Tag: Climate change

Buckwheat, once grown mostly in marginal soil in the Indian Himalayas, is now regaining attention for its nutritional properties and its ability to grow in harsh mountain conditions where other crops fail. Apart from being a dependable food source, the crop’s abundant flowers support beekeeping, leading to the production ...

Much of India – including parts of south India – has been experiencing unusually cold weather in the new year, more notable compared to the typical January pattern. Experts attribute these conditions to local, regional and remote – from the Arctic to the Pacific – influences and climate change ...

The Doomsday Clock acts as a symbolic indicator of how close scientists believe humanity is to a catastrophic global disaster (Image: Getty Images/Stocktrek Images)Following the Doomsday Clock being set closer to midnight than ever before in its history on 26th January, the panel of experts behind the predictions outlined ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is preparing to unveil the 2026 setting of the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measure of how close humanity is to global catastrophe, with the announcement scheduled for January 27.The new time will be revealed during a live, in-person news conference at 10:00 a.m. ...

There is also a long-term problem that is often overlooked. Sediments trapped behind dams are not permanently “lost” to the river system. Over time, rivers naturally redistribute this material downstream, rebuilding floodplains and reinforcing banks. The idea of “maximum utilisation” of water sounds efficient, but it reflects a narrow ...

New Delhi:2025 was India’s eighth warmest yearIndia recorded its eighth warmest year in 2025 despite a relatively mild summer and robust monsoon, while January 2026 is expected to bring cooler days across most of the country with relief from severe cold waves in the northwest, the India Meteorological Department ...

As Asia counts the cost of one of the world’s most expensive years for weather disasters, aid groups and scientists are warning that poorer countries face even greater risks ahead unless global emissions are cut and spending shifts from disaster response to prevention.Asia accounted for four of the world’s ...

At the Islamabad Conclave earlier this month, Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, urged a rethink of how South Asia approaches security, trade, climate and connectivity. He called for practical cooperation, disaster response mechanisms and economic integration rather than allowing old rivalries to dictate every interaction.This ...

On a cold January morning in the high-altitude region of Spiti in the Indian Himalayas, a team of researchers set out to study the disappearing snow in the mountains. Along the trail, they stopped to talk with yak herders who had spent their lives watching the snow come and ...

Sitting in his now ruined fields, Gurpreet Singh recalls how his five-year-old daughter searched for cheap toys at a Diwali fair in October, knowing her father could not afford much this festival season. “When I tried to buy her a toy from the festival fair, she refused. She knew ...