Part one of CarbonCopy’s two-part series on India’s forecasting challenge explores how the IMD is grappling with climate-fueled extremes, the gaps in early warnings, and what it will take to strengthen the country’s defense against intensifying disasters. In the mist-clad valleys of the Himalayas, where villages cling to fragile slopes and rivers roar with monsoon fury, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is grappling with one of its greatest challenges: predicting the

The colour of the car is also crucial and can directly change how city surfaces hold on to heat, the study says. A new study revealed that parked cars play a much larger role in intensifying the urban heat island (UHI) effect, the phenomenon describing warmer temperatures in urban landscapes compared to surrounding rural areas. The report by the City and Environment Interactions showed that thermal and radiative properties of cars, especially when they are stationary, alter

Even with appropriate funding, land-related pledges by 2030 will have to compete with alternative land development programmes. A new study revealed that 25% of emissions reductions pledged by countries rely on land based carbon-based mitigation and these reductions are in jeopardy. The research published in Nature stated that developing countries such as DRC, Indonesia, and Ethiopia’s ability to meet the land-based commitments in their climate plans-Nationally Determined Con

Study across 68 countries finds stronger policy backing when people associate climate events with climate change, with support highest in North America and Europe A new report found that most people are more likely to support climate policies if they see a connection between extreme weather and climate change. The report, titled “Extreme weather event attribution: climate policy support across the world” by Nature, collected data from 68 countries and surveyed over 71,000 peo

The southwest monsoon hit Mumbai on Monday – the earliest onset ever recorded for the city, reported TOI adding that “the previous record was May 29, recorded in 1956, 1962, and 1971 (records date back to 1950).”  The newspaper noted that “the island city” broke a 100-year-old record for rainfall received in May, which has now touched 295mm. IMD’s Colaba observatory, which broke the all-time rainfall record for May, logging 439 mm so far, surpassed the previous record of 279

Southwest Monsoon entered a week ahead of its scheduled time of arrival (May 21) over parts of the Andaman Sea, southern Bay of Bengal and the Andaman and Nicobar Island, IMD said. The weather department recorded widespread moderate to heavy rainfall in a few places over the Nicobar Islands, with westerly winds increasing in intensity in the past two days over southern Bay of Bengal, Nicobar Islands and Andaman Sea, reported HT. “There is a cyclonic circulation over southeas