The cloud

Beyond the romance, clouds are an enduring scientific mystery that must be unravelled

Cloudburst in Uttarakhand: 30 killed, many missing

All the major rivers in the region have swollen following heavy rains; Mandakini and Alaknanda have crossed their danger marks

Cyclones and the threat to delta population

Extreme weather events cause huge loss of lives, livestock and household assets 

Shipwreck records and tree rings unveil Caribbean hurricane history—and clues to the future

In an attempt to better understand hurricanes, researchers recreate hundreds of years of hurricane records with Spanish shipwreck logs and tree …

500 years of drought and flood: trees and corals reveal Australia's climate history

The dominant theme of Australia’s drought history is variability. The country may get one year of extremely wet conditions or six …

Untimely rains claims lives of nine persons in Andhra Pradesh

Agriculture crops in 10,000 hectares damaged

Rainfall stuck for five days as monsoon has not advanced towards north, says IMD

In a few days, monsoon is likely to advance over more parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha and West Bengal, the remaining parts of coastal Andhra …

Flood and devastation sweep Assam, Meghalaya

Cloudburst, landslides kill 27 and damage infrastructure, property and crops in Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills

Lull before the storm

The world is about to face the wrath of El Nio. Is India prepared for it?

These 10 cards show why Planet Earth is still headed for a meltdown 5 years after Paris

The recent UNEP Emissions Gap report, the WMO’s State of the Global Climate Change 2020 and other reports all point to dire consequences 

Cyclone Nivar: Chennai shut as rains cause flooding in several parts

Around 0.1 million people, including 28,161 children, were evacuated to 1,694 relief camps across Tamil Nadu from low-lying areas  

अच्छी बारिश बाद में निकली खराब, फसलों के उत्पादन में कमी का अनुमान

एनबीएचसी ने खरीफ सीजन की फसलों के उत्पादन का पहला अनुमान जारी किया है, जो बताता है कि अच्छी बुवाई के बावजूद पिछले साल ...

What the tourism sector can learn from Cape Town’s drought

The 2015-2018 drought, one of the longest and the worst to have affected Cape Town, affected tourism badly

Did Death Valley just hit the highest temperature recorded ever

The all-time highest temeparature ever was recorded more than a century ago, but that reading has been challenged 

ऊष्णकटिबंधीय वनों में हर साल 10 करोड़ से अधिक बार गिरती है बिजली: अध्ययन

बिजली सालाना लगभग 83.2 करोड़ ऊष्णकटिबंधीय पेड़ों को नुकसान पहुंचाती है, इनमें 19.4 करोड़ पेड़ नष्ट हो जाते हैं

Coping pressure: State of extreme events in 2019

India recorded only 9 out of 93 disasters in Asia in 2019, but accounted for nearly 48% deaths. The country also had nearly 46% of the people …

ऑल वेदर रोड पर बन रहे हैं नए लैंड स्लाइड जोन, एक और दुर्घटना हुई

उत्तराखंड में बन रही ऑल वेदर रोड पर भूस्खलन की वजह से एक और बड़ी दुर्घटना हुई है

जलवायु परिवर्तन से किसानों के बीच बढ़ सकते हैं हिंसक घटनाएं: स्टडी

जलवायु परिवर्तन का केवल यह मतलब नहीं है कि आने वाले दिनों में परिस्थितियां कठोर हो जाएंगी, बल्कि इस वजह से लोगों के बीच ...

Climate Emergency CoP 25: India suffered maximum number of climate-related fatalities in 2018

The report, which revealed the figures, was released in Madrid and has bolstered demands for implementing the ‘Loss and Damage’ mechanism

राहत भरी खबर, मध्य प्रदेश में निपा नहीं हीट स्ट्रोक से मर रहे हैं चमगादड़

राष्ट्रीय उच्च सुरक्षा पशु रोग संस्थान भोपाल की रिपोर्ट के बाद तय हो गया कि चमगादड़ में कोई निपा संक्रमण नहीं था 

हिमालयी राज्यों में बाढ़ के लिए कौन है जिम्मेवार?

हिंदू कुश हिमालयी क्षेत्र में पिछले 60 साल के दौरान मौसम के चरम तक पहुंचने की घटनाओं में वृद्धि हुई है

भारत में बाढ़ के लिए जलवायु परिवर्तन जिम्मेवार: अध्ययन

जर्नल वेदर एंड क्लाइमेट एक्स्ट्रीम में प्रकाशित इस अध्ययन में कहा गया है कि भविष्य में अधिक दिनों तक बाढ़ की घटनाओं में तेजी ...

Factsheet: Extreme Weather Events

The number of extreme weather events is rising alarmingly across the world—increase in  heatwave frequency and the number of warm days …

Is India's annual date with monsoon shifting

Southwest Monsoon’s withdrawal likely to get delayed by 3 weeks, say experts

Desertification expands in areas on front line of climate change

The latest IPCC report does not clearly link climate change to desertification, but it does say desertification is a “function of both …