts of the country over the last 60 years

La Nina’s rare ‘triple dip’ likely to affect weather patterns globally

Continuation of the La Niña may also mean an extended southwest monsoon season for India and the rest of south Asia

Only 10 of 46 Least Developed Countries mention loss and damage explicitly in NDCs: Study

IIED urges countries to revise their NDCs before CoP27 and mention losses and damages

Extreme weather events in India may be transporting more plastic litter into oceans, warn experts

Understanding source, distribution of plastics can help target priority areas to implement mitigation policies

Why climate change studies on rice production are important in Wayanad

Area under rice cultivation has been declining rapidly in north Kerala district between 2004-05 and 2018-19 

Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ drought risk lurking around the corner: Study

South African cities should prepare themselves for similar drought conditions, warned the study

Hyderabad storm water management: Missed potential and way forward

Due to a multiplicity of authorities, the stormwater infrastructure in the city is largely unequipped to handle moderate or extreme rainfall …

Budget 2020-21: Local level adaptation may be focus vis-à-vis climate change

Funds might be allocated to Panchayati Raj ministry, IMD, other institutions to minimise impact of extreme weather

Extreme weather: 2019 broke records; don't expect 2020 to be better

The imprint of climate change is here to stay

Human-made climate change behind rising 2019 temperatures: WMO

Absence of El Niño and yet an extension in the spate of rising temperatures points towards it, says the UN weather agency

Are crop insurance schemes working? CAG report reveals

Multiple gaps in implementation of crop insurance schemes may have compromised their purpose of benefitting farmers

2016 was year of extreme warming; 2017 shows no signs of easing

Last year was the warmest on record for North America, second warmest for Africa and South America and third warmest for Europe

We have almost certainly blown the 1.5-degree global warming target

Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ already looks out of reach, so where do we go from here?

Diwali blues: Ministry issues health advisory for residents

Scientists have predicted that Noida and Delhi University will witness the highest pollution level this festive season

Hailstorm lashes parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

Temperatures dip in a number of places, experts say occurrence good for Rabi crops

Historically prone to cyclones

26 of the 35 deadliest tropical cyclones in world history have been Bay of Bengal storms

Cash-strapped cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast struggle with poor harvest

Erratic weather blamed for low quality of beans

IMD launches SMS service for weather alerts

Apart from common people who can register on IMD website for alerts, authorities at local level will be brought into the ambit too

Tsunami warning system not in place

Ocean's surface temperature may help predict monsoon

Another atmospheric river storm is battering California

Emergency declared in the US state; Third such storm to affect it since December 26

Climate crisis intensifies: Coastal areas may become unliveable by 2100, flags report

Scientists say under RCP 8.5 scenario, a temperature increase of about 4.3 degrees Celsius by 2100 relative to pre-industrial temperature may happen