Climate Change Reader for Universities
Climate change is dictating the fate of our planet. Record temperatures, melting ice sheets and glaciers, sea level rise, emergence of new diseases and the increasing frequency
On the current situation on air quality in NCR and actions taken and foreseen
New Delhi, October 31, 2018 Read more>>
An 8-million-year-old mysterious date with monsoon
Weather scientists, writers, historians and academicians explore India's most intimate yet least understood climate phenomenon Have you ever been intrigued by the monsoon, a weather phenomenon that has an impact on our food, health, life and livelihood. Or how it is changing over time and what will be the ramifications? For answers to such questions and more, download your copy of the monsoon book. !
Stop the killing fields
This is our season of despair. This year, it would seem, the gods have been most unkind to Indian farmers. Early in the year came the weird weather events, like hailstorms and freak and untimely rains that destroyed standing crops. Nobody knew what was happening. After all, each year we witness a natural weather phenomenon called the Western Disturbance, winds that emanate from the Mediterranean and travel eastward towards India. What was new this year was the sheer “freakiness” of these disturbances, which brought extreme rain with unusual frequency and intensity.