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Rainfall in Kerala. The convergence of neutral ENSO conditions, active internal dynamics, and warming seas points to a monsoon that may be wetter but potentially more volatile. Image by Paul Varuni via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

As a wetter monsoon looms, scientists watch the climate chessboard; farmers measure rainfall

Max Martin 8 May 2025
Traditional fishers on small craft prefer to finish work early before the sun gets too harsh. A crew lands their fibreglass boat at Thumba village on the city's fringes. Image by Max Martin.

Kerala’s early heat surge signals climate shift

Max Martin 25 Feb 2025

[Interview] Climate scientist M.N. Rajeevan’s dream book explains rainstorms, longer monsoon seasons, highlights forecast challenges

Max Martin 7 Jan 2025
Scientists place a portable climate observatory, across an open-water lead in the Arctic in December 2020. Image by Lianna Nixon-Alfred-Wegener Institut via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

[Commentary] The risk of a potential circulation change in the Atlantic adds to climate worries

C.P. Rajendran 21 Nov 2024

Changing rainfall patterns impact agriculture in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

Sneha Mahale 16 Oct 2024

The climate drivers behind southwest India’s intensifying heat waves

Max Martin 3 Sep 2024

[Commentary] Why the Wayanad landslide must not fade from memory

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 20 Aug 2024

Deficient monsoon rainfall hits paddy farmers in parts of north India

Nidhi Jamwal 16 Aug 2024

[Commentary] On the trail of the Wayanad landslide

C.P. Rajendran 9 Aug 2024

Lesson from Wayanad: State needs disaster mitigation rather than a disaster management strategy

Saritha S. Balan 2 Aug 2024

Climate models could be underestimating the impacts of future rainfall in India

Simrin Sirur 4 Jul 2024

Extreme heat and erratic rain affect flower production and livelihood of vendors

Dimple Behal 26 Jun 2024

Extreme rainfall events quadrupled in Meghalaya due to climate change, says study

Simrin Sirur 20 Mar 2024

Farmers swap pulses for paddy after damage by unpredictable rains and cattle grazing

Aishwarya Tripathi 26 Jan 2024

Prolonged dry weather impacts J&K’s key sectors, forests, glaciers and water bodies

Mudassir Kuloo 22 Jan 2024

Why south Tamil Nadu received record-breaking rain during the northeast monsoon

Laasya Shekhar 10 Jan 2024
A truck trying to cross the river in Himachal Pradesh.

Monsoon left widespread destruction and uneasy questions in Himachal

Vivek Gupta 26 Sep 2023

[Explainer] Why are intense storms and erratic rainfall events becoming more frequent?

Max Martin 20 Sep 2023

[Interview] Ocean processes influence monsoon, but it’s not always climate change, says M.N. Rajeevan

Max Martin 8 Aug 2023
Image shows a cloudy sky at sunset in West Bengal, India

Isotopic technique to record rainfall data can boost monsoon prediction

Archita Bhatta 9 Nov 2022