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Arctic heatwave shatters Greenland, Iceland records; could hit monsoons
Published on Jun 12, 2025 06:09 AM IST
The findings matched with data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service showing May this year to be the second-warmest globally on record
Jayashree Nandi
Heatwave days to double by 2030 for most metros, says report on climate
Cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Surat, Thane, Hyderabad, Patna and Bhubaneswar are projected to record a two-fold increase in heatwave days by 2030.
Updated on Jun 11, 2025 09:52 AM IST
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‘India is in the process of ratifying High Seas Treaty’: Jitendra Singh at UNOC
The Treaty is a legally binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
Updated on Jun 10, 2025 06:02 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Weather Bee: By June 3, NE states got more than 15 days worth of rain in five
With the very early arrival of the monsoon, it is natural that the rain would be record-breaking for this part of the year.
Updated on Jun 06, 2025 01:53 PM IST
Abhishek Jha
Scientifically Speaking: India in the age of unlivable heat
Delhi’s heat now routinely approaches 50°C, pushing the limits of human endurance and infrastructure.
Updated on Jun 05, 2025 05:01 PM IST
Anirban Mahapatra
Ecostani: Dying, melting glaciers have served a warning. Do we care?
In all scenarios, glaciers lose mass rapidly over decades and then continue to melt at a slower pace for centuries — even without additional warming.
Updated on Jun 02, 2025 02:07 PM IST
Weather Bee: What is the southwest monsoon?
As the IMD itself suggests that the monsoon is not just rain, perhaps it can lay down more specific criteria for places beyond Kerala.
Updated on Jun 02, 2025 12:23 PM IST
Abhishek Jha
COP30: ‘Focus on healing, building credibility of climate talks,’ says Brazil
Erosion of trust among developed and developing nations has cast a shadow on the climate negotiations in recent years.
Published on May 23, 2025 05:31 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
India’s forest, tree cover at 25.17% due to large scale plantation works: Govt to UN
Compared to 2021, there is an increase of 1445 sqkm — an area as large as Delhi — in the total forest and tree cover of the country, the report said.
Updated on May 09, 2025 11:39 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Ganga basin records lowest snow persistence in 23 years: Report
The alarming statistic is compounded by the fact that 2025 marks the third consecutive year of below-normal seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalayan region.
Published on Apr 21, 2025 09:35 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi
A new way to recycle plastic is here
Much plastic waste is soiled and composed of several different layers, making it too complex for the usual recycling method.
Published on Apr 17, 2025 12:29 PM IST
The Economist
Electric vehicles also cause air pollution
The most dangerous particles are those smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter, which get into the lungs and reach other organs via the bloodstream.
Published on Apr 14, 2025 09:11 AM IST
The Economist
Weather Bee: Western disturbances decreased India’s snow pack deficit in March
With around 50% deficit in the wettest hilly states and UTs, it is clear that western disturbances were not strong enough in the past month.
Updated on Apr 11, 2025 03:12 PM IST
Abhishek Jha
Temperatures likely to rise by 2-3 degrees Celsius over NW India in next 2 days: IMD
A fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the Western Himalayan region from Monday night, but it is unlikely to have much impact on the temperatures over the plains.
Published on Mar 24, 2025 03:42 PM IST
Weather Bee: Usual March weather for India on average, not for individual places
India’s average maximum temperature for the month (up to March 20) is 30.91°C, according to the gridded data of the IMD.
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 04:47 PM IST
Greenpeace Ordered to Pay Hundreds of Millions in Oil Pipeline Suit
The environmental group and Native American groups protested the Dakota Access project for months in 2016.
Updated on Mar 20, 2025 09:41 AM IST
WSJ
PM2.5 monitoring: 214 out of 406 cities meet standard, says MoEFCC in Lok Sabha
The NAAQS standard for PM 2.5 is 40 micrograms per cubic metres annually and 60 micrograms per cubic metres daily (24 hour).
Updated on Mar 17, 2025 02:09 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Weather Bee: How early is the 40°C breach this year in India?
An HT analysis suggests that March 10 is indeed early for such a breach, although it is not the earliest this breach has happened.
Published on Mar 13, 2025 02:49 PM IST
Cause and Effect: Importance of the humble straw in the fight against pollution
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that around 380 MT of plastic waste is produced globally each year.
Updated on Mar 10, 2025 12:02 PM IST
Tannu Jain
Weather Bee: Is this an unusually short La Nina?
It is important to understand what La Nina is before checking whether the current La Nina is an unusually short one.
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 05:12 PM IST
New features on Parivesh 2.0 to help fast-track forest clearances
One of the changes is to auto-forward a proposal to the next processing authority if “essential details sought” by the Centre or regional officials is not provided within three days by state authorities.
Updated on Feb 27, 2025 01:17 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Ecostani: Link between rise in wildfires and atmospheric convection
In the long term, wildfires interrupt terrestrial carbon uptake, potentially accelerating anthropogenic global warming.
Updated on Feb 24, 2025 03:26 PM IST
India's northern snow pack at yet another record low this snow cycle
Decreasing snow pack in India's mountains signals rapid climate change and contributes to warmer northern plains.
Published on Feb 22, 2025 12:49 PM IST
Weather Bee | How long before long-term warming breaches 1.5°C threshold?
The inevitable breach of the 1.5°C warming threshold is accelerated by decreased air pollution, increasing Earth's energy imbalance.
Published on Feb 13, 2025 08:05 PM IST
Weather Bee | January 2025 all set to be the warmest January month on record
January 2025 is on track to be the hottest January on record, with an average temperature increase of 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels
Updated on Feb 01, 2025 06:35 PM IST
Looming tragedy: Sikkim lake was unstable for years, new study finds
The flood devastated the Teesta Hydroelectric Project Stage-III (1200 MW), washed away the dam and flooded the underground powerhouse.
Updated on Jan 31, 2025 02:35 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Weather Bee | Why have the LA fires attracted attention?
The wildfires in Los Angeles, while not the largest in California history, attract attention due to the county's high population density and financial stakes.
Published on Jan 25, 2025 08:14 PM IST
Weather Bee | Why is the global temperature high despite La Nina's arrival?
Since the La Nina is expected to be weak and short-lived, its influence may be even more insignificant than in recent years.
Published on Jan 17, 2025 08:17 PM IST
How to make sense of 2024’s wild temperatures
Our climate team highlight four charts and two maps
Published on Jan 17, 2025 08:00 AM IST
The Economist
2024 was warmest year on record, should be wake up call, say scientists
The year 2024 was the first during which the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level, the threshold beyond which climate change will make human life more difficult
Published on Jan 10, 2025 09:12 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi