‘Predictions wrong, but give indications’

India Meteorological Department is often accused of making incorrect predictions. The Ministry of Earth Sciences regularly gets funds to …

It is not a drought but a cumulative outcome of decades of policy sins

It is not deficit monsoon, rather the lack of policies and mechanisms to drought-proof susceptible areas that turn the situation into a crisis

A perplexing water cycle

Agricultural areas get no rain, urban areas face water logging  

Glacier through drone's eye

Researchers use new technology to gather data in rugged, inaccessible Himalayan terrain

Monsoon dates to be revised

Met department says monsoon activity has shifted in the past 60 years  

No two droughts are alike

It's raining GDP

Nature's forecasters

Monsoon maps on trees

Growth rings allow for future prediction of drought  

‘Ganga basin temperatures to rise by 1-2°C by 2050’

Eddy Moors, who heads the Earth System Sciences and Climate Change group at Alterra Wageningen University and Research Center in the Netherlands, …

'Village level forecast will take time'

What prevents Indian scientists from making weather forecasts for farmers? Sailesh Naik, secretary to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, tells …

South Asia

Off to another bad start

A failed monsoon this year could mean sixth consecutive crop failure in most parts of the country. The government must immediately prepare a long-…

Forecasting failure

Met department has not learnt lessons from the Uttarakhand tragedy. It remains ill-equipped

Rain Shocked

Rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall is making usable water scarce in India

Foodgrains risk rot

No place to store seven million tonnes of procured foodgrains

Cost of inaccuracy

Single drops of water make the mighty economy

Rainfall pattern changing in India

Uttarakhand receives more rainfall in June than before

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh face worst ever floods recorded in June

Brahmaputra breaches danger mark, 300,000 people displaced

Drought hit

Jharkhand’s water table falls three metres in one year

The politics of empty words

Courts act to protect floodplains

Centre dithers on banning encroachment in river zones

Man-made reasons for Uttarakhand disaster

Expansion of hydel projects, roads and tourism is making the Himalaya in Uttarakhand crumble

Climate science in real world