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Reliance Foundation signs MoU with IMD to strengthen weather information
The Reliance Foundation signed an MoU with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) under the Mini…
ANI
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"Climate breakdown has begun": UN Secretary-General warns after August becomes hottest month ever recorded in history
Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record war…
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Extreme disasters claimed 2 million lives and cost the world economy over $4 trillion since 1970: WMO report
What's predictably worse, perhaps, is that an astronomical portion of these natural disasters atta…
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El Niño and global warming set to make next five years the warmest on record, WMO report reveals
For context, this temporary exceedance over pre-industrial levels statistic stood at a timid 10% ju…
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Climate change continued brutal advance in 2022, affected communities for billions of dollars on all continents: WMO
Throughout the year, hazardous climate and weather-related events drove new population displacement…
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Sea levels rose by one centimetre in past two years; last eight years might be the hottest ever: WMO
In fact, the pace of sea-level rising has doubled since 1993, which could have potential calamitous…
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El Nino is here says WMO, warns of surge in global temperatures
El Nino has developed in the tropical Pacific, increasing the likelihood of breaking temperature re…
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A heating El Niño could end up costing the world economy $84 trillion by 2099, exacerbate ocean warming
We are well aware of how high maintenance El Niño events are, with the two costliest cycles in the …
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COP 27: Providing a climate disaster early warning system for every country will require ₹25.3 thousand crore investment
It will cost the equivalent of just ₹40 per person per year for the next five years to reach everyo…
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Prioritising fossils fuels over cleaner energy alternatives amplified Indian heart-related mortalities by 55%: Lancet Countdown report
The report says climate change continues to amplify the health impacts of multiple crises in India.…
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PTI
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Mysterious underground sounds reported at Latur village without seismic activity
The village in Nilanga tehsil is located 28 km from Killari where a deadly earthquake had clai…
PTI
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Record-breaking heat increased vulnerability of half of Delhi's population: WMO Report
The report said that by the 2050s, over 1.6 billion people living in over 970 cities will be r…
PTI
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Why the melting of the Arctic ice matters to India
The Arctic has experienced two to four times faster temperature increases than the rest of the worl…
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Greenhouse gas, sea level rise and ocean heat set new records for climate change in 2021
The WMO State of the Global Climate in 2021 report confirmed that the past seven years have been th…
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Sustainable lifestyle changes are the need of the hour! Here’s how you can take baby steps
With World Environment Day 2022 (June 5) around the corner, we decided to get back to the basics an…
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Wayanad landslides: Rescue operations enter 7th day, death toll at 308
A total of 53 camps have been set up in Wayanad as part of the relief operations. As per the latest…
ANI
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India helping five countries develop early warning systems to reduce loss of life due to extreme weather: IMD chief
India is helping five countries develop early warning systems to reduce the loss of life and proper…
PTI
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Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost USD4 trillion over last 50 years
Over two million deaths and USD4.3 trillion in economic losses; that's the impact of a half-century…
ANI
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Deep depression over Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm Midhili: IMD
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm 'Midhili' on Friday mo…