India has warmed rapidly in the past 70 years: study
Global warming is manifesting itself over parts of India in the maximum temperatures observed during the warm pre-monsoon period
The race is on to decarbonize the 50,000-plus ships that carry our stuff around the world
International shipping produces as much CO2 as aircraft. Here’s what we can do about that
‘Nigeria’s economic productivity to go down by 2020’
Two reports reveal that the African powerhouse’s productivity could decline by 11 per cent due to climate change’s impact on its …
Climate change is destroying women’s lives in Alwar
A host of climate change-related problems bedevil the district’s women and girls, unlike men and boys
Overpopulation is not the source of all our ills
In these times of climate change, the world needs fresh ideas to get out of the logjam over whether population is a curse or a resource
A K Ghosh, voice of people of Sundarbans, passes away at 81
The renowned environmentalist also researched on the effects of climate change and extreme weather events on people’s lives
Cyclone Biporjoy likely to make landfall in Gujarat; what is unusual about it?
Biporjoy is unusual because most models could not predict that it would intensify into an extremely severe cyclonic storm
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
The week that was
Round-up of science news from the week that includes a possible vaccine for dengue, cosmic rays in the Milky Way and other news stories
All talk, no walk: G7 fail to inspire ambitious climate action
G7’s request for a common net zero deadline from other major economies seriously undermines equity considerations & shifts …
How small family farms are adapting to climate change in Brazil
Agroecology offers a production strategy that enables small farmers in northeastern Brazil’s semi-arid region to survive through droughts
Mocha: Cyclone intensification may not be very high since it will be formed in heart of the Bay, say experts
Experts are treading cautiously about path Mocha will take; it depends on storm’s recurve, they say
India sees hottest February since 1901
Average maximum temperature was 29.54 degrees Celsius, sets precedent for a blistering summer
Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: How Zambia can make the most of it
The country has substantial reserves of copper and cobalt, critical metals for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
Summer commences in India, impact on COVID-19 unclear as of now
More data expected in next 2 weeks, especially on the virus, humidity and ultra-violet radiation
There’s hope, if we wake up to today’s evolutionary potential
Everyone needs to be fired up with a rage aligned with the feminine principle of care rather than the masculine principle of control
Climate change will pose greater threat to global security by 2030: Military experts
Forced displacement and scale of natural disasters is likely to increase by 2040, according to survey report
Draft EU Climate Law: Incomplete framework, poor on internationalism
Climate activist Greta Thunberg termed the proposed EU law’s 2050 net-zero target a ‘surrender’
Climate crisis: 3 financial firms can make an effect
Corporate ownership has become concentrated in the hands of the 'big 3' passive asset managers: BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street
Obituary: Rajendra Kr Pachauri: (20 August, 1940 - 13 February, 2020)
Failings apart, his was the scientific face of fight against climate change as well as its messianic activist face
India has to increase emissions, RK Pachauri told me
The former head of IPCC died at 79 leaving behind a trail of headlines on climate change
Locust attack: Plague a grim reminder of climate change's reality
Change in cyclonic patterns in Arabian Sea behind locust invasions in Africa, west and south Asia, say experts
Climate crisis: We are not individuals fighting a faceless system — we are the system that needs to change
Our interconnectedness also means that positive behaviours can cascade to influence many others
World’s oldest asteroid strike in western Australia might have triggered a global thaw
Models show that if the Yarrabubba asteroid hit an ice sheet 5 km thick, more than 200 billion tonne water vapour would be ejected
Australia's smoke, around the world
Images from Nasa satellites show that smoke from the continent's bushfires has spread into the stratosphere and around the world, Nasa has revealed