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Biggest ever rise in atmospheric CO2 recorded

A reef in the Red Sea in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on Tuesday. Climate change is accelerating discolouration of coral reefs worldwide. (REUTERS)
Updated on Oct 15, 2025 11:55 pm IST

Hotter summer, more heatwaves ahead: IMD

A passenger drinking water is silhouetted against the sun on a hot summer day at Jalandhar Cantonment railway station in Jalandhar on June 11, 2024 amid heatwave. India's heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government's top weather expert said on June 10 as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures. Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heatwave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)(AFP)
Updated on Apr 01, 2025 06:17 am IST

How to make sense of 2024’s wild temperatures

Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and heatstroke. 2024 is confirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) to be the warmest year on record globally, and the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial level. (AFP)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Jan 17, 2025 08:00 am IST
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