Hidaya has made landfall as per Kenya Met Department; but another depression is developing behind it

Mtwara, a coastal city in Tanzania, receives 140% of its average May rainfall in 12 hours  

May Day: Excessive heat putting workers at risk

More than 70% of workers worldwide are at risk of exposure to excessive heat, posing significant threats to their safety, health

Humid heatwaves in India: Three climatic factors creating the unbearable conditions in many states

A combination of anticyclones, western disturbances & warming to blame

Indian Ocean is heating up much faster than we think, at a rate of 1.7-3.8°C per century

Future increase in heat content equivalent to adding energy of one Hiroshima atomic bomb detonation every second, all day, every day, for a decade

West Africa’s falling fish stocks: Illegal Chinese trawlers, climate change and artisanal fishing fleets to blame

Current west African coastal fishing crisis in the Gulf of Guinea is complex because it has multiple and reinforcing origins

At least 18 reported dead after Cyclone Gamane hits Madagascar

According to the World Bank, Madagascar is among the countries that are most at risk of climate change. It also has the highest rates of poverty …

7.4 magnitude quake in Taiwan; Japan issues tsunami warning for Okinawa & other Ryukyu islands

The Philippines also issues tsunami warnings for its Batanes islands group; social media awash with cataclysmic images and videos from Taiwan

Contrasting patterns of heating & cooling observed in North Atlantic Ocean even as global oceans warm up: WMO

This contrasting pattern of heating and cooling in the North Atlantic Ocean is linked to the slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning …

When polar bears hunt snow geese, hunger justifies the means

The adaptations that polar bears will have to make to meet the challenges brought about by climate change are numerous and unpredictable

Scientists reconstruct history of world’s most powerful ocean current over last 5.3 million years and its link to global climate

Antarctic Circumpolar Current could grow stronger due to human-caused climate change, accelerate melting of Antarctic ice

Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them

Much of traditional knowledge in the Pacific for coping with climate change is scientifically plausible

Simply Put: Endangered species

East Africa must prepare for more extreme rainfall during the short rainy season — new study

In the long term it is crucial to ensure that any new infrastructure is robust to withstand more frequent and heavier rains

Earth is warming in a cycle that runs millions of years — and it’s linked to Mars

Researchers find geologic evidence in deep sea linking a 2.4-million-year cycle called astronomical grand cycles

Sound sense

Now sound waves can be used for tracking even the most elusive objects under sea

Another warning!

La Nia returns

After a gap of about five years

Widening chasm

Talks lack depth

Department in the dock

Satellite images help monitor ocean warmth

Meteorologists can now use satellite pictures to keep track of hot spots in the Pacific.

Boring venture

Data feast

Hyperactivity In Hypersea

A new theory on how life moved from sea to land

Water rows