It has been a sizzling April for Kolkata; Combination of climate change, urbanisation pushing city beyond tipping point

UN report warns that city’s maximum temperature may reach almost 50°C around 2080; local actions to blame as well

Midwest tornadoes: What a decaying El Nino has to do with violent storms in central US

When El Nino decays, atmospheric waves can become wavier and have greater amplitude, enhancing conditions for tornadoes

Why did Dubai flood? World Weather Attribution says global warming, not cloud seeding, the reason

The recent rainfall in West Asia was made 10-40 per cent heavier by warming, according to the WWA

Southern African drought primarily driven by El Nino, massive blow to food security, health: Study 

Researchers recommend enhanced resilience to droughts that may occur twice as frequently in El Nino years

NOAA, ICRI confirm fourth global mass coral bleaching event in 2023-2024

This is the second such event in the last 10 years and comes at a time when global oceans have also recorded unprecedented heat

El Nino drought leaves Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba only 13% full: A disaster for people & wildlife

Over the long term, droughts could become more severe and the Kariba Dam could stop producing as much power

El Nino disasters: Governments know what’s coming, but are unprepared — what must change

There is a need to be clearer about who does what and coordinate preparations for disasters better

Why did eastern India receive heavy rainfall on March 20? A cocktail of weather systems is the answer

The India Meteorological Department had listed 5 different weather systems that were active over mainland India on March 20; there was also an …

The year 2023 smashed several climate records, with some being ‘chart-busting’: WMO report

Greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice cover and glacier retreat reached …

El Nino-driven floods in China kill 237; over 31 million affected

This is China’s second most expensive weather-related natural disaster in history

El Nino may remain till April 2024, may push temperatures even higher: WMO

May cause further rise in global average temperatures, more extreme weather events

WMO declares El Nino onset following rapid development. Here’s what the world should watch out for

For India, the major impact is expected on the ongoing monsoon season

El Nino

El Nino, La Nina and the Indian sub-continent

Wily weather

Can the Indian economy cope with unusual weather phenomena?

Next two years may see long and strong El Niño

The phenomenon is expected to deepen the agrarian crisis with a depleted monsoon

Are Earth’s natural climatic patterns changing? An uncharacteristic La Nina may be a sign

The ongoing La Nina may become the longest on record

Who leads the intimate dance of El Nino with the Indian monsoon?

Not all droughts over India are explained by El Nino-Southern Oscillation

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  

EL NINO WATCH

Hottest of them all

The first three months of the year 2002 were the warmest ever recorded

La Nia returns

After a gap of about five years

Extreme weather: 2019 broke records; don't expect 2020 to be better

The imprint of climate change is here to stay

El Nino likely to cause loss of Rs 1,80,000 crore this year: ASSOCHAM

Studies indicate high food inflation

Strong western disturbance to impact many states of India

Wet and stormy weather is in store for many states