Death toll due to floods has crossed 1400 this year, says MHA as North India faces fury
Heavy rains lashed several north Indian states this past week. While parts of Rajasthan, Punjab…
Climate Impact
Amazon fires: Brazil govt says situation returning to normal, but experts warn ‘the worst is yet to come’
Brazilian Minister of the Environment Ricardo Salles may have blamed ‘dry weather, wind and heat’…
IPCC Special Report on land: Climate catastrophe unavoidable without effective land management, overhaul of food system
An urgent overhaul of land management, including agriculture and food systems, is imperative if catastrophic…
Explainer: ‘Desertification’ and how climate change is worsening it
While the term may bring to mind the windswept sand dunes of the Sahara or…
Stressed Out: India in groundwater catch-22
An alarming report on India’s groundwater reserves has been submitted by the expert committee formed…
Water crisis looms as India witnesses second lowest pre-monsoon rainfall since 1954
As current water levels in India’s 91 major reservoirs stand at just 20%, an estimated…
Extreme weather: Chennai faces its worst drought in 70 years
Chennai is witnessing its worst drought in 70 years. The water levels in Chennai’s four…
One million species close to extinction: IPBES’s upcoming report expected to conclude
One million species face the risk of extinction because of the increasing loss of clean…
Study: Alps will be mostly ice-free by 2100
Latest research has warned that two-thirds of the ice in the glaciers of Alps will…
Extreme weather: India faces ‘unusual heat wave’, records year’s hottest days
Parts of India are suddenly in the deadly grip of an “unusual heat wave”. Experts…