Monsoon may be less than normal, 60 per cent chance of El Nino, says IMD
Official forecast suggests average rainfall from June to September for country as a whole is likely to be 95 per cent of long period average …
Heat stress fuels migration in Pakistan
Adaptation to high temperatures should be an important part of climate change combat plan, says a research based on data collected from within …
US government considers controversial solar geoengineering to counter global warming: Report
Report outlined research options for solar radiation management that may be able to reflect sunlight to space — but White House says it&…
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022: Challenges in building resilience & way forward
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 held in Bali in May 2022 offered solutions
Severe fog: Met department in dark
The rising trend of murky days in recent years has failed to spur the Indian Meterological Department into action. Quite clearly, the need of the …
Adaptation gap in developing countries widening even as extreme weather events worsen: UNEP
Countries in need received $21.3 billion but $215-387 billion needed every year
Reading the weather
Climate crisis in North East India: Why Nagaland’s Liphi, Runchan villages saw floods never seen before
Nagaland’s Wokha district experienced at least 3 heavy-to-very heavy rainfall events in 2018
Widen met station network in Himalayas to better predict extreme weather: Panel
The Centre should put in place and strengthen weather forecasting technology to warn about cloudbursts, flash floods and glacial lakes, the …
Early, repeated floods wreaked havoc on north Bihar farms
Large tracts of standing crops in villages across the Gandak basin destroyed in successive deluges over 50 days since mid-June
India's double challenge
Traditional system of flood management through lakes and connected water channels has been forgotten
Did climate change trigger heat wave in India and other nations in 2014?
Britain's weather department has issued a heat wave warning and the US is presently basking in a summer with temperatures higher than normal
African cities and climate change: The real debate is who should pay to fix the problem
Re-balancing the carbon equation so African cities urbanise sustainably requires immediate and major investments in infrastructure
Monsoon 2023: Central India to remain dry during September
Intraseasonal weather patterns absent in first fortnight of September, indicating high likelihood of rainfall deficit across the country
Rising to the climate call: How to tackle the impact
A series of interactive infographics to explore the 21st Century's toughest development challenge: The planet's changing climate
Erratic pre-monsoon, monsoon rainfall impacts North East agriculture
Kharif cultivation of paddy delayed in Assam, Tripura, Nagaland; Boro harvest was affected too
Climate change may be driving changes in India's northeast monsoon
In recent years, the shifting patterns of the southwest monsoon and its implications have been spoken about extensively, but the northeast …
Asia has faced more disasters than any other continent since 1970
A Centre for Science and Environment analysis shows that the number of natural disasters reported in developing countries has increased
Launch of State of India’s Environment 2023: In Figures — what to expect & how to register
The e-book will be released in an online event at 12 noon on June 4, 2023
‘Phailin’s wind speed exceeds that of 1999 super cyclone’
Where India Met office differs from private forecasters
Nature's forecasters
New priorities
Trial and error
CSE welcomes India's decision to ratify Paris Agreement, warns of hard work ahead
By becoming one of the early ratifiers, the country has shown that it is a serious global player in climate negotiations
Drought, but why: Normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought
One-third of India’s districts are chronically drought-hit despite receiving above normal rainfall