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Once-in-a-billion event: Intense marine heatwave in Mediterranean shocks with 8 degrees C warming

New Delhi, July 11 -- The Mediterranean Sea is undergoing an extremely intense marine heatwave, which scientists say could be a one-in-a-billion climatological event. This means that the observed temp... Read More


Banning problematic plastics may save the world up to $8 trillion by 2040

New Delhi, July 9 -- A ban or phase-out of problematic plastic products could result in economic savings ranging from $4.7 to $8 trillion between 2025 and 2040, albeit with certain assumptions and lim... Read More


Monsoon to cover whole of India two weeks in advance

New Delhi, June 25 -- The Southwest Monsoon (SWM) season is well on its way for an early onset throughout India, with the second half of June experiencing more intense rainfall than the first half lea... Read More


How India moves: Delhi's ring railway revival an uphill task

New Delhi, June 11 -- Delhi's Ring Railway network, with 21 stations, ferried passengers in a circular route starting and ending at the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station since the late 1970's, until t... Read More


Monsoon makes rapid progress amidst lack of pre-monsoon rains in Northeast

New Delhi, May 26 -- The Southwest Monsoon (SWM) has made rapid initial progress and reached as far north as Mumbai in Maharashtra, southern Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and almost the entirety of Northe... Read More


2024 warmest or second-warmest year on record for Africa: State of Climate report

India, May 12 -- The year 2024 was the warmest or second-warmest year on record for Africa along with devastating floods, droughts and marine heat waves, according to the World Meteorological Organiza... Read More


Monsoons 'remember' to switch on and off - disrupting it could be dangerous, finds study

New Delhi, May 7 -- Monsoon systems around the world - including India's southwest monsoon, which delivers over 70 per cent of the country's annual rainfall - possess physical memories in the form of ... Read More