The Canadian Federal government has pledged several hundred million dollars as financial support to growers in Saskatchewan and other prairie regions affected by extremely wet weather conditions this growing
"Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis" is the contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This comprehensive assessment of
The geological history of planet Earth shows natural and continual 'warm-cold' phases. A leading scientist says there is no need to panic. Sanjay Pandey reports In what comes as a contrarian view to popular perception, a leading environmental scientist has said that there was no cause for panic from the so-called threat to the earth from global warming.
The diagnostic for Madurai has outlined that for stakeholders in the city, gaps in Madurai’s ‘blue-green infrastructure’ is perhaps the most pressing nexus of challenges the city needs to address to safeguard
The latest IPCC report confirms that we can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act, including empty promises of net zero by 2050. We bring you an appraisal of the report’s
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.
There is no doubt that the poorest people are already and will continue to be most severely impacted by climatic changes, including shifting trends as well as more frequent and severe extreme events. Yet,
Ahmedabad : Parth Desai, 19, was playing tennis when he suddenly collapsed after getting spasms. He complained of severe muscle cramps, so much so that the youngster had tears in his eyes. Blame it on the heat wave that has started preying upon unsuspecting citizens.
A changing climate is increasing the frequency, intensity, duration and spatial extent of heat waves. These changes are associated with increased human mortality during heat extremes. At the other end
This a review by CDKN of the existing and future risks and challenges that Bangalore city faces, particularly with respect to the growing threat of climate change.
This paper argues that climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practices at a ground level need to be implemented through structural and non-structural measures like constructing
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) launched its annual publication on internal displacement, citing climate change and related natural hazards, such as drought, sea-level rise and desertification, as
<p>Extremes of weather and climate can have devastating effects on human society and the environment. Understanding past changes in the characteristics of such events, including recent increases in the intensity of heavy precipitation events over a large part of the Northern Hemisphere land area, is critical for reliable projections of future changes.
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/Climate_change_se_40.jpg" style="width: 280px; height: 210px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />Extreme events currently expected to happen
We assess climate impacts of global warming using ongoing observations and paleoclimate data. We use Earth’s measured energy imbalance, paleoclimate data, and simple representations of the global carbon
The present state of the environment with regard to climate change is reflected in the condition of the atmosphere and hydrological system of the earth. The various initiatives taken by CSO since 1997
Too close for comfort: fires burn in the hills above the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a nuclear site in New Mexico Firefighters on Tuesday battled a wildfire that threatened a government nuclear facility in New Mexico, raising fears about the safety of radioactive materials at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. On Monday, a spot fire at the laboratory was quickly contained and officials
<p>The primary goal of the annual State of the Climate collection of articles is to document the weather and climate events of the most recent calendar year and put them into accurate historical perspective, with a particular focus on unusual or anomalous events. This report states that year 2010 was notable for its globally-averaged warmth and for the far-reaching impacts related to signifi
The WHO has released a document on guidance to protect health from climate change through health adaptation planning to support the integration of health adaptation planning in national adaptation plans
The rapid growth in the number of people living in cities and urban landscapes is increasing the world’s susceptibility to natural disasters, according to this new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. It warns that the unprecedented influx of people to urban areas across the developing world is leading to a large increase in people living in locations susceptible to natural disasters, and the situation is exacerbated by the explosive expansion of informal settlements or ‘slums’.
