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India's per capita GHG emissions far below world average: UNEP report
At 2.4 tCO2e (tonne carbon dioxide equivalent), India's per capita greenhouse gas emissions were fa…
PTI
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IMD predicts heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu today, Chennai waterlogged
Several parts of Chennai have been waterlogged due to the heavy rainfall since Friday, adding …
ANI
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Chennai saw its worst rains in over 100 years on Dec 1-2, says NASA
The start of this month brought with it the heaviest rainfall Chennai had ever seen 24 hours since …
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Cyclone Tauktae is intensifying with surprising speed, bearing the tell-tale signs of climate change
Pre-monsoon cyclones were once a rare occurrence. But, with Cyclone Tauktae, it is the fourth conse…
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India’s western coast is hit by fewer cyclones than the eastern coast: Scientific reasons explained
Reasons why the western coast sees fewer cyclones than the eastern coast The temperat…
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Top Indian cities brace for a wet weekend after Met Dept forecast two weeks of 'above average' rain
Monsoons have started late across the country, but looks like they will have an extended run. In th…
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Arabian Sea racked by two cyclones at once for the first time — one rages on as the other simmers
Even then, it was the Bay of Bengal that witnessed one cyclone heading towards the coast of …
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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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This ingenious toilet system in Ladakh could help India reach complete sanitation by 2022
In an effort to address the absence of adequate sanitation to approx. 600 million Indians, the Indi…
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Blame it on poor storage facility! Over 40,000 tonnes of grains damaged in last 2 years
The reply from FCI shows that the damaged quantity rose three-fold in five years — from 6,346 ton…
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India's GDP Accelerated In Q3, But Experts See Plenty Of Reasons To Be Pessimistic
Capital expenditure, which is the least controversial, is the most likely to be cut. The governmen…
Mamta Badkar
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A massive billboard fell onto a petrol station and killed at least 14 people during a freak storm
Local police said the billboard measured around 230 feet by 165 feet, and collapsed due to "speedy …
Matthew Loh
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Scientists are growing crops with salt water that could help save us from starvation
SaliCrop, a seed enhancement company, is working to make crops more resilient to climate change, wi…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Sundarbans National Park, West Bengal: Where wilderness meets the mangroves
Nestled in the southern delta region of West Bengal, India, the Sundarbans National Park stands as …
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Countries contributing the least to the climate crisis are feeling the worst of its effects
Some of those countries include Bangladesh, India, Philippines, and multiple countries in sub-Sahar…
Sarah Al-Arshani,Kelsey Vlamis
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Visit these popular tourist traps before they succumb to climate change
Most of these places are severely threatened by rising ocean levels that stand to erase large swath…
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Indian Ocean warming at higher rate than other oceans, says IPCC report
"Fifty per cent of the sea level rise is contributed by thermal expansion. Hence the sea level…
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Cyclone 'Nisarga': Storm activity intensifies in Arabian Sea
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) A week after a raging cyclone wreaked havoc in West Bengal, the country is…
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Cyclone Nisarga's Maha landfall full of fury
Mumbai/Raigad, June 3 (IANS) After a wait of 72 hours, Cyclone Nisarga made a thumping landfall at …
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Far more people are threatened by rising seas than scientists realized, a study shows: 'The magnitude of the numbers speaks for itself'
In the 20th century, the average global sea level has already risen 6 inches due to warming waters …