US battles severe weather events to celebrate Mother’s Day

People were evacuated as hailstorm and tornado lashed large parts of central America

California drought the worst in 1,200 years

Human-induced climate change to be blamed for extreme weather

Clean energy, policy changes can lower greenhouse gas emissions, says IPCC

Report highlights that 47 per cent of emissions come from the energy sector

Degradation of Amazon rainforest affecting its natural function

Fallout could be linked to increasing droughts

Wild relatives of crops at risk in conflict-ridden West Asia

Violence and strife have affected their conservation, threatening global food security.

Hit by slime, Caribbean corals at risk of extinction

Loss of algae grazers could wipe out the corals in the next 20 years

Melting season in Arctic longer by about five days: NASA report

An ice-free Arctic Ocean during the summer might be reached this century, say experts

Science and Technology - Briefs

Disaster fund for cold wave

Decision likely after Madhya Pradesh incurred huge crop losses in January

Aerosol advantage

Scientists claim that sulphate aerosols reduce global warming

Disaster in the pipeline

Victim of changes

High carbon dioxide levels may bring about some unpleasant surprises

Warmer still

Global warming, how much?

The efficacy of computer models in assessing climate change remains contentious

Emission predicting

...in the next century may not be very simple, say climate scientists

Greenland crisis

Study shows glaciers in Greenland are thinning

Worst case scenarios

Climate change will not be gradual, but a swift and sudden process

Cultivating corals

Drought is spreading fast

Dry areas increase by 250 pe cent in 30 years

Floods cause havoc in drought-prone Barmer, Rajasthan

Forest fire atlas to provide information realtime

Online resource reports fire within six hours

Latest report on climate change may turn tables in US

US may finally be pushed to act on the climate change problem

Climate crime revisited

IPCC report predicts bleak future

Asian scientists on new plan to study monsoon patterns