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A cow walks on a dried lake in the summer. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

As temperatures rise, cattle industry feels the strain

Himanshu Arya 19 May 2026
A home guard member works to set up a temporary shelter following storms in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on May 14. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Storms and lightning kill over 100 in Uttar Pradesh

Kundan Pandey 18 May 2026
A farmer weeds her barley field in Naddi village in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Climate change and tourism are reshaping farming in the Himalayas

Rozita Singh 14 May 2026
Food delivery personnel take rest under the shade of a tree as they await their next order in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Workers groups are pushing for legal protections against deadly heat

Simrin Sirur 13 May 2026

Could wildfires in Canada have affected India’s monsoon? New research suggests it’s possible

Simrin Sirur 1 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
Solar panels installed on the roof of a healthcare facility in Meghalaya. Image by Pratik Chakraborty.

Solar energy supports healthcare in outage-prone hilly districts

Jyoti Thakur, Pratik Chakarborty 31 Mar 2026
Rescuers search through mud and debris for a third day after landslides set off by torrential rains in Wayanad district, Kerala in August 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

How banks continue to ignore climate disaster-induced debt [Commentary]

Amitanshu Verma 31 Mar 2026
Trilokinath glacier valley in Lahaul. Image courtesy of Pushpendra Pandey.

The driest spring in four centuries in the Western Himalayas

Vandana K. 16 Mar 2026
Heavy rains in Kochi, Kerala. Representative image. (AP Photo/ R S Iyer)

Pre-monsoon storms intensify with thunder and flash floods

Max Martin 24 Feb 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 bolt of lighting strikes over in Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Air pollution can both fuel and suppress lightning in India, study finds

Manish Chandra Mishra 12 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
Baiju P.S., a retired drawing teacher from Puthenvelikkara, reads rainfall data on the rain gauge installed in his home. He began measuring rainfall in May 2019. Image by Abraham Evangenile Joseph.

Community rain monitoring helps disaster preparedness

Arathi M.R. 20 Jan 2026
A woman carries water collected from a public tap during the summer on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

Climate action cooled as heat surged in 2025 [Editor’s Review]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 25 Dec 2025

When the body can’t cool: How heat magnifies disability

Aishwarya Tripathi 16 Dec 2025
Water being pumped out of a flooded road in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Representative image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

New UNEP report flags that adaptation ambitions don’t have the climate finance to support them

Manish Chandra Mishra 31 Oct 2025
A man pushing his motorbike in a flood in West Bengal.

Early investments in climate resilience could save India billions in disaster management

Simrin Sirur 16 Oct 2025
A data server room in Switzerland. Representative image by Florian Hirzinger via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data centres face physical climate risks, report warns

Priyanka Shankar 28 Jul 2025