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Uttarakhand Faces Surge in Extreme Climate Events, Warn Scientists

A recent scientific study has raised significant alarm over the growing vulnerability of Uttarakhand to extreme climate events. Based on an in-depth analysis of climate and satellite data spanning nearly four decades (1982–2020), researchers from Doon University, the Wadia Institute…

Climate Change Impact, Feature

Urban Precipitation Anomaly: The Hidden Climate Shift Reshaping India’s Cities

Urbanization’s influence on temperature is widely recognized: cities are warmer than rural areas due to the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Less acknowledged, however, is its counterpart—the urban precipitation anomaly—where cities often experience increased rainfall compared to surrounding regions. This…

Heat Wave, News

Too Hot to Ignore: 71% of Indians Faced Dangerous Heat Last Year

India is reeling under a rising climate emergency, with over 71% of its population exposed to severe heatwaves in just the past 12 months, according to a new nationwide survey by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and CVoter.…

Vivek Saini
May 26, 2025
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Climate Change Impact, Explainer

2024 Marks Earth’s First Full Year Above 1.5°C: Why This Could Spell Disaster

For the first time in recorded history, Earth’s average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the entire calendar year 2024, a threshold scientists have long warned would mark a turning point in the climate crisis. This is not…

Vivek Saini
February 13, 2025

Climate Change Impact, Feature

Climate crisis: India’s rising temperatures raise concerns

By Aayushi Sharma Extreme heat waves and rising temperatures in major Indian cities are a concerning phenomenon, especially given the country’s dense population and infrastructure challenges. In recent years, many cities in India have experienced soaring temperatures during the summer…

CFC India
May 11, 2024
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Feature, Climate Change

India witnessed extreme weather events almost every day during Jan-Sept in 2022

India recorded extreme weather events on 241 of the 273 days from January to September in 2022. The data is evidence that about 90 percent of the first nine months of this year had extreme weather events in one or…

CFC India
November 8, 2022

Tag Extreme Weather Events

Uttarakhand Faces Surge in Extreme Climate Events, Warn Scientists

Urban Precipitation Anomaly: The Hidden Climate Shift Reshaping India’s Cities

Too Hot to Ignore: 71% of Indians Faced Dangerous Heat Last Year

2024 Marks Earth’s First Full Year Above 1.5°C: Why This Could Spell Disaster

Climate crisis: India’s rising temperatures raise concerns

India witnessed extreme weather events almost every day during Jan-Sept in 2022

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