GLOBAL TEMPERATURES

Scientists, including Johann Klages, discovered an ancient 1,000-mile river system beneath Antarctica from 40 million years ago. This finding, linked to Eocene epoch climate changes, provides insights into contemporary climate impacts and highlights...

At the 2015 UN climate talks in Paris, world leaders committed to limiting the global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial period to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. However, a permanent breach of the 1....

People in India exposed to extreme levels of humid heat during monsoons increased by at least 67 crore over the period 1951-2020, a research has found. Researchers investigated trends in hot and humid conditions or 'moist heat extremes', commonly se...

An analysis by Climate Central revealed that nearly five billion people globally, including 619 million in India, faced extreme heat due to climate change over nine days in June. The report highlighted impacts in several countries, with experts warn...

Climate change is driving dangerous heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere, with global emissions continuing to rise since 1995.

Climate change is driving dangerous heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere, with Christiana Figueres highlighting the global impact. Rising carbon emissions trap heat, making heat waves hotter and more frequent. The global temperature has increas...

Heat exhaustion, which can include dizziness, headaches, shaking and thirst, can affect anyone, and is not usually serious, providing the person cools down within 30 minutes.

Many countries have seen extremely hot weather lately, but in most of the inhabited world, it's never going to get "too hot for people to live here," especially in relatively dry climates.

The United Kingdom's recent heatwave alert at 26 degrees Celsius has amused many Indians, prompting a flurry of witty responses on social media. Used to enduring summer temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, Indians likened the UK's heatwave to ...

Delhi is facing an extended period of intense heat, with the IMD issuing alerts for high temperatures. The city has experienced eight consecutive days of heatwave conditions, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. Factors such as dry wester...

Even pre-election, I had an interaction with media and I said that I am very constructive on the overall financial sector, so I remain constructive. I think some of the corporate banks are also available at very reasonable valuation compared to thei...

Adrien Bilal discusses the macroeconomic impacts of global temperature rises in the Anthropocene with Srijana Mitra Das at Harvard University.

The UN's weather agency predicts an 80% chance of global temperatures surpassing the 1.5°C target in the next five years, as outlined in the Paris climate accord. The World Meteorological Organization expects temperatures from 2024 to 2028 to be 1.1...

Groundwater is projected to warm by 2-3.5 degrees Celsius before the turn of this century, potentially risking water quality and safety, apart from threatening ecosystems depending on the resource, a new research has found. The "world's first global...

El Nino, the natural weather phenomenon that contributed to 2023 being the hottest year on record, has recently subsided, paving the way for its opposing, cooling La Nina phase to begin. - La Nina - La Nina sees the eastern Pacific Ocean cool for a ...

Weather is a hot topic mainly because it is one of the few things on the planet that remains unpredictable, uncontrollable and prone to nasty surprises. Like the record high of 52.9 C recorded on Wednesday that catapulted an obscure village on Delhi...

India's labor productivity is severely impacted by heatwaves, especially for outdoor workers in agriculture, construction, and mining. Increased irrigation and air pollution control exacerbate heat stress, lowering productivity by 2-4% for every deg...

When the temperatures spiked last year, numerous weather agencies said it was the hottest month, summer and year on record. But those records only go back to 1850 at best because it's based on thermometers. Now scientists can go back to the modern w...