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Tso Moriri lake during the summer, when the lake thaws and vegetation grows. Image by Raghavan37 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

In high altitude soils, microbes may be limiting the warming they trigger

Lekha Bandopadhyay 10 Jul 2026
Manjara Dam in Marathwada region, Maharashtra, dries up completely during a drought in 2016. Representative image. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

As El Niño develops, India turns to coal to offset lower hydropower

Kundan Pandey 10 Jul 2026
Municipal workers rescue fish from a dried lake at Ratanpura in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, during a drought in 2016. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

El Niño forecast increases likelihood of weak monsoon and water stress

Phalguni Ranjan 18 Jun 2026
The 2023 Beas floods washed away a segment of the Manali-Leh Highway, with the snow-capped peaks near the Beas Kund glacier visible in the background in Manali. Image by Sumit Mahar/Himdhara Collective.

Climate resilience in Himachal begins with spatial planning [Commentary]

Prateek Draik 16 Jun 2026
Researchers at Rulung Glacier in Ladakh. Image by Purushottam Kumar Garg.

Climate-driven glacier melt could reshape water quality downstream

Hirra Azmat 9 Jun 2026
A man exits a foot bridge over a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Guwahati, Assam in 2025. Representative image. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A strong El Niño demands planning, not panic [Commentary]

Madhavan Nair Rajeevan 3 Jun 2026

Decoding Heat

Mongabay.com 2 Jun 2026
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology at IMD, and farmers at work in the heat. Images by Kundan Pandey and Dibakar Roy via Pexels.

Both daytime and nighttime temperatures have risen: IMD chief [Interview]

Kundan Pandey 29 May 2026

Local land-atmosphere processes influence heatwaves

T. V. Padma 21 May 2026

What a warming Pacific could mean for India’s monsoon and farming

Max Martin 20 May 2026
State Disaster Response Force personnel head to rescue affected people after heavy rainfall in Guwahati in April 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

While the world hesitates, India must continue leading on climate [Commentary]

Minal Pathak, Vaibhav Chaturvedi 12 May 2026
Labourers sleep on a road median in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in the summer of 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

India’s heat crisis is a labour, health and finance challenge, says white paper

Manish Chandra Mishra 5 May 2026
A view of the Indian Ocean from the Sri Lankan coast. Rising temperatures in the Arabian Sea intensify extreme weather events, with profound consequences for coastal populations from South Asia to East Africa, Australia, and island nations such as Sri Lanka. Image by Praveenshashika via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Global sea surface temperatures are reaching record highs [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 7 Apr 2026
A student identifies her neighbourhood in Jakkur at the public consultations for the Ward-level Climate Action Plan in Bengaluru. Image by Mahima Jain.

Ward-level plans bring climate action closer to communities

Mahima Jain 18 Mar 2026
The Hindu Kush mountains seen from Pakistan. Image by Ninara via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Review sheds light on how global warming is destabilising the Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 13 Mar 2026
A waste picker drinks water while working during a heat wave at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Cities may heat up disproportionately faster than rural neighbours, even at 2°C warming

Manish Chandra Mishra 20 Feb 2026
A satellite image shows cyclone Tauktae approaching India's western coast. (NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)

Study identifies a previously unknown climate rhythm shaping the tropics

Debdutta Paul 27 Jan 2026
Vendors keep themselves warm on a cold morning in Jammu in January 2026. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

The global links behind India’s cold weather

Max Martin 23 Jan 2026
Cyclone Alia submerges settlements in West Bengal in 2009. Image by Anil Gulati/India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

How global warming-induced intense cyclones could cause ecosystem changes

T. V. Padma 19 Jan 2026
A man carrying a child covers their heads with a cloth to protect themselves from the heat in Jammu. (AP Photo/ Channi Anand)

Heat stress is intensifying across Indian states, shows data [Analysis]

Poonguzhali R.P., Brinda Viswanathan, K.S. Kavi Kumar 22 Dec 2025