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Daily heat tracker: Patna and Jaipur record highest nighttime temperature

New Delhi, June 2 -- Note: Data for capital cities of 27 states (data not available for Goa) and 8 union territories. In certain states where data is not available for the capital city, data for one o... Read More


India's seed saviours: Community efforts in Andhra Pradesh helping protect local farming, biodiversity, food systems

New Delhi, June 2 -- In the dry parts of Andhra Pradesh, where farming is often hard due to poor rainfall and low soil fertility, local communities are finding strength in old traditions. Community se... Read More


Northeast Deluge 2025: Torrential monsoon rain hits Arunachal; 11 dead, 156 villages affected, 2 missing

New Delhi, June 2 -- Relentless monsoon rains have wreaked havoc across Arunachal Pradesh, with the latest situation report from the Department of Disaster Management confirming 11 fatalities, two mis... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over Northeast on June 2-3

New Delhi, June 2 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast continued light to moderate rainfall over most places in Northeast India over the next seven days, with isolated heavy to ve... Read More


Climate change: No reprieve from heat this decade as globally agreed 1.5 degrees C limit looms

New Delhi, May 30 -- Temperature limits the world agreed to avoid are looming into view. The global temperature has been 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than the pre-industrial average for almost two year... Read More


Record rainfall in the south, drought in the north: What's causing Europe's unusual spring weather?

New Delhi, May 30 -- 2025's rainy spring has brought a swift end to the droughts plaguing several Spanish regions, restoring ecosystems to parched fields, reviving withered trees and shrubs and bringi... Read More


Swiss glacier collapse: Lonza valley stares at flood risk as debris blocks river flow

New Delhi, May 30 -- The Alpine village of Blatten in Lotschental valley in southern Switzerland was buried under large volumes of ice and rock debris May 28, 2025 as a massive chunk of the Birch glac... Read More


Just 24% of glacier ice will survive at current warming trajectory, warns study

New Delhi, May 30 -- Glaciers around the world are melting faster and more extensively than previously feared, according to a study published in the journal Science. The findings, released just as glo... Read More


A common parasite can decapitate human sperm - with implications for male fertility

New Delhi, May 30 -- Male fertility rates have been plummeting over the past half-century. An analysis from 1992 noted a steady decrease in sperm counts and quality since the 1940s. A more recent stud... Read More


From soil to slugs to songbirds - how plastic is moving through ecosystems

New Delhi, May 29 -- For many people, "plastic pollution" calls to mind pictures of turtles and other marine life drowning in single-use plastic bottles and discarded fishing nets. My own research loo... Read More