‘WTF?’: Newly discovered ghostly circles in the sky can’t be explained by current theories, and astronomers are excited

WTF? is a picture of a ghostly circle of radio emission, hanging out in space like a cosmic smoke-ring. It had not been seen before, and …

Government approves LIGO-India project

The decision comes days after LIGO scientists announced the discovery of gravitational waves

What caused a spike in extreme heat events in Northeast Asia

Extreme heat events have become more likely to occur over Northeast Asia

Climate change to trigger mortality risks from air pollution, flooding: Researchers warn ahead of COP28

More than 6.5 million deaths a year globally are attributable to air pollution

Climate crisis threatens truffle production but could put UK species back on the menu

Summer drought & heat can be detrimental to truffle harvests

Analysing climate change in 2016

Last year was bad for our planet. Here’s a round-up of things that jeopardised us

El Niño is coming, and ocean temps are already at record highs — that can spell disaster for fish and corals

 El Niño tends to trigger intense and widespread periods of extreme ocean warming known as marine heat waves

Summer 2022: Indian cities, districts must be ready to protect vulnerable from heat stress, urges report

It is important to invest in strengthening resilience to heat, say experts at report launch

Unnatural disasters: how we can spot climate's role in specific extreme events

The science of attributing extreme weather events to human-induced climate change has evolved, but are we communicating it to the public well enough?

Alert to heat waves

Even as the IMD has begun issuing city-specific temperature alerts, over 150 people have reportedly died due to heat strokes. Is our health …

Heat behind rise in mystery fever?

Yet to identify a pathogen, Bihar officials say fever cases rising because of high temperature

Marine heatwaves don’t just hit coral reefs. They can cause chaos on the seafloor

Over 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases has gone into our oceans, resulting in more intense and frequent heatwaves

Study finds fish surprisingly resistant to marine heatwaves 

Some marine heatwaves caused biomass declines, but these were exception not the rule, say researchers  

Thazhampettai: Climate change, erratic ocean currents make fishing in this Tamil Nadu village unpredictable

More frequent and deadlier cyclones as well as the construction of private harbours in Tharangambadi has only added to the woes of the fisherfolk

On World Environment Day, CSE releases analysis of how India has warmed from 1901 till 2017

Annual mean temperature in India has increased by about 1.2°C since the beginning of the 20th century

Adaptation finance for agriculture is the need of the hour

Efforts for adaptation finance will have to be multiplied greatly as the needs of today are not being met, leave alone the needs of a more …

Planetary waves, soil-moisture deficit likely caused 2021 heat dome over western North America: Study

A burst of heat generated upwind of the region in early June 2021 contributed to an initial temperature peak  

Brightest, most distant radio signal detected till now has a rare source — a group of merging galaxies

A fast radio burst that occurred when the universe was just 5 billion years old was detected in 2022

How to train your body for hot weather if you are active or work outdoors

Incorporating a heat acclimation protocol, in combination with the more recognised heat-mitigating strategies, provides your body with the best …

Temperature rise in India’s northern plains unlikely to impact wheat: Centre

With February being abnormally warm, farmers have been worried about a repetition of last year’s impact of heat on the staple crop

India to see hotter than normal summer in 2016: IMD

The outlook has also warned of an increased probability of heat waves across the country during the summer as the prevailing El Nino weakens

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World just had the hottest week; shattered records hint we are in uncharted territory: WMO

We can expect more records to fall as El Nino develops further and these impacts will extend into 2024, says WMO

‘Statistically impossible’ heat extremes are here — we identified the regions most at risk

At-risk regions include Afghanistan, several countries in Central America and far-eastern Russia