Will the Paris climate deal include issue of forced climate migration?
Experts say that displacement and migration occurs because of the failure of adaptation in most vulnerable countries and, therefore, should be …
Study shows sea defences not enough to protect deltaic cities from flood risk
Deltas are natural sites for cities to grow as they offer direct access to the sea and upriver to the hinterland
Global population exposed to floods grew over 20% in 15 years: Study
The growth was concentrated in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
Corals are starting to bleach as global ocean temperatures hit record highs
If corals stay bleached, they can become energetically compromised and ultimately die
Climate change leads to worst mangrove destruction in Australia
Some 7,000 hectares or nine per cent of the mangroves were destroyed in one month
India prone to vector-borne diseases, heatwaves, say experts
A good weather prediction system can go a long way to raise public awareness
How does land motion, ice height impact sea-level rise? NASA shows in maps
In maps: How Earth’s surface mass in August 2020 deviated from average for all months between 2004 and 2009; spatial variations in the …
Odisha’s model colony for climate refugees in Kendrapara should be emulated across India
More than 45 million people in the country will be forced to migrate due to environmental disruptions by 2050
Humanity’s tipping point? How the Queen’s death stole a climate warning’s thunder
A study published in Science heralded changes that could threaten the future of civil society on this planet but it was Queen’s death …
Maldives can adapt to sea-level rise. Here’s how
New study supports raising island height, building new habitations to save Maldives, low-lying areas
Kenya’s Rift Valley lakes are rising, putting thousands at risk — we now know why
Surprisingly minor changes in the water balance are enough to explain the lake level rises, finds study
Eroding coasts need protection—and new solutions are at hand
Seawalls and other common strategies to control erosion don’t always protect the land. Another possibility? Living shorelines
Why remote Antarctica is so important in a warming world
Given what rising sea levels could mean for the world, we must maintain our longstanding view of Antarctica as the most remote continent
Towards breaking point
The imminent calving of ice shelf, Larsen C, will reduce Antarctica to its smallest ever size. Is global warming responsible?
Methane, other short-lived greenhouse gases cause long-term sea-level rise: study
Even greenhouse gases that don’t last long in the atmosphere can have centuries-long impact on sea level
Sedimental attraction
A drowning delta can be rescued by changing the nature of its sediments, new theory claims
Upper oceans hottest in 2020 despite lower emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns
Heat content was 20 zetta joules higher than in 2019
Wetlands can cope with sea rise
Vegetation and rate of sedimentation are crucial to wetlands’ resilience
IPCC Special Report: India under constant threat of cyclones, coastal flooding
This report emphasises on what several scientists and researchers have been saying for a while now
Sea levels along Indian coast rising at faster rate than global average: WMO report
Such a sea-level rise could have major consequences for the millions of people living along the Indian coastline
Half of world’s sandy beaches could disappear due to sea level rise by 2100
Even assuming better outcome for action on climate change, where global emissions peak around 2040, well 37% of beaches will be lost by 2100
11,000 scientists warn: Climate change isn’t just about temperature
A new paper track a broad set of indicators to convey the effects of human activities on greenhouse gas emissions, and the consequent impacts on …
Climate change drives Australian mammal to extinction
Barrier Reef rodent is the first documented extinction of a mammal species due to man-made climate change
Will climate-induced migration feature at COP21?
People in small island nations and vulnerable deltas, which perhaps had no role in the greenhouse gas emissions changing the world's climate, are …
In ocean’s way
People watch helplessly as the sea nibbles the Konkan coast, swallowing groves and beaches, and shallowing creeks