This climate impact on agriculture is a cause for worry: the sector accounts for a large share in gross domestic product (16%) and employment (49%). Poor agricultural performance can lead to high inflation, rural distress, and political restiveness,... read more

The effects of climate change on India’s agriculture, which employs half the population and accounts for 17% of the country’s economic output, are no longer about distant projections. The latest research, cited by the ICAR study, shows the impact of... read more

The country must set up a robust mechanism to protect its natural resource. In an age of climate variability, such lack of preparedness can put India’s forest wealth at a huge risk read more

SK Satheesh, professor at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, IISc, Bengaluru, was awarded Infosys Prize 2018 for his work in physical sciences. In an interview with Sibi Arasu, he talks about why his research is more important now than... read more

Efforts to replace chemicals with less harmful ones like hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) have begun to pay off read more

Maybe this is too much to hope for, but what a mighty leap it would be for India both economically and socially to invest in capacity and skill building for women to combat climate change read more

India has declared that nuclear energy is vital for meeting the challenge of climate change and suggested supporting efforts to promote its public acceptance amid growing opposition to nuclear power and plans by some countries to phase out their atomic... read more

The decision of the Nobel Prize committee to recognise William Nordhaus is welcome since it focuses attention on practical solutions to global warming read more

Advances in satellite, computer and communication systems are now enabling alerts on cyclones, floods and the like. With reasonable lead-time, alerts and evacuation can be done for these types of disasters. read more

As predicted, parts of the earth would become too hot to sustain life and the rising sea levels would submerge islands and low-lying coastal areas of various countries. Resultantly, the rising seas, droughts, food and water shortages will trigger large... read more

Mumbai, by scientific reckoning, felt climate change; sceptics of the phenomenon can go for a swim. read more

One reason why the destruction in the name of “development” happens is that nature’s economic worth is invisible. Today, many economists are trying to point out that a nation’s progress should include its natural capital base and so there should be the... read more

India-origin scientist V Balaji is part of the team engaged in developing models that simulate climate change and its effects and are used in reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has also ensured that Indian and South African... read more

It must trigger a national debate and discussion not just on air pollution but also the rising threat of desertification read more

Data shared by IMD shows that September 2018 was the fifth warmest September in the last 117 years, with an average rise of 0.52 degree Celsius in the maximum temprature reading which averaged out at  31.95 deg C for the month read more