Government did not do enough to stop crop burning, say farmer representatives

Scientists urge that worsening air quality in Delhi may have a direct link with crop residue burning in neighbouring states

IMD rolls out national monsoon mission

Will collaborate with weather research organisations across the world to improve monsoon forecast all over the country

Disturbing the Pacific

The dreaded storm strikes the Pacific and the threat of destruction looms large

Cool predictions

The link between Atlantic temperatures and an atmospheric effect that influence winters could lead to prediction of stormy winters in Europe

Weather unwise

Weather conditions to disrupt transport systems throughout the world

Drought spreads its tentacles

UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell

Cost of inaccuracy

Amid hurricanes and wildfires, Trump gives science a cold shoulder

“I don’t think science knows actually. It’ll start getting cooler,” US President Donald Trump said during a briefing on …

Surviving heatwaves: What can India learn from France

Heatwave events caused 22,223 deaths from 1992 to 2015 in India 

31 iconic sites at risk from climate change, warns UNESCO report

The report gives a miss to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Sundarbans in India

Pastoral community in Kenya at high risk from climate change

Lack of livelihood options makes herders more vulnerable

Delhi gets high-end radar for storm detection

C-band Doppler radar can identify type of precipitation and determine intensity of winds, useful for detecting storms

Catching the infant terrible

Bytes

Single drops of water make the mighty economy

क्लाइमेट रिस्क इंडेक्स 2021: दुनिया का 7वां सबसे जलवायु प्रभावित देश है भारत

2000 से 2019 के बीच आई 11,000 से भी ज्यादा जलवायु सम्बन्धी आपदाओं में 4.75 लाख लोगों की मौत हुई 

Looking back: How did climate change alter the world this year?

2020 is on course to become the third-warmest year on record; the development put in motion several catastrophic events 

जलवायु परिवर्तन से बढ़ रहा है जंगल में आग का खतरा, स्वास्थ्य पर भी पड़ रहा है असर

यदि ग्रीनहाउस गैसों का उत्सर्जन इसी तेजी से जारी रहता है, तो सदी के अंत तक जंगल में लगने वाली आग का खतरा दुनिया ...

Alphonso’s last call?

The world’s best mango is perishing in coastal Maharashtra, which grows most of the crop. The culprits are climate change and unsustainable …

After hottest May, Earth records hottest June of 21st century

Rise in temperature primarily because of warm ocean waters

Avg global temperature can rise by 1.5°C in next 5 years: WMO report

Countries under 2015 Paris Agreement had agreed to try and limit average global temperature rise to below 2°C by the end of the century

When COVID-19, climate collide: How south Asia can prepare itself

Careful planning is needed to avoid major damage, while marshalling resources towards limiting the spread of COVID-19

International experts call for coordinated action to mitigate climate change impact on agriculture

Symposium organised by WMO and FAO recommends various measures to tackle the challenge of growing more food in the next 20 years

Countries pitch in for early warning systems and accurate weather projections

Workshops in Bonn focus on the development of contingency plans to tackle extreme weather events and their adverse effects on crops

Climate change to cut South Asia’s growth by 8.8 per cent by end of century: ADB

GDP loss for Maldives projected at 12.6 per cent, for India 8.7 per cent