Hurricanes may be getting more severe – do we need a whole new category to describe them?
The scale from one to five that is used to measure the destructive power of a hurricane may no longer be enough
Triple whammy: 3 weather systems to cause intense precipitation across India from December 1
Low pressure areas over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea and western disturbance over Afghanistan likely to induce rain, snow
Uttarakhand Floods: Respect Himalayan landscape if you want to preserve it, say experts
The recent flooding in Uttarakhand will recur across the biodiversity-rich Himalayas; respecting the landscape is the only way to conserve it
Current climate reports might have underestimated the consequences of the climate crisis
The models do not consider methane emissions from permafrost thawing and carbon releases from droughts
Is Earth Close to “The Great Dying”?
Our “normal” climate is dead; the weather has gone insane, and it is annually killing thousands of Americans and millions of people …
Role of Western disturbances in freak weather events
Scientists reason why the beneficial weather phenomenon has become increasingly disastrous
Food security: Climate change is affecting the seeds that India depends on
An increase in number of days with extreme temperatures or rain has caused a decline in quality and size of seeds across India
Go for inclusive growth
As much as the government works to formalise the Indian economy, conditions force people into illegal and informal business
India lost more than 70,000 people because of climate change-related disasters
A new report by an international thinktank Germanwatch has some bad news for India. It says that between 1998 and 2017, India lost, on an average,…
Cyclone Ockhi first anniversary: Struggling widow, scarred survivor left hopeless
Those who lost their kin to the disaster are finding it hard to make ends meet and ones who made it back alive have still not overcome the mental …
How normal were the rains? IMD chief wants to study more factors to know
With climate change causing changes in annual precipitation and ocean temperature levels, these parameters need to be included in …
Cyclones that have hit India: What you should know?
Here is what you should know about cyclonic activity in India as Cyclone Gaja is going to hit the coast of Tamil Nadu today.
India's climate quandary
The National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture, India's flagship programme that aims to make Indian villages climate-proof, is at …
A peek into Indian monsoon over 8,000 years
A team of Indian researchers has recreated a continuous history of the Indian monsoon, providing new insights into forces governing it
Six rules for rebuilding infrastructure in an era of 'unprecedented' weather events
After extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey, city planners need to think about the smartest way to rebuild
Hit by extreme winter, Mongolia stares at humanitarian crisis
Livestock deaths due to extreme cold are robbing herders of livelihood, causing mass migration to cities
`We are teetering at the edge of a new era'
It is very hard to understand why we do not seem to grasp the immensity and urgency of climate change that is already unfolding around us, says …
Global warming led to frequent, extreme melting of ice in Greenland over past 40 years
3.5 trillion tonnes of ice melted and flowed into the ocean over the past 10 years, raising sea levels and flood risk globally, according to a …
IPCC Report 2021: What do we expect in future?
The rise in average surface temperature beyond 1.5 or 2°C will be breached much earlier; extreme weather events may become worse with time
Floods, heavy rains killed 100,000 in 65 years, caused loss of Rs 4 lakh crore
The Standing Committee on Water Resources has asked the central government to take responsibility of flood management in the country
Have cyclones in monsoon become the new ‘normal’?
The tropical cyclones of category 4 have wind speeds between 157 and 200 kilometres per hour
Climate change’s dangerous new fires
Climate change is creating a new kind of dangerous wildfire. It will take all our tools to keep communities safe
‘Africa needs support for climate forecasting infrastructure’
The current observation network is only one-eighth the required minimum density over the continent
Rainfall changes could impact global manufacturing, services sectors
India needs to identify risks in each sector and safeguard them from climate change as we move forward, says experts
Agriculture ministry set to get its disaster management plan soon: MHA official
The plan identifies 34 hazards that pose a risk to the agricultural sector and where timely interventions are needed, the official said