Rajasthan in grip of heat wave
With day temperatures hovering between 43 and 47 degrees Celsius, the desert State of Rajasthan is in the grip of a severe heat wave. State capital Jaipur continued to be lashed by hot winds and
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Historic and future increase in the global land area affected by monthly heat extremes
Climatic warming of about 0.5 ° C in the global mean since the 1970s has strongly increased the occurrence-probability of heat extremes on monthly to seasonal time scales. For the 21st century, climate
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Working across scales: Learning from seven years of climate compatible development in Asia
The adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Change Agreement, all in 2015, highlights
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Heat spell kills five more
Five persons died due to excessive heat in the Terai districts of Dhanusha and Mahottrai (Nepal). Reports said that four persons were died in heat wave in different parts of in Dhanusha district.
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Worst Heatwave In Years Grips Midwest, Moving East
An oppressive and potentially deadly summertime mix of sizzling temperatures and high humidity baked a large swath of the country again on Sunday, pushing afternoon heat indexes in dozens of cities to dangerous levels. Forecasters warned the heatwave would persist through much of the coming week and cautioned residents in more than three dozen states to take extra precautions. The National W
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Heat on zoo inmates
If the soaring mercury has left humans gasping for breath, animals are suffering no less.
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Fever and fret in sauna city
The heat wave scorching the Calcutta city for the past four days is set to singe the weekend as well. And adding to the misery of spiralling temperature is a viral fever spreading rapidly through
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Water curbs spread in France despite June rain
Water restrictions are spreading across France after rain last month proved insufficient to replenish rivers and water tables hit by a spring drought, the environment ministry said on Friday. Curbs on water use have now been introduced in 70 out of 96 administrative departments in mainland France, the most to face such restrictions since a 2003 heatwave that led to the death of 15,000 people.
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2 killed, 52 injured in nor'wester across the country
Dwellers of the port city (Chittagong, Bangladesh) released a sigh of relief when a hailstorm accompanied by moderate shower lashed the city pausing the ongoing moderate heat wave. More than a dozen
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A study of the Oklahoma city urban heat island effect using a WRF/single-layer urban canopy model, a joint urban 2003 field campaign, and MODIS satellite observations
<p>The urban heat island effect (UHI) for inner land regions was investigated using satellite data, ground observations, and simulations with an Single-Layer Urban Canopy Parameterization (SLUCP) coupled
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Verification of pre-monsoon temperature forecasts over India during 2016 with a focus on heatwave prediction
<p>The operational medium-range weather forecasting based on numerical weather prediction (NWP) models are complemented by the forecast products based on ensemble prediction systems (EPSs). This change
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Whats fanning heat waves
Archita Bhatta Scientists pore over data to explain the unusual weather They can
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Projections of rapidly rising surface temperatures over Africa under low mitigation
<p>An analysis of observed trends in African annual-average near-surface temperatures over the last five decades reveals drastic increases, particularly over parts of the subtropics and central tropical
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Climate changes happening faster than forecasts
NEW DELHI: Climate changes are happening much faster and outstripping all efforts to predict them, suggests a new report on weather patterns.
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Hot news: only 1/4th of year comfortable, rest unbearable, says study
New Delhi: Delhi is a city of extremes, and that
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Are you comfortable weather-wise?
This latest study by led by Prof Manju Mohan of IIT Delhi
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Killer heatwave sweeps across Orissa, worst in 11 years
Bhubaneshwar: Orissa is in the grip of a killer heatwave, possibly the worst since 1998, with the maximum temperature remaining over 40 degree Celsius for the past three weeks in most parts of the state.
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Govt launches awareness against possible heat stroke
On the advice of the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, the Directorate of Health Services has launched an awareness campaign to prevent possible heat stroke in the State.
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Delhis hottest April day in 50 years
NEW DELHI: The Capital sizzled at 43.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, breaking a 50-year-old record for the hottest day in the month of April.
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Heat-wave like condition in State
Bereft of rainfall, large tracts of Assam are witnessing a