Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
There was no respite from the blistering heat conditions in the state. Phalodi remained hottest in the state where a maximum temperature of 48.5 degrees Celsius was recorded, the met reports said on Tuesday. Jaipur residents woke up to a warmer morning as a minimum temperature of 30.0 degrees Celsius …
Sriganganagar hottest at 47.7 degrees Celsius; Met department predicts onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala during the next two-three days There was no respite from heat in several parts of northern India with Sriganganagar and Phalodi in Rajasthan recording a maximum of over 47 degrees Celsius even as IMD …
Madhya Pradesh is likely to see 1-1.2 degree Celsius rise in temperature by 2045, bringing more droughts that will pose “enormous” pressure on agriculture, water resources, infrastructure and energy sectors, according to a study. The study, “Climate Change in Madhya Pradesh: Indicators, Impacts, and Adaptation,” done jointly by faculty member …
Most climate change impacts manifest in the form of natural hazards. Damage assessment typically relies on damage functions that translate the magnitude of extreme events to a quantifiable damage. In practice, the availability of damage functions is limited due to a lack of data sources and a lack of understanding …
India’s on-going heat wave, which set a new record for the country’s highest-ever recorded temperature last week, is melting tarmac on the roads of some of India's busiest cities. Residents in the city of Valsad, Gujarat, had to fight melting tar while crossing the road as temperatures rose to 36C. …
Ahmedabad: The number of days of moderate and severe heat waves engulfing Gujarat over more than a decade is steadily increasing. This has been revealed in a study on 'heat waves, temperature extremes and their impacts on monsoon and drought', spanning three decades (1981 to 2010), and representing nine agro-climatic …
Palodhi in Rajasthan simmers at 51 degrees; Ahmedabad breaks 100-year-old record Blistering heat roasted north India with Palodhi in Rajasthan simmering at 51 degrees and the maximum in Ahmedabad shattering a century-old record. Delhi reeled under sweltering conditions, recording the maximum at 43 degrees. The minimum the city was 28.6 …
Blistering heat torrefied north India with Palodhi in Rajasthan simmering at 51 degrees and the maximum in Ahmedabad shattering a century-old record at 480C even as the weatherman said cyclonic storm “Roanu” may bring heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Orissa. In the east, officials said about 4,000 people …
Over India, heat waves occur during the summer months of April to June. A gridded daily temperature data set for the period, 1961–2013 has been analyzed to examine the variability and trends in heat waves over India. For identifying heat waves, the Excess Heat Factor (EHF) and 90th percentile of …
W Rajasthan Among World's Hottest Areas Normal life was thrown out of gear across northern India as a blistering heatwave swept through the region, breaking temperature records at several places on Wednesday . West Rajasthan was among the hottest regions on earth, with the mercury touching the second highest temperature …
A Norwegian group of climate scientists will form an alliance on Thursday with investors including BlackRock Inc and the World Bank to try to assess the financial risks of rising global temperatures. The Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo (CICERO) said it wanted to help investors judge risks …
JAIPUR: Severe heat wave conditions prevailed at almost every part on Tuesday. Continued rise in the mercury has affected normal life and has troubled people with water crisis and power crisis at many parts in the state. Barmer remained hottest in the state where a maximum temperature of 47.5 degree …
Understanding how the emergence of the anthropogenic warming signal from the noise of internal variability translates to changes in extreme event occurrence is of crucial societal importance. By utilising simulations of cumulative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and temperature changes from eleven earth system models, we demonstrate that the inherently lower …
Jaipur: Rajasthan continued to reel under heat wave even as light rainfall brought down day temperatures in western parts of the state. Bikaner was the hottest place with a maximum temperature of 46.6 degrees Celsius. Churu recorded a maximum temperature of 46.5 degrees whereas Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Kota, Sriganganagar and …
The highest of 90 deaths reported from the worst drought affected Nalgonda district followed by Mahabubnagar with 44. Hyderabad: The death toll due to heat wave and related issues during the current summer season in Telangana rose to 300. The state disaster management authorities informed that the three member committees …
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, new insights on the dynamics and distribution of poverty point to the need to comprehend where …
Heat waves classified as unusual today could within 30 years become a normal yearly occurrence in Africa, thereby triggering a damaging effect on life expectancy and crop production in the continent -- one of the most vulnerable to climate change, say researchers. This scenario could be triggered by an increase …
The 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in the state of Victoria that broke out on February 7 that year rank among Australia’s worst natural disasters. Some 173 people were killed when 400 fires — fuelled by strong winds and an exceptional heatwave — spread rapidly across large swaths of the state. …
Severe heat wave gripped most parts of Gujarat with temperatures in several parts of the state crossing 43 degrees Celsius prompting the city administration here to issue warning people to take precautionary measures while venturing out in the sun. Heat wave has gripped most of North Gujarat, Kutch and Rajkot, …
Chennai: When a mystery kidney disease killed more than 20,000 people in Central America over the course of a decade, it set alarm bells ringing in several tropical countries including India. The victims had similar profiles: They were young, their work involved hard labour and long hours in the sun. …
