New Delhi, The Word Bank has warned that without immediate action global temperatures could rise up to 4 degrees in the next 50 years. Global temperatures have already risen about 0.8 degrees. This unprecedented rise in temperature comes with increased risk of extreme rainfall and drought. River basins like the Ganga would be particularly vulnerable …

New Delhi, With temperatures projected to rise by 4.6 °C over pre-industrial times by 2200, 10 monsoon failures are expected in the next 50 years with daily rainfall of only about 3 mm which is about half of the normal 6 to 7 mm. This rise is above the global target to keep the warming …

Hurricanes like Sandy accumulate their energy from the warm waters in the top layer of the Ocean and the unusually warm late October may have made the Hurricane more destructive. Overall, the temperature of the ocean surface has raised by about one degree Fahrenheit since 1970s, said to be due to global warming. So, the …

New Delhi, A new research by the climate scientists at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore claims all-India mean temperature rise could reach up to 4.8 degrees by 2080s, if global CO2 emissions continue unabated. The new research also says India would be warmer by 1.7 to 2 degree Celsius as early as the 2030s. The …

New Delhi, Friday, September 21, The Arctic sea ice, a key indicator of climate change, melted to its lowest level on record this year before beginning its autumnal freeze. The extent of ice probably hit its low point on September 16, when it covered 1.32 million square miles (3.42 million square km) of the Arctic …

New Delhi, Thursday September 13, Weather worldwide is expected to bring down wheat production resulting in soaring prices. Major producer and exporter countries are facing erratic weather that would affect wheat production and supply prospects in coming month if not now. Hot and dry weather in the US this summer has ravaged corn and soybean …