Looking back in 2020: The world in grip of extreme weather events

Cyclones, rainfall, floods and droughts, climate-induced migration: The world witnessed it all in 2020

Delhi’s poor air days start, will only deteriorate

Dip in temperature, calm surface winds and steady increase in farm fires in Punjab and Haryana reason for poor air quality 

Parched ground

Climate change denial must stop

Lightning kills 83 people in Bihar

Many of the victims were farmers, who were sowing paddy in their fields

Uttarakhand government ignored Met warning

State does not have automatic weather stations on pilgrimage routes or nowcasting system despite its vulnerability to rains and flash floods

These mobile weather stations can help cope with floods, landslides

Sri Lanka’s indigenously developed device could help other developing nations, too, deal with climate impacts

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 …

Think differently, Mr Finance Minister

Extreme heat and rain: Thousands of weather stations show there’s now more of both, for longer

Unusually warm days are becoming more common throughout Australia; New Zealander also experiencing more days with temperatures 25℃ or more

Everything about desert locusts — and how to control them amid COVID-19 crisis

From Yemen to Indo-Pakistan border, how the swarms made way into India — and how the situation should be monitored 

Remembering 2013 Uttarakhand Floods

In June 2013, flashfloods in Uttarakhand wiped out settlements and decimated lives. Here’s a throwback to our investigation into the …

2001-2010: Hottest decade with climate extremes

370,000 deaths globally due to extreme weather and climate conditions, says World Meteorological Organization report

Climate science in real world

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

Lessons in dealing with floods

Climate change can affect diseases transmitted by insects, vectors: UN report

Humans are changing zoonotic disease systems and increasing their impact through habitat encroachment, human population pressure, the report said&…

Surplus rainfall a respite, but now Bihar wary of floods

The state received 305.9 mm rainfall in June — 82% more than normal rainfall in June 2019 

Climate change affecting jobs in South Asia

Training in green skills must for youth: report

Cloudburst explained

Has India taken heed of warning from previous cloudburst incidents?

Frozen at gateway

The Doha outcome is all talk no action. In 2007, the Bali Action Plan had called for an urgent reduction in carbon emissions by developed …

Bengal most vulnerable to climate risk, flags India’s first assessment report

The Bay of Bengal region was struck by 41 severe cyclonic storms and 21 cyclonic storms in May between 1891 and 2018

What caused a spike in extreme heat events in Northeast Asia

Extreme heat events have become more likely to occur over Northeast Asia