IMD says lack of strong western disturbances behind early heat in north India, predicts rains in northeast

The Met Office has attributed the unusual increase in temperatures in most parts of north and northwest India to weak western disturbances. It said an anti-cyclone over south Gujarat led to subsidence of air and warming over the region. While the maximum temperatures in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi have…

Ice on the edge of survival: Warming is changing the Arctic

While conducting research in Greenland, ice scientist Twila Moon was struck this summer by what climate change has doomed Earth to lose and what could still be saved. The Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the planet and is on such a knife’s edge of survival that the U.N. climate negotiations…

Ice on the edge of survival: Warming is changing the Arctic

While conducting research in Greenland, ice scientist Twila Moon was struck this summer by what climate change has doomed Earth to lose and what could still be saved. The Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the planet and is on such a knife’s edge of survival that the UN climate negotiations…