Climate change is causing marine ‘coldwaves’ too, killing wildlife
The effects of ocean warming are profound and well-documented. But sometimes changes in the patterns...
weather science
Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV
Over the last 25 years, the ozone hole which forming over Antarctica each spring has started to shri...
Africa dramatically dried out 5,500 years ago
Around five and half millenia ago, northern Africa went through a dramatic transformation. The Sahar...
Iceland's 'Mammoth' raises potential for carbon capture
With Mammoth's 72 industrial fans, Swiss start-up Climeworks intends to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 fr...
Easy like Sunday morning: On temperatures!
1. On May 19 in 1743, physicist Jean-Pierre Christin developed a scale which became the most common ...
The Science Quiz | The solar cycle
Questions: 1. A powerful solar storm on the Sun a week ago produced beautiful aurorae over many part...
Cities warming due to combined effect of urbanisation, climate change
Recently, for two consecutive days, Delhi reported daytime temperature above 50 degree C, the highes...
Tonga volcano could cause unusual weather for rest of decade: study
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (Hunga Tonga for short) erupted on January 15, 2022, in the Pacific Kingdo...
Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit
With just five months to go before this year's U.N. climate summit, countries cannot agree on the si...
India's 'heat trap' cities make summers worse, says government official
Indian cities have become "heat traps" due to their unbalanced growth devouring water bodies and inc...
Australia’s enigmatic pink sand was born in Antarctic mountains: new research
In parts of South Australia, long stretches of beach are often blanketed in large patches of pink sa...
Incessant rainfall has wreaked havoc in India’s southeast, leaving at least 17 dead in Andhra Prades...
You’re likely to have heard about the butterfly effect and just as likely to have heard the example ...
Could global warming impede weather and climate forecasting?
With the record warming of 2023-2024, we are getting a clearer picture of what global warming does. ...
