No winter in India in 2026? World Meteorological Organization warns of nearly 100% chance ‘Godzilla’ El Niño will affect temperatures till February 2027A powerful El Niño is strengthening over the tropical Pacific, with the WMO warning that the weather phenomenon is highly likely to continu...
07 Sep, 2026, 04.12 PM IST
What is a Rossby wave train? Scientists explain how Antarctica gained nearly 700 billion tons of ice - The surprising atmospheric pattern that disrupted normal weather, delivered extraordinary snowfall and and temporarily reversed the continent’s long-term ice lossIn a surprising turn, Antarctica temporarily gained ice mass, attributed to warm tropical ocean currents. These warm waters triggered atmos...
07 Sep, 2026, 11.20 AM IST
Nepal’s request for flood payout tests new climate-aid systemNepal seeks climate compensation for flood damages from a new UN fund. The nation faces immense costs for recovery and rebuilding after rec...
06 Sep, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
Global warming: From Nepal to Assam to Kerala, nature’s fury is colliding with unchecked developmentThe Himalayan region is facing increasingly frequent and unpredictable extreme weather, with glacier collapses, flash floods and landslides...
06 Sep, 2026, 08.11 AM IST
The Himalayas look unchanged from below, but something is happening high in the mountains — Nepal’s disaster offers a frightening clueA recent disaster in Nepal highlights growing instability in the warming Himalayas. Massive rock and ice collapses unleash destructive floo...
05 Sep, 2026, 07.59 PM IST
Nepal’s flood disaster is bigger than the climate blame gameNepal seeks climate justice and compensation from industrial emitters for a recent disaster. Scientific analysis suggests the event was pri...
04 Sep, 2026, 12.52 AM IST
Piyush Goyal invites major global auto manufacturers to make in IndiaCommerce minister Piyush Goyal invited global automobile companies to manufacture in India. He urged them to use India as a base to serve g...
04 Sep, 2026, 12.24 AM IST
Earth is set to cross 1.5°C — does the climate clock stop there? The UN has a plan for what happens if temperatures overshoot the crucial thresholdGlobal warming exceeding 1.5°C is now likely, according to a United Nations assessment. The focus must shift to limiting temperature oversh...
03 Sep, 2026, 10.13 PM IST
'Supersized' El Niño may become strongest ever recorded: UN weather agencyThe World Meteorological Organization said its forecasts showed a near 100% likelihood that El Nino would persist through February 2027, fu...
03 Sep, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
El Nino to be 'very strong', last until February, UN warnsThe World Meteorological Organization warns of a very strong El Nino event. This phenomenon is expected to persist through February and int...
03 Sep, 2026, 01.11 PM IST
UN warns global warming will exceed 1.5C and must be reversedWarming is projected to peak around 1.8C in the best-case scenario. This necessitates a new goal of "overshoot, peak and decline" for clima...
03 Sep, 2026, 11.47 AM IST
In 2024, Stanford-linked researchers redesigned radiative cooling for vertical walls; the emitter ran 2.5°C below ambient and 8.9°C cooler than white paintA team of researchers has unveiled a groundbreaking material designed to cool building walls effectively. This revolutionary emitter has th...
02 Sep, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
Nepal seeks climate compensation from India, China and US after deadly floods leave 4,000 missingNepal seeks climate compensation from world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. Deadly floods killed over a thousand people and left ma...
02 Sep, 2026, 02.11 PM IST
As climate change warms the Himalayas, disasters like the Nepal floods are becoming more frequentRecent flash floods in Nepal and China killed over one thousand people. High mountain glaciers are melting, increasing flood frequency and ...
02 Sep, 2026, 09.30 AM IST
Rising sea threat comes closer home as UN flags millions in Kolkata, Mumbai at riskA United Nations report highlights millions in Kolkata and Mumbai face immediate risk of losing homes. Rising sea levels threaten coastal i...
01 Sep, 2026, 07.10 PM IST
Carbon emissions are worsening the western US water crisis, new study findsDecades of carbon emissions significantly worsened the western United States water crisis. Fossil fuel and cement producers' emissions redu...
30 Aug, 2026, 10.45 PM IST
Earth’s forests lost 60% of their canopy during ancient global warming—could it happen again?Ancient forests endured extreme global warming over 56 million years ago. This warming event caused a significant loss of forest canopy cov...
30 Aug, 2026, 07.01 PM IST