Methane (CH4) is a powerful greenhouse gas. In the first 20 years after release, methane is 86 times more powerful…
The media reporting around heatwaves that have hammered the planet recently has been unequivocal: the simultaneous record-breaking heat has “pushed…
Since April, the world has seen record high ocean temperatures and that’s bad news for the plants and animals that…
The famous pilgrimage site of Kedarnath, located in the central Himalayas of India, is believed to be a sacred land.…
Earth’s climate is changing rapidly. In some areas, escalating temperatures are increasing the frequency and likelihood of wildfires and drought.…
One of the largest glaciers in the Suru river valley in Ladakh has been retreating at a much faster rate…
Last week, United Nations General Secretary António Guterres coined an arresting new term. The era of global warming has ended,…
Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual is going on with the…
“As scientists, what worries us the most is the scale at which the glaciers are melting in the Himalayas,” said…
As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying to put the extreme temperatures…
About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland were ice-free. Scrubby tundra basked in the Sun’s rays on the island’s…
The UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has confirmed it: El Niño conditions have arrived and are expected to become moderate…
In May this year, I followed the Hengduan mountains into the south-east of Tibet. Now, in June, I’m passing through…
India’s monsoon was delayed by three weeks this year. This meant far lower rainfall across the subcontinent in early June…
Between 15 and 22 June this year, more than 150 people died in two hospitals in Ballia and Deoria districts,…
The Dhapa landfill, a major unsegregated solid waste dumping ground in Kolkata, has been growing for over three decades, since…
The key sentence in the most comprehensive report to date on the Hindu Kush Himalayan “cryosphere”, or icy areas, is…
The frequency and duration of heatwaves have been increasing in India due to global warming. This year too, the month…
Ocean temperatures have been off the charts since mid-March 2023, with the highest average levels in 40 years of satellite…
As global temperatures rise, trees in colder areas are benefiting from an extended growing season. A longer growing season results…
This year, a large proportion of Indians living in the central, western and south western parts of the country heaved…
As disaster management authorities in both Gujarat in India and Sindh in Pakistan evacuate coastal residents, issue alerts, and earmark…
With an El Nino weather cycle set to amplify temperature extremes, TV meteorologists have a vital role in communicating the…
A recent UN report has suggested that the next five years could be the hottest on record as global temperatures…
Two billion people will find themselves living in dangerously hot places this century if global warming reaches 2.7℃, research released…
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