Tag Global Warming

Climate Change Impact, Feature

“No Time Left for Further Delay”: Lancet Warns of Climate-Driven Health Catastrophe in India and Sri Lanka

As record-breaking heat scorched India and Sri Lanka through 2024—wilting crops, swelling hospitals, and spreading mosquito-borne diseases—scientists have delivered their starkest warning yet. The 2025 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change finds that climate change is no longer a…

Climate Change Impact, News

Climate Change Amplifies Hurricane Melissa’s Threat to Jamaica

Jamaica is on high alert as Hurricane Melissa, a rapidly intensifying Category 5 storm, barrels across the Caribbean toward the island nation. As Hurricane Melissa barrels toward Jamaica, meteorologists and climate scientists warn that the island nation faces not just…

Aayushi Gour
October 28, 2025
316 Comments

Climate Change Impact, News

Climate Crisis Deepens Global Inequality: Nearly 900 Million Poor Exposed to Multiple Hazards

As the planet warms and climate systems destabilise, the world’s most vulnerable people are bearing the brunt of the risk and the result is an aggravation of inequality both within and between countries. According to a newly released report, built…

Aayushi Gour
October 22, 2025
31 Comments

Environment, News

Once a Carbon Sink, Australia’s Wet Tropics Now a Source of Emissions

Australia’s tropical rainforests, once considered some of the world’s most reliable natural defences against climate change, are showing worrying signs of decline. Research has revealed that these dense, carbon-rich forests in Queensland have shifted from storing carbon to releasing it,…

Vivek Saini
October 17, 2025
1,374 Comments

Climate Change Impact, News

Uneven and Unrelenting: Climate Change Reshapes India’s Monsoon Pattern

India’s 2025 monsoon will be remembered not as a gentle rhythm of life but as torrents — floods that spilled over riverbanks, ripped roads apart, and swallowed entire villages. Across nearly half the country, extreme rainfall became the defining narrative.…

Feature, La Niña

Winter Is Coming — and It Could Be the Harshest One for India in Decades

India is heading into what could be its coldest and longest winter in decades, with the first signs already showing up across the northern plains and hill states. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), temperatures are likely to dip…

Manjori Borkotoky
October 17, 2025

Air Pollution, News

Atmospheric CO₂ Sees Record Rise in 2024, WMO Warns

Global carbon dioxide concentrations rose faster in 2024 than in any previous year on record, revealing a dangerous acceleration of climate change. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) reported that atmospheric CO₂ levels increased by 3.5 parts per million from 2023…

Vivek Saini
October 17, 2025
13 Comments

Climate Change Impact, Feature

Streets Flooded : Kolkata Faces Monsoon Fury Amid Durga Puja Festivities

Kolkata, the cultural capital of eastern India, has been battered by its most severe rainfall in nearly four decades, bringing the city to a standstill while the Durga Puja festivities are ongoing. The deluge triggered by a rare weather system…

Aayushi Gour
October 1, 2025
822 Comments

Climate Change Impact, News

87% Less Rain, 100% More Worry: Deoria’s Monsoon Story

In an alarming development for India’s climate outlook, Deoria — a district in eastern Uttar Pradesh — has recorded one of the worst monsoon failures in recent memory. As of September 25, 2025, the district has received only 97.2 mm…

Aayushi Gour
September 29, 2025
447 Comments

Climate Change Impact, News

The Ganges River Is Drying at a Record Pace, Raising Alarms for South Asia

The Ganges, often described as the lifeline of South Asia, is shrinking at an unprecedented rate. Scientists warn that this decline is unparalleled in history, with new research showing the river basin has experienced its most severe droughts in recent…

Vivek Saini
September 26, 2025
711 Comments