Parched and pouring
Vietnam is grappling with the elements. Different parts of the country are reeling under varying extremes of weather, with the central region in the grip of a deadly drought and northern areas
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Infected and stressed by climate variability: new empirical evidence from Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s extreme vulnerability to the effects of climate change is well documented. Through a complex pathway, climatic conditions have already negatively impacted human health worldwide. This is likely
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Schools warm up to green mission
By Shruti Badyal, New Delhi What most of us perceived for long as an early onset of winter, is not so. As the glaciers on the mighty Himalayas are melting faster and the weather getting more extreme, a United Nations study has warned many Asian cities, from New Delhi to Beijing, about the rising pollution levels.
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Haryana forest Department puts off all fresh plantations
Three weeks of delay in the arrival of the monsoon and the continuing extreme weather conditions have set the alarm bells ringing in the Haryana Forest and Wildlife Department. Reacting to this
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Australia fears devastating wildfires will expand
National parks and fire management agencies in Victoria and New South Wales fear that extreme weather conditions predicted for may result in a massive expansion of wildfires that have already burned
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Extreme weather events may rise
Extreme weather events are being reported worldover with about 1,400 people dying in India this year due to heat wave, according to the World Meteorogical Organisation, which says the number and
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China uses PM 2.5 in weather alert system
China's meteorological authority has introduced a new weather warning system for smog which will use readings of PM 2.5, a particle pollutant. The announcement comes as thick haze chokes many cities.
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Sweat and shiver
A review of climate studies projects what s in store: colder winters, hotter summers, drought, storms and lots worse
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Investing in disaster risk management in an uncertain climate
Climate change will exacerbate the challenges associated with environmental conditions, especially weather variability and extremes, in developing countries. These challenges play important, if as yet
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Disastrous state
F<font class="UCASE">or</font> more than a decade now, Orissa has been reeling under contrasting extreme weather conditions: from heat waves to cyclones; from droughts to floods. Calamities have been visiting the state with alarming regularity.
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Policy and institutions in adaptation to climate change: case study on tree crop diversity in China, Nepal, and Pakistan
The purpose of this project is to explore agricultural diversification through the use of trees on farms in communities in China, Nepal, and Pakistan to support people’s capacity to adapt to change, particularly
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The Bosna River floods in May 2014
<p>In May 2014, extreme floods occurred in the lower Sava River basin, causing major damage, with catastrophic consequences. Based on the data gathered, the weather situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina's
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For July, figures dry up
The figures, of rainfall received in the month of July, project an extremely dismal picture for this year. According to weather experts from the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, which is
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Climate change and human health (Editorial)
Human health, incorporating physical, social and psychological well-being, depends on an adequate supply of potable water and a safe environment. Human beings are exposed to climate change directly through weather patterns (more intense and frequent extreme events), and indirectly through changes in water, air, food quality and quantity, ecosystems, agriculture, livelihoods and infrastmcture.
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Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2014
India is among the "extreme risk" countries of the world where economic impacts of climate change will be most keenly felt by 2025, according to Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2014 published by Maplecroft. Original Source: http://maplecroft.com/portfolio/new-analysis/2013/10/30/31-global-economic-output-forecast-face-high-or-extreme-climate-change-risks-2025-maplecroft-risk-atlas/
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High fire danger and heat waves for parts of SA
Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the northern parts of Free State and the North West. The South African Weather Service has also
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Dramatically increasing chance of extremely hot summers since the 2003 European heatwave
Socio-economic stress from the unequivocal warming of the global climate system could be mostly felt by societies through weather and climate extremes. The vulnerability of European citizens was made evident
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Laila unlikely to affect monsoon
The cyclonic storm Laila reached Andhra Pradesh coastline on Thursday and showed definite signs of weakening but weather scientists said its behaviour over the next two days would be extremely crucial, especially from the point of view of its impact on the monsoon.
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World Water Development Report 2018: nature-based solutions for water
<p>Five billion people could be left with poor access to water by 2050 if nothing is done to enhance its supply and quality warns United Nations in this new World Water Development Report. It recognizes water not as an isolated element, but as an integral part of a complex natural process that involves evaporation, precipitation and the absorption of water through the soil.</p>
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Asian cities getting darker
New York, Asian cities from New Delhi to Beijing are getting darker, glaciers on the mighty Himalayas are melting faster and weather system is getting more extreme, a United Nations study has warned.