At 32.4C, Shimla beats 170-yr record
Ravinder Makhaik | TNN Shimla: Thinking of a break in the salubrious climes of Shimla? Think again. The
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March, April hottest in 100 yrs: IMD
New Delhi, May 28: March and April were the hottest months in the past 100 years and May has also been warmer than normal with severe heat conditions prevailing in many parts of North India, the Indian meteorological department (IMD) said on Friday.
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Heat wave: over 50 dead in city
Ahmedabad: Four more people died of heat stroke in the city on Thursday. All of them were elderly people. With this the total death toll has risen to 51 in the city. At least three patients were brought to VS hospital while one death was recorded in LG hospital.
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After wheat, cotton crop bears heat brunt
Naveen S Garewal After a drastic drop in the yield of wheat this rabi season, the kharif crop appears to be heading in a similar direction. Sharp rise in temperature during March led to shrivelling up of wheat grain and reduction in yields by about 20 per cent. And now, a rapid rise in heat is threatening both long and short staple cotton.
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Why does ahmedabad sizzle?
We are paying the price for creating a garish city in the name of development. The city
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48C and rising, Indian summer shatters records
Delhi May Get Rain In 2 Days But No Respite From Heat
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An adaptability limit to climate change due to heat stress
Despite the uncertainty in future climate-change impacts, it is often assumed that humans would be able to adapt to any possible warming. Here we argue that heat stress imposes a robust upper limit to such adaptation. Peak heat stress, quantified by the wet-bulb temperature TW, is surprisingly similar across diverse climates today. TW never exceeds 31?
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Flying foxes dying of dehydration
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: Soaring temperatures and a near total absence of surface water this summer have badly hit unusual customers in South Rajasthan -- the Indian flying foxes. Hundreds of them reportedly perished last week as the temperatures hovered around 45 degrees Celvsius in Banswara, Dungapur and Udaipur districts.
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2 more die of heat, toll reaches 29
Ahmedabad: As the mercury continued to hover around 45 degrees celsius in city, many more fell prey to the heat. The rising mercury killed two more persons on Sunday, taking the total death toll due to heat in the city in last four days to 29.
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1st suspected heatwave death in city
In what appears to be the first case of death due to heat in the city, a 45-year-old woman was found dead near a Delhi Metro station in central Delhi on Tuesday. Though the mercury continued to remain high on Tuesday, the heatwave condition is likely to abate over the next two days.
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Heatwave sweeps north, crosses 45
The heatwave sweeping across the northern plains on Monday tightened its grip as the mercury rose to a searing 46.6 degree Celsius in Churu in Rajasthan and 45.4 degrees in the national capital. Elsewhere in the desert state, Kota experienced a high of 46 degrees while the Pink City saw the mercury settle at 44.8 degrees.
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At 44.4C, Thursday years hottest day
Humidity Too Quite High; Met Says Mercury Not To Rise Any Further In Next Few Days
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An Indian summer
India experienced the worst summer in fifty years which left more than 3,000 dead and millions soaking in sweat. The heat wave took its toll in almost every state in the country, the worst-affected
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12 peacocks found dead in MP village
At least a dozen peacocks were found dead near here apparently due to scorching heat and non-availability of water, forest officials said. "Nearly a dozen peacocks were found dead on Tuesday at Narsinghshila village, about 20 km from here. The carcasses were brought to the district headquarters here today for post-mortem," district forest officer K.S. Bhadoriya said.
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Water crisis deepening (editorial)
The whole of Madhya Pradesh is facing severe heat wave conditions. As a result the availability of potable water is on decline. This year the summer arrived a bit early and its severity has also been more. As a result there has been rapid vaporisation of water from different sources. Bhopal is blessed for having the upper lake which fulfils the drinking water needs of a part of the city.
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Orissa: Heat Kills 34 more
New Delhi, April 25: The unrelenting heat in the eastern region on Sunday claimed 34 more lives in Orissa, taking the total toll so far this summer in the country to 106. In the north, temperatures too rose above the 40degree mark at many places, with Churu in Rajasthan recording a high of 43.3 degrees.
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Cost of combating climate change surges as world delays: study
An agreement by almost 200 nations to curb rising greenhouse gas emissions from 2020 will be far more costly than taking action now to tackle climate change, according to research published on Wednesday.
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Hailstorm, rain bring relief but heat wave to continue
New Delhi: Manu Vohra, who had spent the better part of a hot and humid Monday driving around town meeting clients, was about to enter his office at Preet Vihar around 4.15 pm when a sudden shower caught him off guard.
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Contingency and compensatory agriculture plans for droughts and floods in India 2012
Growth in agriculture in general, and rainfed agriculture in particular, was impressive as well as inclusive during the 11th Plan. Variability around the growth trend and in production has reduced due
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Climate change and older Americans: State of the science
Older adults make up 13% of the U.S. population, but are projected to account for 20% by 2040. Coinciding with this demographic shift, the rate of climate change is accelerating, bringing rising temperatures;