The United Kingdom is experiencing an unusually warm spring. Such transboundary heatwaves are missing from the general scientific and popular understanding of the weather phenomenon, writes Akshit Sangomla downtoearth.org.in/natural-disast…

Monsoons have a ‘memory’ — it's not just sunlight but stored atmospheric moisture that triggers their start and end. Disrupting this rhythm could have serious climate consequences, says new study 🖋️ Akshit Sangomla #Monsoon #ClimateScience #WeatherPatterns downtoearth.org.in/climate-change…

A 🆕 PIK paper finds that #monsoon systems around the world – including India’s southwest monsoon, which delivers over 70 per cent of the country’s annual rainfall – possess physical memories in the form of stored water vapour. 👇

The Southwest Monsoon may likely advance into the South Andaman Sea, Nicobar Islands and some parts of southeast Bay of Bengal by May 13, 2025, according to the latest update from the India Meteorological Department on May 11 🖊️ Akshit Sangomla downtoearth.org.in/climate-change…

The year 2024 was the warmest or second-warmest year on record for Africa along with devastating floods, droughts and marine heat waves, according to World Meteorological Organization 's State of Climate in Africa 2024 report, released on May 12, 2025 🖊️ Akshit Sangomla downtoearth.org.in/africa/2024-wa…

2024 warmest or second-warmest year on record for Africa along with devastating floods, droughts and marine heat waves: World Meteorological Organization writes Akshit Sangomla for Down To Earth downtoearth.org.in/africa/2024-wa…

Why was Delhi-NCR enveloped in dust last night? Pressure gradient over northwest India to blame, writes Akshit Sangomla Read: downtoearth.org.in/environment/wh… #Dust #Delhi #Gurgaon #Rajasthan #AQI #Pollution

The Southwest Monsoon season is ready to make an early and strong onset over Kerala one week in advance, but its future progress remains uncertain 🖊️ Akshit Sangomla downtoearth.org.in/climate-change…

Urban Heatscapes | Episode 1 is out now! Down To Earth's Shreya K A, Prabhat Kumar and and CSE's Gargi Dwivedi travelled to Chennai to understand how the city and its citizens are battling the deadly heat+ humidity. In the first episode, Down To Earth takes a closer look

The Southwest Monsoon (SWM) has made rapid initial progress and reached as far north as Mumbai in Maharashtra, southern Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and almost the entirety of Northeast India after its onset on May 24 ✍️ Akshit Sangomla downtoearth.org.in/climate-change…

The city of Latur and many other areas in the usually dry Marathawada region of Maharashtra are suffering from floods and flash floods. An analysis of the situation by Akshit Sangomla downtoearth.org.in/climate-change…

How India moves: Delhi’s ring railway revival an uphill task downtoearth.org.in/air/how-india-… Akshit Sangomla reports; 📷 Danishmand khan #HowIndiaMoves #Delhi #RingRailway

Delhi’s Ring Railway network, with 21 stations, ferried passengers in a circular route starting and ending at the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station since the late 1970’s, until the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown in early 2020. The network’s revival could decrease the

The southwest monsoon is well on its way for an early onset throughout India, with the second half of June experiencing more intense rainfall than the first half leading to floods and flood-like situations in some areas. 🖊️ Akshit Sangomla downtoearth.org.in/climate-change…

🌍 33 Years of Down To Earth | To mark this incredible journey, we're flipping through the pages of history and spotlighting some of our most iconic cover stories from Down To Earth. 🗞️ Today’s pick: The May 1992 edition on the #RioSummit — capturing the tensions, debates,

Monsoon quandary ☔️: Excess rain in Rajasthan, dry conditions in Meghalaya Akshit Sangomla explores the factors driving the anomalies: downtoearth.org.in/climate-change… #Monsoon #Rajasthan #Meghalaya #Rainfall

India has witnessed 325 major flood events between 1950 and 2024 — affecting 923 million people, displacing 19 million, and claiming over 81,000 lives. Orange-red shades in this map indicate regions where intense rain has surged. Ref: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Banning problematic plastics may save the world up to $8 trillion by 2040. Projected savings include reduced plastic waste management costs, lower emissions and fewer social and environmental impacts 🖋️ Akshit Sangomla downtoearth.org.in/waste/banning-…

Once-in-a-billion event: Intense marine heatwave in Mediterranean shocks with 8°C warming downtoearth.org.in/climate-change… 🖊️ Akshit Sangomla #MarineHeatwave #MediterraneanSea #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Moisture #Rainfall #Ecology

$8 trillion. That’s how much the world could save by 2040, just by banning problematic plastics. According to a new study. Writes Akshit Sangomla for Down To Earth. #PlanetOverPlastic downtoearth.org.in/waste/banning-…