For the first time since scientists began tracking carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere, the monthly global average concentration of this greenhouse gas surpassed 400 parts per million in March

Government today said there is a 70 per cent chance of weak El Nino this year and the condition will persist during the 2015 monsoon season.

Next winter in Europe could be colder and drier than the previous two mild winters, which drove down gas and power consumption, the chief meteorologist at Thomson Reuters Point Carbon said.

Roughly a year ago, scientists poring over temperature readings of the Pacific from satellites and a depleted array of ocean buoys were so sure an El Nino was on the way, the debate was mostly how

The IMF working paper has tried to dispel some fears associated with the weather phenomenon

When does an El Nino (warming of the east and equatorial Pacific) create widespread rain deficit over India during the monsoon?

China will ban unofficial weather forecasts starting Friday, as citizens criticised the government for further encroaching on a seemingly harmless hobby.

Pre-monsoon rains have produced what looks like an unmatched record this season, delivering excess or normal rainfall for the entire country as at April-end.

A clear picture is likely to emerge only towards the end of June

Total area impacted across India pegged at 18.9 mn hectares