Global warming will increase the intensity of extreme rainfall events leading to more flooding in future, new research has predicted. A worldwide review of global rainfall data led by the University
<p>Multinational companies operating in the Asian growth economies will be exposed to spiralling environmental risks over the coming decades, according to Maplecroft Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2013.</p>
Authorities are reminding the people to further exercise caution against extreme heat, expecting the Philippines to experience this April twin onslaught of the dry season’s peak and the prevailing drought-driving
Biodiversity in the UK threatened due to climate changes
The Union government is expected to sanction about Rs 4,000 crore per annum for implementing various watershed programmes throughout the country, says G B Singh, deputy director general, National
Extreme weather conditions in New York City or failure to find new sources of energy to meet increasing demand could bring the City that Never Sleeps perilously close to blackouts, Energy Secretary
The UK government promised a sweeping overhaul of emergency planning, saying there were lessons to be learned from the widespread chaos caused by Monday's violent storm. Warning that extreme weather
Emergency food aid worth about $2.7 million will be delivered to areas of southern Mozambique that have been affected by extreme weather swings. About 80,000 people will benefit over the next four
The Taj Mahal, which has been exposed to pollution, rain and extreme weather conditions for years, is set to get a facelift under a Rs. 93-lakh international collaborative
Ever since global warming became an issue in international politics, people have blamed extreme weather events on man-made climate change. This week's terrible flooding in Europe ad Asia is no
Scientists and economists say conditions in the South Pacific indicate the return of 'El Nino', a powerful weather event that can cause extreme weather throughout the world.
Human-induced climate change is affecting patterns of extreme weather across the globe, resulting in higher risk of humanitarian disasters, concludes a recent study by CARE International.GIS mapping approach is applied to attempt to understand how the projected impacts of climate change will intersect with existing patterns of human vulnerability and it allows the identification of current and future hotspots of climate change risk.
The first weather channel in China will be launched in June, providing updated weather forecasts every 10 minutes round the clock. It will follow extreme climate events and provide real-time
This paper discusses the probable impacts for children of different ages from the increasing risk of storms, flooding, landslides, heat waves, drought and water supply constraints that climate change is likely to bring to most urban centres in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It also explores the implications for adaptation, focusing on preparedness as well as responses to extreme events and to changes in weather patterns.
The 2012 drought will dent farm profits and push up food prices THE drought of 2012 started innocently enough, with a little less snow in the winter and a pleasantly early start to spring. But as the
Climatologists say recent heat waves in India are early signs of global warming due to the greenhouse effect. If so, it will only get worse
<p>Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to this latest report published jointly by five UN specialized agencies.</p>
<p>This paper aims to extend and update the survey of extreme wave events in Ireland that was previously carried out by O'Brien et al. (2013). The original catalogue highlighted the frequency of such
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This year’s El Niño event is shaping up to be one of the strongest in recorded history, and its effects are making themselves apparent across the globe in the form of droughts, floods and changes in local
