Drought-hit Rajasthan towns welcome water wagons
An unprecedented heat wave, which had led high temperatures ranging between 40 degree to 43 degree celsius, has also dried up the wells in most of Rajasthan. At Vijainagar, near Ajmer, the government
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Climate disaster resilience: focus on coastal urban cities in Asia
Recognizing the ever-increasing vulnerability of coastal urban cities in Asia due to climate change impacts and variability and also due to fast-growing urban development, this study focusing on climate disaster resilience is conducted in order to measure the existing level of climate disaster resilience of the targeted areas using a Climate Disaster Resilience Index.
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Environmental health indicators of climate change for the United States: Findings from the State Environmental Health Indicator
To develop public health adaptation strategies and to project the impacts of climate change on human health, indicators of vulnerability and preparedness along with accurate surveillance data on climate-sensitive health outcomes are needed.
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Growing green: the economic benefits of climate action
Pollution from fossil fuels and degraded natural lands are raising the earth's temperature. The evidence of the causes of global warming is clear, as are its consequences. The economic impacts of climate
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No respite from heat: Titlagarh boils at 46.2
FUN GROUNDS MERCURY: Unmindful of the prevailing heat conditions, these children are having fun in Bhubaneswar on Monday. BHUBANESWAR: There was no sign of any let up in the sweltering conditions across the State though some parts experienced thunder squalls on Monday. Instead, the mercury rose on the hot plate of Orissa with Titlagarh recording a new high of the season - 46.2 degree Celsius.
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Suffering the science: climate change, people, and poverty
This latest report focuses on impacts of climate change and says that chronic hunger may become a norm for most of the world's population, particularly the poor. Combines the latest observations on climate change, with evidence from the communities in 100 countries.
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Bhubaneswar burns at 44.6
BHUBANESWAR: With monsoon playing truant and hot dry winds from the desert plains fuelling the summer heat, Bhubaneswar turned into a burning cauldron on Monday recording 44.6 degrees Celsius, highest for the season and 10 degrees above normal. Such was the condition that denizens complained of burning sensation during the peak hours. Only a day before, Bhubaneswar recorded 43 degrees Celsius.
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Disaster dossier: The impact of climate change on Orissa
For over a decade, Orissa has been teetering from one extreme weather condition to another: from heatwaves to cyclones, drought to floods. The state has been declared disaster-affected for 95 of the last 105 years. Why is this happening? Is it the result of global warming and climate change? Richard Mahapatra, who has been awarded the
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Response of the Arabian Sea to global warming and associated regional climate shift
The response of the Arabian Sea to global warming is the disruption in the natural decadal cycle in the sea surface temperature (SST) after 1995, followed by a secular warming. The Arabian Sea is experiencing a regional climate-shift after 1995, which is accompanied by a five fold increase in the occurrence of
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Groping for the answer
Lack of western disturbances and El Niño explain only some parts of the puzzle
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City under grip of heat wave
No Respite In Near Future, Says Met Department Lucknow: Monday was the hottest day of the season in the city with mercury soaring to 42.7 Degrees Celsius, five degrees above normal. Hot dusty winds threw normal life out of gear, forcing people to stay indoors all day. Weatherman has forecasted that temperature will rise in coming days.
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Extreme heat effects on wheat senescence in India
An important source of uncertainty in anticipating the effects of climate change on agriculture is limited understanding of crop responses to extremely high temperatures. This uncertainty partly reflects
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Climate change impacts on human health in India
Predicted impacts on human health due to climate change include increases in temperature related illnesses, vector borne diseases, health impacts related to extreme weather events, and health effects due to food insecurity. These changes will require more emphasis to be placed on planning for health facilities, as well as increased capacity of the medical community to cope with these changes.
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Warming warnings
The debate whether climatic changes trigger calamities continues. But there is no doubt that environmental degradation wrecks havoc on Orissa
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Analyses of the effects of global change on human health and welfare and human systems
Climate change, interacting with changes in land use and demographics, will affect important human dimensions in the United States, especially those related to human health, settlements and welfare.
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Anthony McMichael on health risks from climate change
<img src="../files/images/20080430/48.jpg" align="left"> <i><font color="#FF0000">ANTHONY MCMICHAEL</font> heads the International Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University, and is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He talks to <font color="#FF0000">VIBHA VARSHNEY</font> and <font color="#FF0000">MARIO D'SOUZA </font>about the health risks from global environmental changes </i><br><br> <b>What are the impacts of climate change on disease outbreaks?</b> <br>
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Global climate risk index 2012
<p><span id="itro1">More than 710,000 people died as a direct consequence of 14,000 extreme weather events, and losses of more than USD 2.3 trillion occurred from 1991 to 2010 globally reveals the Global
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Extreme weather events over India in the last 100 years
The authors in this paper present a factual and a brief review of the extreme weather events that occurred in India during the last 100 years (1991-2004). The socio-economic impacts of the extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, cyclones, hail storm, thunderstorm, heat and cold waves have been increasing due to large growth of population and its migration towards urban
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Disaster management in India
<p><span id="itro1">This new report by the Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home Affairs has detailed information on various types of disasters, institutional framework and policy guidelines in
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Health in the green economy: health co-benefits of climate change mitigation housing sector
<p> The WHO has launched a report on health co-benefits of climate change mitigation in the housing sector, the first of a new series of reports on health in the green economy.</p>