Book Excerpt: Jerusalem, the isolated hill town high in the Judean Hills

‘Jerusalem Through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades’ presents a broad yet detailed account of how Jerusalem …

Ominous change: Changing behaviour of western disturbances will impact agriculture; here is how

Sowing of rabi crops in regions that lack irrigation facilities will be affected; similarly, delayed withdrawal could lead to a late harvest, …

Eastern Mediterranean, West Asia warming 2 times faster than global average: Report

Temperatures projected to rise by up to 5°C by 2100

What are western disturbances?

Here's a prime on this wind that come from the west towards India

Human-induced climate change could increase ‘Medicanes’, say experts

Extra tropical storm ‘Ianos’ slammed into Greece recently, killing three people

A sea of stories

Book>> The Great Sea, A Human History Of The Mediterranean • by David Abulafia, Allen Lane • RS 1,500

More rainfall, snow in India in next 30 years: Report

Majority of India will see 30% relative increase in precipitation by end of century

Climate change is causing Western Disturbances to weaken; here is how

The warming of the Arctic and the Mediterranean Sea mean that Western Disturbances are striking India less in winter and more in summer; with …

The Mediterranean is warming three times more than the oceans: Study

The warming is twice as fast in inland and high areas

New research suggests modern humans lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, in Neanderthal territories

It isn’t a stretch to assume that people in the Mediterranean had access to boat technologies 54,000 years ago and used them to explore …

Tourists flock to the Mediterranean as if the climate crisis isn’t happening. This year’s heat and fire will force change

Warm-weather tourist destinations will have to radically change

Dirt in the Sea

Bacterial blot

Pathogens behind coral bleaching, say scientists

What are Western Disturbances? How do they impact rain and snowfall in India?

It is a non-monsoonal precipitation pattern that induces low pressure systems in the lower layers of the atmosphere; this, ultimately, causes …

Greece wildfires: how climate change is involved, and what we can do about it

Greece’s recent bout of extreme fire weather emerged from a heatwave that would have been at least 50 times less likely in the pre-…

Overeaters, Mediterranean diet is the answer to your problems

Despite containing similar proportions of fat, protein and carbohydrates, this diet could lower the risk of obesity, pre-diabetes, and …

Was the freak ‘medicane’ storm that devastated Libya a glimpse of North Africa’s future?

At least 3,958 people have died across Libya as a result of the floods, with more than 9,000 people still missing

Summers may last 6 months, winters only 2: Recent study

Between 1952 and 2011, summer duration increased to 95 from 78 days. In winters, it decreased to 73 from 76 days

Eating these three fatty fish can help kids fight asthma

A clinical trial finds that eating a Mediterranean diet with salmon, trout, and sardines can improve lung function in children with asthma

Sulphur breathers

Anoxic ocean beds were found to harbour multicellular life  

Devastating Libya floods were 50 times more likely, 50% more intense due to warming planet

Once in 300-to-600-year event but ongoing conflict and state fragility in country compounded effects

Boiling Siberia shows temperature swings may be increasing: Experts

The warming of the Arctic, as seen by the Siberian heatwave, may also impact western disturbances in India

Severe heatwave in Mediterranean Sea for 70 days, mass mortalities in marine life expected

At 27ºC, sea temperatures now close to late Cretaceous period of dinosaurs 

The Dead Sea is sinking

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