Pacific Ocean weather patterns are changing — and multi-year El Nino and La Nina may become more common

Volcanic eruptions induce El Nino conditions, finds research  

Monsoon 2023: August, September to be drier than normal for most of India, predicts IMD

Rainfall deficit in a third of the districts in the country, may worsen due to El Nino

Water levels in dams on Himachal rivers decline to half of their capacity

The state, ravaged by floods in 2023, has been suffering a long dry spell this winter because of the lack of rain and snow in the last three months

We must catalyse innovation towards sustainable finance to enhance India’s climate resilience

Tapping the vibrant innovation ecosystem and enabling smooth green finance can drive the adoption of sustainable projects

Climate impact: Water storage projected to decrease across wetter lands around Caspian, Mediterranean seas

Water storage may see increase in West Asia and North Africa; solar geoengineering method worsens conditions, finds study

El Nino likely to bring record-breaking temperatures in Bay of Bengal, the Philippines & Caribbean Sea: Study

This study comes as 2023 was designated as the hottest year on record while January 2024 was the warmest January on record globally

Excess snowfall, avalanche in Himachal block Chenab river flow

State records 508% percent excess rain and snowfall since March 1

Ladakh: No snow in the cold desert

The arid winter in the region this time is raising concerns among the local population, as it forebodes a potentially alarming situation

Study links climate change with wheat blast; warns crop yield could drop by 75% in South America, Africa by 2050

Wheat blast-prone locations could increase due to climate impact; global wheat production could drop by 13%

What are human-caused methane ‘super emitter’ events?

The latest addition to this is the Kazakhstan blowout, igniting a fire that burned for over six months

Climate change threatens African great apes habitats, may witness frequent extreme climate events in future

Majority of ape sites would be subject to a high frequency of heatwaves, finds new research

Temperatures crossed 1.5°C for the whole of 2023; last month hottest January on record, say EU scientists

While the world has not yet breached the Paris Agreement target (an average global temperature over decades), it is moving ever closer to it

Mountain goats in Alps are turning nocturnal due to climate impact, making them more vulnerable to predators

Species’ need to escape excess heat outweighing drive to avoid predators, finds study

AAD2024: Conversation with KJ Ramesh on the impacts and science of El Nino

Listen to former director general of India Meteorological Department speak on various aspects of ENSO’s warm phase

Dengue outbreak in Brazil prompting emergency health measures

As the world gets increasingly warmer and wetter, mosquito-related disease outbreaks are predicted to rise and spread

Atlantic is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows

It might seem counterintuitive to worry about extreme cold as the planet warms, but if the main Atlantic Ocean circulation shuts down from too …

A COP28 recap with CSE-DTE

As the world converges on Baku later this year, here are some interesting details from the COP gone by

20°C seems the optimal temperature for life on Earth to thrive — what does this mean in a warming world?

Exactly why 20°C is pivotal & energy-efficient for cellular processes may be due to the molecular properties of water associated with cells

EU sets new climate goal for 2040 — high ambition, yet gaps persist

Dependence on carbon capture, utilisation & storage is concerning, raises questions on ambition of the target

Simply Put: The alternative

Dry spread

Exceptional drought was observed in 658 districts across the country between 2012 and 2021. The Deccan region and the Northeast recorded the …

Simply Put: Ice-free Arctic

The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway

The proposal to add an Anthropocene Epoch to the geological time scale was rejected for a variety of reasons, none of them related to the fact …

Chile forest fires: Why does Chile face deadly forest fires every year?

Chile has been undergoing a decade-long drought season since 2010

Icon of the Seas: Is the world’s largest cruise ship environment friendly?

It runs on LNG and can leak some of it directly into the atmosphere as methane, a greenhouse gas worse for the climate in the short term …