In Court

Ravenous climate

Global warming impacts rice yields

Out of joint

The global cycles of nitrogen and phosphorous

Wine whine

Melting land

Shut up

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

2021 was one of the hottest years on record – and it could also be the coldest we’ll ever see again

The fact 2021 was among the world’s hottest years despite these cooling forces shows just how strong the long-term warming trend is

Climate clock is ticking: Reset shows world is a year closer to 1.5°C warming threshold

According to recent estimates, only 500 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide can be emitted from 2020 onwards if we are to stay below the 1.5 C …

Explainer series: Tracking climate crisis in North East India

Some villages are parched, some are seeing unusual floods: The climate crisis is doing the unimagineable in North East India. DTE tells …

Investment to fight climate change: Three African countries need $280 billion by 2050

South Africa will require the largest share of this investment, followed by Ethiopia and Kenya 

How ‘wise phones’ and wise humans can help avert a climate apocalypse

The right to unrestricted access to the internet ought to coexist with the responsibility to self-regulated consumption of smartphone internet …

Fires shaped Mount Kilimanjaro’s unique environment. Now they threaten it

An expert provides a glimpse into the natural environment of Africa’s tallest mountain and the challenges it faces 

Emperor Penguins would be extinct if climate goals are not met

Quite like a canary in a coal mine, used by the British in the mid-1980s to check for carbon monoxide in a mine; the Emperor Penguin is providing …

Researchers studied US spy-sat images of Himalayan glaciers. What they found is alarming

The third pole has been losing 8 bn tonne ice every year during 2000-2016. Blame global warming

Climate change in India: Cuisine, culture take a hit in Assam

Flood amid drought triggers heavy siltation in the rivers in the state, fragments communities

How biological response may help avert another mass extinction of species

A new study shows that starfish can resort to rapid genetic selection when subjected to mortality shock due to a wasting disease

Bonn climate meet concludes with little progress on issues 

With Parties differing on their fundamental stances, creation of a robust and fair Paris climate rule book looks like a tough task

'Agricultural censuses can monitor environmental changes'

From providing agricultural information for specific countries to identifying trends in the sector, censuses serve a variety of purpose

‘There is more global investment in renewable energy than in fossil fuel’: UNFCCC

The current level of carbon pricing is unfair, where the polluter is not paying but is being rewarded

Heat comes in from the cold

The unlit part of the crescent moon can help calculate Earth's temperature and measure greenhouse warming

People are not the planet's pollutants

The consumerist tendency of our society has resulted in the branding of population explosion as the villain in a world that has place for everyone'…

Ice caps may grow in higher temperatures

Research shows that a warmer earth may not melt polar ice and cause sea levels to rise, as has been feared so far.

Death warmed over

Climate Variability, Climate Change and Fisheries Edited by Michael H Glantz Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge

The numbers game

BILLIONS AND BILLIONS: THOUGHTS ON LIFE AND DEATH AT THE BRINK OF THE MILLENNIUM· Carl Sagan·Random House Inc, New York·1997&…