Heatwaves

Heat Fury in February: Is India seeing an early summer?

The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a heatwave alert for Maharashtra's Konkan and Gujarat's Kutch areas, the earliest ever. Temperatures in other states have also seen a spike — in Delhi, the maximum has risen to 31.5 degrees Celsius, seven degrees above normal

Ukraine war, heatwave, Iran protest and more: Why 2022 is a year of living dangerously

The year 2022 has been dubbed as the year of ‘living dangerously’. Russian president Vladimir Putin launched Europe's largest invasion since World War II, while the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran sparked the largest protests in years

India notched up losses worth USD 159 billion in key sectors due to extreme heat in 2021: Report

Between 2016-2021, extreme events such as cyclones, flash floods, floods, and landslides caused damage to crops in over 36 million hectares, a USD 3.75 billion loss for farmers in the country, the report indicated

Handling heatwave: Way ahead for Indian agriculture

India witnessed its hottest March in over a century, and the warming of the Indian Ocean and recurring El Nino events could lead to more and longer lasting heatwaves in the country

Explained: How Europe's fiery summer is a reality check on climate change

Europe has seen a series of extreme weather events — heatwaves, wildfires and storms, record-breaking droughts — making it hard for them to ignore the dangerous effects of climate change

Climbing Mont Blanc a tall order as summer temperature in Europe soars

The heatwaves and drought-like conditions that have recently scorched much of the continent have exposed giant cracks and triggered rockfall, making the ascent to the summit more difficult and dangerous

Earth's 'vital signs' are deteriorating due to business-as-usual approach: Study

There has been an "unprecedented surge" in climate-related disasters, including flooding, heatwaves, wildfires and cyclones all over the world.

Climate change is affecting buildings as they were designed for a different environment

Architects and engineers design buildings and other structures, like bridges, to operate within the parameters of the local climate.

As global warming causes more lake heatwaves, species threatened, mass fish die-offs predicted

Unlike those living elsewhere, most lake animals cannot simply move to another habitat once their lake becomes uninhabitable. But even migratory species will suffer.

Climate change will pose greater threat to human lives than COVID-19: Red Cross

The World Disaster Report rated climate change as the greatest global challenge, finding disasters triggered by climate-related events had risen 35% since 1990s