Research   /  Slow onset disasters The El Niño-monsoon relationship has stayed moderately strong and stable for south India, has become exceptionally stronger for north India and has considerably weakened over the central Indian region over the last century, finds the study

Adaptation   Impacts   Research   /  Slow onset disasters 138 million people are globally expected to be affected by zinc deficiency by 2030, most of them to be likely from African and South Asian countries, with nearly 48 million residing in India alone.

February 2023 has started on a warm note with temperatures settling in the higher 30s across the northwestern plain. Insignificant snow in the Western Himalayas and absolutely no rains across plains of Northwest India, temperatures have been increasing across the region. Meteorologists have been blaming the absence of Western Disturbances (WDs) for the early warming, […]

India is home to more than 8000 medicinal plants so it almost comes as no surprise that every Indian household has their own cure whenever an ailment arises. Growing up in India, falling ill often felt like tapping into a direct line to one’s ancestors. With each sneeze or sniffle, we’d be reminded of the […]

The prolonged session of the Triple Dip La Niña is likely to come to an end very soon. La Niña has already been weakening during the past few weeks. Prediction is that the La Niña is most likely to conclude with the recede of Northern Hemispheric winters. Source Credit: NOAA The occurrence of three consecutive […]

Witness   Impacts   /  Slow onset disasters Record spike in mercury shows how climate change has overwhelmed the global oceanic phenomenon of La Nina which is known for its cooling effect on global temperatures

By the year 2050, climate change is likely to force 216 million people in six major regions of the world to migrate within their own countries, a new study revealed. In a business-as-usual scenario, these hotspots are likely to emerge as early as 2030 and intensify by 2050, according to the World Bank’s updated Groundswell […]

“Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health” and “any further delay in concerted anticipatory global action on adaptation and mitigation will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all.” With these words, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group […]

Adaptation   Impacts   Research   Witness   /  Slow onset disasters Fishing communities, restaurateurs, and researchers agree on the need for alternative ways to consume seafood to limit further stress on marine life. This is the concluding part of CarbonImpacts’s 2-part series on exploring solutions for sustainable food consumption patterns.

Impacts   Adaptation   /  Extreme Weather Opinion: Extreme weather’s devastating impacts in India demand local science, policy implementation, and community involvement to address the compound crisis effectively.

Impacts   Research   /  Extreme Weather Monsoon 2023 is most likely to hit Kerala on June 4 with a model error of ± 4 days, against the normal date of June 1. It is likely to make a feeble start, under the influence of El Nino which is invariably linked with below normal Monsoon […]

Impacts   /  Extreme Weather Monsoon 2023 ended with below normal rains to the tune of 6%, courtesy the building El Nino in the Pacific Ocean. Climate change continues to impact spatial variability, which can cause more droughts or floods, posing water and food security challenges.

The ongoing La Niña  event looks likely to extend its stay through the rest of the year, and perhaps even into early 2023. According to NOAA, there is a 52% probability of the La Niña  decreasing in the Northern Hemisphere during late summer (July-September 2022) before slightly picking up again heading into fall and early […]

Impacts   /  Extreme Weather Even as the Uttarakhand govt blames the rapidly growing presence of pine for the uncontrolled forest fires in the region, the absence of fire lines, inadequate forest staff, climate-induced dry weather and inadequate rainfall also need to be acknowledged in order to find a sustainable solution to the issue, say […]