Temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-2030: UNGlobal average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Na...
28 May, 2026, 08.48 PM IST
Nautapa returns: India braces for ‘nine burning days’ amid Super El Nino heatIndia braces for Nautapa, the peak of summer heat. Intense heatwaves are expected from May 25 to June 2. This period coincides with a stron...
25 May, 2026, 01.46 PM IST
Scientists Thought This Ancient Ocean Floor Was Destroyed Forever: Until Hidden Rocks Revealed a Lost Piece of Earth’s Earliest CrustScientists have unearthed evidence of Earth's ancient oceanic crust, older than four billion years, hidden within modern continental rocks ...
12 May, 2026, 07.10 PM IST
The ocean near Panama quietly skipped a season and scientists are still trying to understand whyFor the first time in over 40 years, the Gulf of Panama experienced a complete break in its annual upwelling cycle. This vital process, dri...
11 May, 2026, 03.39 AM IST
What is a Super El Nino? How will it influence the global weather — Intensity and impactTalk of a ‘Super El Nino’ has sparked global concern, but scientists caution that while warming in the Pacific is likely, the intensity and...
31 Mar, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
Six reasons why global temperatures are spiking right nowThe world is experiencing record-breaking high temperatures due to several factors. One is the El Nino, which warms the surface ocean and r...
06 Oct, 2023, 01.55 PM IST
More multiyear La Nina events to occur under global warming, new research saysMore multiyear La Nina events are expected under continued global warming, new research published in the journal Nature said. Multiyear La ...
27 Jul, 2023, 02.14 PM IST
Earth in hot water? Worries over sudden ocean warming spike27 Apr, 2023, 10.44 PM IST
2022 fifth warmest year for India since 1901: IMDRainfall over the country in 2022 as a whole was 108 per cent of its Long Period Average value based on the period 1971-2020. The previous ...
06 Jan, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
Earth's surface heating up, Nasa study confirms17 Apr, 2019, 01.47 PM IST
January 2017 third warmest on recordLast month's temperature was 0.20 degrees Celsius cooler than the warmest January in 2016. However, it was 0.92 degrees Celsius warmer than...
16 Feb, 2017, 01.25 PM IST
2016 may be warmest year on record: StudyThe year 2016 was warmest in the 38-year satellite temperature record, edging out 1998 by a mere 0.02 degrees Celsius.
05 Jan, 2017, 06.35 PM IST
Sea surface temperatures to predict rainfallA team from IITM and IISER, Pune used historical meteorological data and modern modelling techniques to predict monsoon pattern.
26 Jul, 2015, 12.14 PM IST
No El Nino, yet 2013 fourth warmest year: US climate agencyLast year, 2013, was tied with 2003 as the fourth warmest year since records began in 1880, according to the US government's National Ocean...
22 Jan, 2014, 01.38 PM IST
- El Nino likely by July-end, says US climate agency
A gradual half degree centigrade rise in eastern Pacific sea surface temperatures by the end of June and a 1.5 degree rise in the region ad...
09 Jul, 2012, 01.04 AM IST
- Arctic sea ice melting faster: Study
Arctic sea ice melted 50% faster than the average rate during May 2010, with combined global land and ocean surface temperature being the w...
17 Jun, 2010, 07.12 PM IST
So far, 2010 is warmest ever in recorded historyThe combined global land and ocean surface temperatures for the period between January and April were the warmest on record, and April was ...
18 May, 2010, 11.28 AM IST