India, Feb. 26 -- New climate states are emerging in India, with the country entering a novel climate regime owing to climate change factored by local anomalies (SLA), the emergence of non-analogue climates (NCS), and the changing probability of extremes, scientist Arpit Tiwari revealed at the ongoing Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2026 in Nimli, Rajasthan.

Tiwari, project scientist, BIMSTEC Centre for Weather and Climate, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NMCRWF), Noida, shared outcomes of his recent study during a session at the conclave.

He said the aim of the study was to understand how and where the combined forces of temperature and precipitation change are creating unprecedented drought conditions across India's divers...