Epic drought covers widest area since 1956
With more intense heat on the way, the USA is in the middle of its worst drought in more than 55 years, data released Monday by the National Climatic Data Center show. How bad is it? Based on one index,
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Indian weather prediction model outdated, imprecise
an archaic weather prediction model, giving out one national forecast for the country's six climatic zones, is fast losing its utility in the face of far more accurate models used by global
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Earthquake slip surfaces identified by biomarker thermal maturity within the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake fault zone
<p>Extreme slip at shallow depths on subduction zone faults is a primary contributor to tsunami generation by earthquakes. Improving earthquake and tsunami risk assessment requires understanding the material
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Most populated areas of India and China at greater risk, says report
Weather-related disasters have grown more frequent over the past 20 years, killing more than 6 lakh people, the UN said today, issuing a further call for nations to strike a landmark deal on climate change.
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Reality of resilience: 2016–17 drought in East Africa
This paper shares key lessons on the use of weather forecasting, learned from the 2016–2017 drought across the Horn of Africa that contributed to failed harvests, extensive livestock deaths and food insecurity.
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Britain had second wettest year on record in 2012
Britain in 2012 experienced its second wettest year since records began in 1910 and extreme rainfall has become more frequent, the UK's Met Office said on Thursday. Persistent wet weather resulted in
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Good news: two crucial monsoon indicators moving in positive direction
Its still very early days for a monsoon forecast for this season but at least the available signs as of now are all pointing in the right direction. The good news is that a major deficiency in rainfall, as had happened last year, is an extremely remote possibility.
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Luhri power project runs into rough weather
Shimla: The 775-MW Luhri Hydroelectric Project has run into rough weather with the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests for river valley projects expressing
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Freezing Beijing rations gas supply
Large parts of central China are facing power cuts and energy rationing as a result of extreme winter weather that has disrupted coal supplies and prompted a spike in energy demand.
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ClimaAdapt: Adaptation through innovation
<p>How should India and other countries adapt their agricultural practices to a changing climate? In a new film, researchers explain how they go about in the ClimaAdapt project when developing new rice growing technologies and undertaking capacity building of farmers.</p> <p>There is growing consensus among the world’s scientific community that our climate is changing. Countries in the tropics and sub-tropics are particularly vulnerable as extreme weather conditions pose a serious threat to their food security. For India, the rapidly growing economy, climate change and variability may have a negative impact on the well-being of a steadily increasing population, of which the vast majority reside in rural areas and are highly dependent on natural resources for their food, shelter and income.</p>
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Portugal Prays For Rain As Drought Adds To Crisis
After Portugal's driest February in 80 years, farmers are praying for a miracle as drought ravages pastures and sparks forest fires, exacerbating the country's economic crisis. Worse still, official
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How to get away with murder
What is wrong with us? Over 800 people have died in north India, another 500 in Bangladesh, only because it is colder this winter. And these are government estimates. Who knows what the real human
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Bangladesh national road map for adaptation to climate change impacts on food security
Impacts of climate change are visible in Bangladesh in the form of temperature extremes, erratic rainfall, and increased number of floods, cyclones, droughts, and increasing prevalence of rough weather
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Status of air pollution during winter of 2015-16 and the impact of odd-even car rationing scheme on air quality
This winter has witnessed extremely high level of pollution. Typical winter conditions --cold temperature, lower mixing height of air, calm and no-wind conditions trap air and pollution. As a result, pollution
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Even the himalayas have stopped smiling: climate change, poverty and adaptation in Nepal
This Oxfam report presents grim picture of climate impact on farmers in Nepal. Says that the changing weather patterns has dramatically affected crop production and families who were growing food enough for six months were able to produce food enough for only a month last year.
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Building climate resilient agriculture through traditional floating rice in flash flood affected areas of the North bank plains zone of Assam
<p>Flash floods are a recurrent phenomenon in the North Bank Plains Zone (NBPZ) of Assam, India, causing wide spread damage to rice (Oryza sativa L.) crop growing during Kharif season. Therefore, it is
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Weather bothers...
... was a small time occupation of the eccentric scientist just 20 years ago
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Developing and diagnosing climate change indicators of regional aerosol optical properties
<p>Given the importance of aerosol particles to radiative transfer via aerosol-radiation interactions, a methodology for tracking and diagnosing causes of temporal changes in regional-scale aerosol populations
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Parmjit Singh Sehra
Meet the only Indian scientist to have visited the South Pole
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Doha: inaction in the face of urgency
<p><span class="standalone-image" style="width: 200px"><img alt="cop18" src="http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/3_201212311.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; float: left;