El Nio hindered

Another pacific phenomenon holds up the wild child

Science and Technology - Briefs

Monsoon maps on trees

Growth rings allow for future prediction of drought  

El Nino: Will 2014 be a drought year for India?

IMD predicts normal monsoon this year

El-Nino could emerge later but drought unlikely

Of some good also

El Nio can help recover degraded land

NASA records hottest August since 1880

Antarctica temperatures were 4°C above normal; India recorded a spike of 1-2°C

Horse mystery

History in the stump

Ancient tree stumps provide picture of world's climate

Catching the infant terrible

World could soon witness ‘historic’ coral die-offs

Severe coral bleaching has been reported across Northern Pacific

After hottest May, Earth records hottest June of 21st century

Rise in temperature primarily because of warm ocean waters

El Nino fallout: food prices to shoot northward

The weather phenomenon will bring down production, increase food prices worldwide

Salmon hatcheries deplete wild stocks

Introducing farmed salmon in the rivers doesn't help

Global warming, Cyclone Biparjoy worked in tandem to bring monsoon to Mumbai and Delhi on same date

Incident last happened 62 years ago in 1961, confirmed IMD

Global Eco Watch: People of Indus Valley produced earliest dairy products in the Subcontinent

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Under the weather

Scientists say a change in temperature could play a role in spreading childhood diarrhoea

Deforestation in Maritime Continent may make El Nino events more complex and harder to predict

Central Pacific type El Nino events can increase by 11.7%, La Nina events by 14.6%

Tropical Storm Hilary pounds Southern California with heavy rain, flash flooding

California had only one confirmed tropical storm landfall in the past in September 1939

El Nino to cause global losses worth $84 trillion by 2099, India may be more vulnerable than estimated

Impacts of El Nino will be more pronounced in poor countries in the tropics like India

La Nia Boosts Productivity

The enfant terrible also brings some goodies with it

Bytes

Tidal spells

Deep ocean currents could hold clues to climate change

ASEAN nations adopt transboundary haze monitoring system

System would keep an eye on fire-emitting hot spots across the region to curb emissions

Countering El Nio

A call for an international front against the naughty child