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[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

Rajasthan is getting wetter and it’s not good news for the desert ecology

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Oct 2022

Maharashtra’s cashew farmers hit hard by unseasonal rain, temperature and pests

Arvind Shukla 14 Jul 2022
The lack of data on the reasons behind the rapid intensification of tropical cyclones in the north Indian Ocean is a research gap that needs immediate attention, as per experts.

Understanding cyclone behaviour in a changing climate

Sahana Ghosh 11 Jul 2022

[Interview] More research about relationship between flash floods and climate change needed

Abu Siddique 7 Jul 2022
Image shows a black and white image of cyclone Bhola

[Explainer] What are tropical cyclones? How are they formed?

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Jun 2022
The vast expanse of roiling grey clouds advances from the Arabian sea and makes landfall in Kerala, around the first week of June, kickstarting the southwest monsoon season. Photo by Anoop Joy/ Flickr.

[Explainer] How does the Indian monsoon develop?

Anusha Krishnan 30 May 2022
M. Venkatarami Reddy, a farmer from village of Nerabilu gram panchayat falls in Yerravaripalem mandal of Tirupati district, at his 22-acre mango farm showing the fall in yield this year. Photo by G Ram Mohan.

Unprecedented rainfall and pesticide usage lead to low mango yields in Andhra Pradesh districts

G. Ram Mohan 24 May 2022

[Explainer] What factors affect the Indian summer monsoon?

Anusha Krishnan 29 Apr 2022