'We can contain the pest'

India's temperature and atmospheric conditions are ideal for the spread of Fall Armyworm

Go for inclusive growth

As much as the government works to formalise the Indian economy, conditions force people into illegal and informal business

India lost more than 70,000 people because of climate change-related disasters

A new report by an international thinktank Germanwatch has some bad news for India. It says that between 1998 and 2017, India lost, on an average,…

Rising sea

Cyclone Ockhi first anniversary: Struggling widow, scarred survivor left hopeless

Those who lost their kin to the disaster are finding it hard to make ends meet and ones who made it back alive have still not overcome the mental …

How normal were the rains? IMD chief wants to study more factors to know

With climate change causing changes in annual precipitation and ocean temperature levels, these parameters need to be included in …

Cyclones that have hit India: What you should know?

Here is what you should know about cyclonic activity in India as Cyclone Gaja is going to hit the coast of Tamil Nadu today.

Long-term wind patterns over Delhi have changed, say scientists

A possible reason could be major changes in the withdrawal of monsoon from the region and the anti-cyclonic circulations that are formed in this …

मौसम बदलने वाले बादल

प्रदूषकों से भरे बादल मौसम में बड़ा बदलाव ला सकते हैं। मौसम को प्रभावित करता करने वाला कारक एरोसॉल है।

Role of Western disturbances in freak weather events

Scientists reason why the beneficial weather phenomenon has become increasingly disastrous

India's climate quandary

The National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture, India's flagship programme that aims to make Indian villages climate-proof, is at …

A peek into Indian monsoon over 8,000 years

A team of Indian researchers has recreated a continuous history of the Indian monsoon, providing new insights into forces governing it

Six rules for rebuilding infrastructure in an era of 'unprecedented' weather events

After extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey, city planners need to think about the smartest way to rebuild

Hospitals feel the heat too from extreme weather and its health impacts

Hospital infrastructure has not been adapted to secure health care during such events.

Hit by extreme winter, Mongolia stares at humanitarian crisis

Livestock deaths due to extreme cold are robbing herders of livelihood, causing mass migration to cities

`We are teetering at the edge of a new era'

It is very hard to understand why we do not seem to grasp the immensity and urgency of climate change that is already unfolding around us, says …

Cyclone Nilofar’s threat to Oman and Gujarat decreases

Cyclone Nilofar to rapidly lose strength from October 30; it may turn into a boon for Gujarat

Hurricane Sandy

Future forecasts

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Clearing the clouds

Scientists are learning that the Indian monsoon is an integral part of the global ecosystem. The knowledge of these 'global teleconnections'…

पूर्वोत्तर में बिगड़ा मौसम का मिजाज: कहीं बाढ़, तो कहीं सूखा

असम के कुछ जिलों मसलन धेमाजी और डिब्रूगढ़ में काफी बारिश हुई है, जबकि मणिपुर और मिजोरम में सामान्य से कम बारिश दर्ज की ...

How global climatic phenomena affect India’s weather

New study says there is a connection between fog conditions in Indo-Gangetic Plains and anomalies in movement of air in the Arctic and Eurasian …

How humans invite storm

Tornado and storm frequencies linked to human activities

Agriculture ministry set to get its disaster management plan soon: MHA official

The plan identifies 34 hazards that pose a risk to the agricultural sector and where timely interventions are needed, the official said