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Why is everyone concerned about the Earth being 1.5°C warmer for 12 months in a row?
Last month, for the first time in recorded history, Earth endured the 12th consecutive month with t…
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Thailand is now welcoming Indians with open arms, but are its drought-hit islands really prepared for a tourism influx?
Thailand's tourism sector has been strategically easing visa regulations to attract visitors from k…
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Rising temperatures put women and girls in danger. Pregnancy drives risk even higher.
Women and girls are especially vulnerable to extreme weather, food insecurity, and water-scarcity v…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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India’s deadly drought: Villagers in Mokhada battle sleepless nights, snakes in search of water
The villagers in Mokhada, in the Palghar district of India’s western state of Maharashtra, can’t…
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Five years on, India may not even get a chance to solve its on-going water crisis risking hundreds of millions of lives
No drops, No rain, nothing. India is suffering from its worst-ever water crisis in history. It ha…
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SIMPLY PUT: extreme weather is the new normal in India
Heatwaves somewhere, floods in other parts of the country – India has witnessed extreme weather pat…
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SIMPLY PUT: Extreme weather is the new normal in India
According to the latest EcoScope report from research firm Motilal Oswal, India’s cumu…
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Govt expert calls for urgent climate planning and green energy transition in wake of worsening Indian weather
Just last year, we experienced record temperatures teaming up with deadly and prolonged heat waves …
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Drought no more as cloud seeding test that induces rain successful!
A rocket was successfully fired for cloud seeding demonstrations on Saturday by Mumbai-based Intern…
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Bill Gates and Ban Ki-moon are recruiting mayors, heads of state, and finance pros around the world on a last-minute quest to save us from catastrophic heat, drought and flooding
The bad news about our planet released last week from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
Hilary Brueck
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Bandhan Bank shares have gained 54% since lockdown started— but the numbers will reveal the real damage to rural India from COVID-19
So far, the share price reflects some optimism. It’s up over 54% since the lockdown starting Mar…
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This could mean drought for India. It cuts forecast of monsoon rains to 88% down from 93% earlier
India cut this year's forecast for monsoon rains to 88 percent of the long-term average, Earth Scie…
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Monsoon to hit Kerala tomorrow, heatwave in Northern India to last another week
Temperature in Rajasthan’s Churu soared to 50 degree Celsius on June 1— the day when monsoon…
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There is big money to be made while fighting climate change
The threat of climate change is real whether one believes in it or not. The actual choice is whethe…
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Across the world, extreme weather events are fueling gender-based violence during and after disasters
The analysis found that gender-based violence — such as sexual assault, intimate partner violence, …
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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A cup of regular tea has never been this expensive in India, thanks to kooky weather
The price of tea was already at a record high before the weather in Assam got a bit kooky. And that…
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Three years since the Paris Agreement, here’s where India stands on Earth Day
On Earth Day in 2016, India — along with 173 other countries — signed the Paris Agreement at the Un…
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India is in the midst of an acute water crisis and things could get much worse
According to the report, 54% of the nation’s groundwater wells are running out and 21 major…
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Chennai gets monsoon showers, but its too little to solve the water crisis
For the last six months, the 5 million city residents have been facing drought as monsoons pla…
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And now for some bad news. There might not be enough rain this year
In its first forecast for 2015, the Indian Meteorological Department has predicted a below normal m…