Hurricanes may be getting more severe – do we need a whole new category to describe them?

The scale from one to five that is used to measure the destructive power of a hurricane may no longer be enough

Normal monsoon prediction comes as relief amidst drought in south

This time, the IMD has not clarified what the probability is of the country getting below normal or deficient rainfall

Climate scientists say human link evident in extreme weather events

Unprecedented 2016 California drought, the 2011 US heat wave and 2010 Pakistan flood belong to a most worrying series of extremes

Relief but from what?

After an excruciating drought, heavy rains lead to flash flood in Madhya Pradesh

Market for agriculture drones to expand 7.4 times by 2022

Inexpensive sensors, cloud computing and intelligent software will drive the market ahead

High temperatures and more heat waves this week

Many areas will witness high temperatures. Will the heat action plans work? 

It's all in the planets

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Making waves

When science sleeps

The Indian meteorological department is unable to explain why the recent heat wave is taking place in India. Hardly surprising for a …

Hidden advantages

Climate change records of amateurs are helping a lot in scientific studies

Too much soothsaying

How much rain?

Indo-French satellite to help forecast drought

El Nio threat

India might have a bad monsoon next year

Changing weather

Will ISRO's automatic weather station revolutionise forecasts?

Economy no longer monsoon dependant, but farmers are

Less rain is bad news for small farmers, not the economy

A normal monsoon?

Complexities of the season

Simply unpredictable

Despite using satellites and supercomputers, meteorologists are still baffled by the monsoon, unable to say precisely when it will occur and how …

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Did 2015 make us more climate wise?

Last year, weather records were broken left, right and centre all over the world as the world witnessed cold waves, heat waves, droughts, …

Foodgrain output set to break record, cross 264 million tonnes

Advance estimates by agriculture ministry project 0.8 million tonnes increase in production over earlier estimate despite freak weather event

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रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि जलवायु परिवर्तन की वजह से लू और भारी बारिश की घटनाएं बढ़ रही हैं 

खराब मौसम की वजह से हो जाता है 1.5% जीडीपी का नुकसान

 भारतीय मौसम विभाग की ओर से 1901 से अब तक उपलब्ध मौसम के आंकड़े स्पष्ट तौर पर बताते हैं कि विकट गर्मी ने अपना ...

जलवायु परिवर्तन की वजह से अपेक्षा से कहीं अधिक तेजी से गर्म हो रहा है यूरोप

यूरोप में जहां गर्म दिनों की संख्या बढ़ रही है, वहीं सर्दियों के दिन कम हो रहे हैं, जो की एक बड़े खतरे की घंटी है

लू का शिकार होते हैं ज्यादातर मजदूर

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'We can contain the pest'

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