In this series of explainers, we answer some of the most fundamental questions about climate change, the science behind it, and its impact. In the seventh instalment, we answer the question: 'How does climate change impact extreme weather events?'

This is the first time that air quality in Indian cities has been linked to a La Nina event — and indirectly to climate change, which is making El Nino and La Nina more severe.

Parts of India are witnessing unprecedented high maximum temperatures. But what makes heatwaves truly deadly are warmer nights and high humidity

A new "gene revolution" is being heralded as a cure-all for a growing global appetite and a climate-hit food system.

Extreme weather events are causing ever greater destruction, forcing insurers to increase their premiums where they can.

The Indian Men's cricket team remains stranded in Barbados following the T20 World Cup win due to Hurricane Beryl, currently surging through the Windward Islands.

A total 723 animals, including 30 hippopotamuses, 60 buffaloes, 50 impalas, 100 blue wildebeest, 300 zebras, 83 elephants, and 100 elands, a type of antelope, are on the kill list

Since the beginning of this year, fires have ravaged the Amazon rainforest, engulfing parts of Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, and others. Millions of acres of forest are currently burning across South America

Climate change is causing glaciers to melt at an unprecedented rate. Among other things, this has led to age-old natural boundaries having to be redrawn.

In suing ExxonMobil, California has highlighted the connection between fossil fuel companies and plastic waste.

Arctic sea ice has been shrinking for decades, but what happens if the Arctic becomes ice-free?

The report, the first of its kind looking at the interconnections between these multiple crises, has been produced by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a global group of scientific experts

Global climate models do not very well reflect the changes happening over India. Same is true for the global assessments of the impacts of climate change. As such, India's own weather and climate agencies will become crucial.

A bow echo is a radar signature of a high wind-driven storm front which forms due to strong winds pushing the centre of the storm line forward, indicating intense straight-line winds.

After the Paris Agreement came into effect in 2016, it was understood that the 1997 Kyoto Protocol had lost its legal relevance. However, the ICJ has now said that the treaty remains valid, and countries have to comply with its provisions