Ocean surface waves — and their hazards — due to tropical cyclones are growing bigger, warns study

Maximum height of tropical cyclone waves, area of its footprint has increased significantly over 40 years

Why is Ghana so hot this year? An expert explains

Rising temperatures in northern Ghana influence the incidence and spread of cerebrospinal meningitis

Heatwave and hot winds claim two lives in Bihar

IMD issues ‘yellow’ alert for heatwaves in over a dozen districts in the state

Extreme heat makes women extremely vulnerable

Our response and mitigation approaches to heat and other such extremes should be gender-sensitive

Indians may already be experiencing temperatures close to limits of human survivability without even being aware

The basic criteria for IMD to declare a heatwave currently does not take into account relative humidity, which is increasingly becoming a cause …

USAID and Red Cross to organise virtual ‘Global Summit on Extreme Heat’ today

Event aims to find solutions to lessen impacts of extreme heat, save lives and mitigate costs  

After snowless December and January, March and April to rain fire on north India: Experts  

This may lead to further food insecurity in a region already grappling with depleting Rabi crop production since past few years

Killer heat’s shadow: India’s labourers on the frontlines, face boiling temperatures

In part one of this series, DTE investigates how the new normal of extreme heat is impacting informal workers and workplaces lacking climate …

Climate engineering carries serious national security risks — countries facing extreme heat may try it anyway, and the world needs to be prepared

International decisions on climate engineering are likely coming soon

Temperatures crossed 1.5°C for the whole of 2023; last month hottest January on record, say EU scientists

While the world has not yet breached the Paris Agreement target (an average global temperature over decades), it is moving ever closer to it