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Women walk in forests in Orchha, Chhattisgarh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Decades of warming and shifting rains are reshaping India’s central forests

Simrin Sirur 13 Mar 2026
A road in Leh. Empty hotels and closed businesses are proof that Ladakh’s tourism boom is dwindling. Terrorist attacks in 2025, record rainfall and local violence severely impacted tourism in the region, leading to a sharp decline in revenue for hotel and taxi businesses. Image by Shailesh Srivastava/Mongabay.

A series of disruptions hit tourism in this high altitude desert

Shailesh Shrivastava 6 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 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
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

What is non-economic loss and damage? [Explainer]

Priyanka Shankar 20 Oct 2025
A farmer shows his soybean crops damaged by the heavy rains. About 1.75 million (17.5 lakh) hectares of farmland across Sambhajinagar, Jalna, Beed, Latur, Parbhani, Dharashiv and Hingoli districts, has been damaged, according to the government data. Image by Yash Pawar.

Intense rains inundate farms in region known for droughts

Suraj Patke 2 Oct 2025

Intense rainfall spotlights the fault in Kolkata’s aging, clogged drainage systems

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 30 Sep 2025
A man rows past a bus partly submerged in flood water in Rishikesh in June 2013. Extreme rain during the monsoon led to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides during this time in the Western Himalayas. (AP Photo)

What are cloudbursts? Why do they occur and how can cloudburst risks be reduced? [Explainer]

Max Martin 27 Aug 2025
An aerial view of Tabo village in Spiti, with the monastery visible on the right. Image by Manish Pathak via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Safeguarding vulnerable heritage sites from extreme and erratic weather

Manu Moudgil 31 Jul 2025

How shifting weather patterns threaten a sweet legacy

Rushikesh More, Apsara Aga 18 Mar 2025

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

Max Martin 7 Jan 2025

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

Aishwarya Tripathi 26 Jan 2024