The world must spend an extra $700 billion a year to curb its addiction to fossil fuels blamed for worsening floods and heat waves and rising sea levels, a study issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF)
Reeling from an historic drought, the hottest year on record and more frequent wild weather, mayors from a number of U.S. cities urged the White House this week to take the lead on setting an agenda to
Reeling from an historic drought, the hottest year on record and more frequent wild weather, mayors from a number of U.S. cities urged the White House this week to take the lead on setting an agenda to
This new edition of the Global Climate Risk Index presented by Germanwatch at the UN climate summit in Doha analyses to what extent countries have been affected by extreme weather events and has taken into account the most recent available data from 2011 as well as for the period 1992-2011.
Ahmedabad: The scorching sun continued its tirade against the people of the state as heat wave conditions sent the temperature soaring three to four degrees above normal. In Ahmedabad, mercury continued to remain high at 44.5 degrees while Idar remained the hottest with the temperature rising to 46 degrees.
There has been evidence since 1950 of changes in climate extremes. Observed changes in climate extremes reflect the influence of anthropogenic climate change in addition to natural climate variability,
Ahmedabad: Thursday could be the hottest day of the season in the city with prevailing heat wave conditions making life even more difficult for denizens.
Deepshikha Dhawan Ahmedabad: The heat wave continued giving no respite to the city that recorded 42 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, three degrees above normal. According to weather officials, there is no respite from the rising mercury level in the near future.
<p>One predicted consequence of global warming is an increased frequency of extreme weather events, such as heat waves, droughts, or heavy rainfalls. In parts of the Arctic, extreme warm spells and heavy
Moomba in the far northeast of South Australia yesterday recorded a maximum temperature of 49.6 degrees, which makes it the highest temperature recorded in Australia in 15 years. The last time a higher
LUCKNOW: The state was reeling under severe heat wave on Sunday with unrelenting sun and hot gusty winds people to crave for early respite from the hard weather. As Allahabad, Varanasi, Kanpur and Lucknow vied for being the hottest on the day, it was Allahabad that baked at 46 degrees Celsius. The city witnessed the hottest day of the year so far with the mercury touching the highest mark.
NEW DELHI: The Capital continued to reel under heat wave conditions with the mercury again soaring to 43.0 degrees Celsius on Sunday, which is seven degrees above normal. The minimum temperature too remained 10 degrees above normal at 30.6 degrees. Worse still, the weather department has forecast that the maximum temperature will settle at around 44 degrees on Monday.
A severe heat wave sweeping across the country, with temperatures of almost 44 C, has killed at least 80 people so far, officials said on Sunday.
Some 50 people have died in the last two days in Pakistan, succumbing to the deadly heat wave. Over 150 others fainted due to sizzling heat in various parts of Sindh and Punjab
The summer of 2013 was the hottest on record in Eastern China. Severe extended heatwaves affected the most populous and economically developed part of China and caused substantial economic and societal
With nations doing little to slow climate change, many people are ramping up plans to adapt to the inevitable.
The Asian monsoon plays a major role in the variability of seasonal temperature and precipitation and the sub-seasonal statistics of these and other climate variables. Due to its considerable impact on
<br />Devastating floods in Pakistan and Russia
The main objective of the JRC PESETA II project (Projection of Economic impacts of climate change in Sectors of the European Union based on bottom-up Analysis) has been to analyse in an integrated way
Extreme weather events are becoming more common as the world warms
