NEW DELHI: A new study examining the country’s weather from 1971 to 2022 has revealed that southern India is drying the fastest, with the most persistent drought hotspots along the eastern coast.It also says that the northwest has emerged as India’s heat epicentre, with the strongest trends in daytime temperature, humid heat and heatwave severity.The…

A Leopardus tilcayo cat walks at the Senda Verde animal refuge in the Yungas region, Bolivia (Picture credit: Reuters) Scientists have identified a previously unknown species of wild cat in Bolivia’s cloud forests, marking the first time in more than a century that a new living cat species has been formally named and described.The cat,…

Parts of the world experience impacts of El Niño differently. The same broad climate phenomenon can contribute to drought in one region and unusually heavy rain in another. Many people expected El Niño to become a major factor later in the year, particularly as it strengthened towards the winter months.But signs of the phenomenon had…

Trump’s latest climate rollback targets carbon emissions from US power plants The Donald Trump administration is set to scrap Biden-era limits on carbon emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, marking another major rollback of US climate policy and removing restrictions that targeted a sector responsible for nearly a quarter of the country’s greenhouse gas…

Tourists look at the Mont-Blanc massif mountains and the ‘Mer de Glace’ glacier at the Montenvers station in Chamonix, France (Photo: AP). Climate change is increasingly becoming a threat to the snow-clad European Alps, amid initial investigations associating the August 26 Nepal tragedy with rising temperatures.Average temperatures in July, on the Aiguille du Midi peak,…

Pic credit: Misha Krassovski/ORNL,U.S. Dept. of Energy Swamps and peatlands play an important role in the global carbon cycle and, consequently, in the global climate. Scientists wanted to know if there was a link between climate change and carbon loss in peatland ecosystems. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory looked at…

Nepal PM Balen Shah, in the Parliament Nepal PM Balendra Shah on Wednesday described the catastrophic Bhotekoshi River flood of August 26 as a stark warning of escalating climate risks in the Himalayan region, urging the international community to share responsibility for tackling the growing impact of climate change.Addressing Parliament, Shah said experts had identified…

The launch of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was posted by @NASARoman on X. Nasa has launched its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on a mission to investigate dark matter and dark energy, study black holes and search for planets beyond our solar system. The agency expects Roman’s surveys to uncover roughly 100,000 new exoplanets.The…

This satellite image released by NOAA shows Hurricane Karina strengthening off the southern tip of Baja California on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (NOAA via AP) MIAMI: Tropical Storm Karina strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and could become a major storm this week, forecasters said. The cyclone’s center was at far…

File photo: Heatwave in India NEW DELHI: In India, 61 per cent of children, or 145 million, are exposed to at least one additional month of heat stress due to climate change every year, new global research has estimated.Findings published in the journal Science Advances show that climate change has doubled the number of children…