Kidney stones tread north US

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America thinks

The great train hold up

The kettle effect

War-like climate

Warming exacerbates conflict in Africa

According to report

The Chile effect

Cancun summit>> BBC • Chile/Mexico

South Asia

Malthus revisited

Book>> The End of Food • by Paul Roberts • Bloomsbury, Rs 450

US, China to work together on phasing down HFCs

India cautious in response; to disclose stand in Bangkok end of June

Weather dice is loaded

Conference on climate change, agricultural risk management in Sub-Saharan Africa

Two-day conference on November 4 and 5 to see 200 experts from different fields

Insecure and unenergetic

UN climate talks: G77 and China stage walk-out over Loss and Damage

Developed countries want the matter be discussed only after 2015

Climate negotiations resume in Bonn; focus on developing text of draft agreement

Negotiations will also explore opportunities for capturing carbon and non-CO2 gases

Disappointed by G20 conclusions, 2.8°C heating likely without climate action, Guterres says at UN summit

Calls for ending fossil fuel subsidies & operationalising Loss and Damage Fund

US won't backtrack on climate commitments, says John Kerry at Marrakech

The US has suffered climate-related losses worth $27 billion this year so far

Drafting the Paris agreement: the week that was

Draft text adopted, but many issues need resolving

Superstorm ‘Sandy’ tells us why the climate change denial must stop

In 2023, global ocean heat content doubled or tripled since the late 1980s, shows study 

The 2023 estimate represents around 4.6 billion Hiroshima nuclear bombs

Over 100 active permafrost structures identified in Jhelum basin, can cause catastrophic disasters in future: Study

Active rock glaciers in Kashmir Himalayas also hold significant volumes of water, which underlines the need to explore their hydrological …

COP28 Recap: What was finally decided in the Global Stocktake?

Global Stocktake text has some key highlights & evident gaps, a big one being on the operationalisation of equity in the fossil fuels transition

India 2023 Monsoon: DTE-CSE Report shows how rainfall occurred from June-September

An analysis of how much or how little precipitation took place in the 2023 southwest monsoon

The disagreement between two climate scientists that will decide our future

The differences between Mann and Hansen are significant for the global response to climate change