Heatwaves: Hotter, longer more often
For the second year in a row, heatwaves and extreme hot weather have plagued much of Australia. Preliminary accounts of the January 2014 heatwave in Victoria point to significant health impacts—203 heat-related
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Heat peaks shrink wheat yields
More intense heat waves due to global warming could diminish wheat crop yields around the world through premature ageing, according to a study published recently in Nature Climate Change. Current projections based on computer models underestimate the extent to which hotter weather in the future will accelerate this process, the researchers warned.
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Present limits to heat-adaptability in corals and population-level responses to climate extremes
Climate change scenarios suggest an increase in tropical ocean temperature by 1–3°C by 2099, potentially killing many coral reefs. But Arabian/Persian Gulf corals already exist in this future thermal environment
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WMO statement on the status of the global climate in 2009
This WMO annual survey on weather and climate change provides evidence that the period, 2000
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City profile: climate and disaster resilience
This study makes a comparative analysis of 15 cities in the Asian region, including some megacities, medium sized cities, and smaller cities, in their capacity to absorb stress, to manage it and recover from it.
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Warm wave in city
Calcutta, Dec. 17: As Copenhagen sweats over an elusive climate deal, Calcutta is wiping beads of perspiration too, courtesy the shooting mercury and food prices. The heat and humidity have been unusually high in the city for six straight days, with today
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Heatwave in NE, 5 killed in Assam
At least five people have died of sunstroke in the past week in Assam that is reeling under a searing heat wave forcing authorities to shutdown schools and colleges, officials said. A Government
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20002009, the warmest decade
The year 2009 is likely to rank in the top 10 warmest on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to WMO. Finds that the decade of the 2000s (2000
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Searing heat to linger in US northeast till thurs
An intense heat wave blanketing the US Midwest and Northeast will linger for longer than first predicted, forecasters said, straining the power grid as Americans try to stay cool. The searing
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Provisional Annual Statement on the Status of Global Climate in 2015
The long-term rise in global temperatures, the dominant cause of which is the anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases, combined with the effects of a developing El Niño, have resulted in unusual global
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Playing the climate blame game
A claim that global warming caused the 2010 Russian heatwave could bring closer the day when climate victims can sue oil firms.
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A chance to blame extreme weather on climate change
When extreme weather strikes, somebody, somewhere always asks about a link to climate change. It's time we gave straight answers.
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Hopes for strong 2015 climate deal fade, as risks grow
World governments are likely to recoil from plans for an ambitious 2015 climate change deal at talks next week, concern over economic growth at least partially eclipsing scientists' warnings of rising
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Climate change : Evidence, impact on vector borne diseases and remedial measures
Climate change : Evidence, impact on vector borne diseases and remedial measures - A presentation by Ramesh C Dhiman at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology,
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Steamy Heat More Common In California: Study
Bouts of extreme muggy heat lasting for days, once rare in California, are becoming more frequent and intense due to ocean patterns altered by climate change, scientists said in a study released on Tuesday.
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A killer heat wave
A heat wave in Orissa that has claimed at least 50 lives draws attention to the alarming change in the State's climate, which experts attribute to reckless industrialisation and unchecked
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Pakistan heat wave toll 175 as millions suffer
A heat wave across Pakistan has killed about 175 people over the past eight days but some areas have had relief from the blistering temperatures, officials said. The most populous province of Punjab,
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13 die as heatwave tightens grip
Despite a minor drop of one or two degrees in the maximum temperature today, the heat wave continued unabated in the North West region claiming 13 more lives.Official reports had reported 13 more
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Mercury continues to soar in North
Blistering heat wave sweeping most parts of north India further intensified with Uttar Pradesh topping the chart as Varanasi, Allahabad and Sultanpur baked at 47degrees followed by Lucknow, Jaunpur
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Heat wave claims 39 lives in Bengal, UP
Heat wave claimed at least 39 lives in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh overnight, spiralling the overall death toll past the 250-mark across the country. At least 36 of the deaths during the past 24