PARIS: The next time your throat is as dry as a bone and the Sun is beating down, take a glass of clean, cool water.

OSLO: Vast glaciers in West Antarctica seem to be locked in an irreversible thaw linked to global warming that may push up sea levels for centuries, scientists said on Monday.

Change in Southern Ocean winds helps explain why Antarctica is bucking the global warming trend

Weather experts have said there is a “strong possibility” of the emergence of ‘El Nino,’ impacting this year’s monsoon in India.

In admission of a severe drinking water crisis, the Karnataka government on Thursday declared 28 of 30 districts and 125 of 176 taluks drought-hit.

Chief minister Siddaramaiah explained to reporters here that the announcement of drought was preceded by a three-phase assessment conducted in October, December and February. On the action front, the government will take urgent steps to resolve the water crisis, ensure cattle fodder, and jobs for the people.

Rain deficiency could also impact food inflation, affect lakhs of jobs, says industry body

About five per cent deficit rains due to possible El Niño factor could have a bearing on economic growth by 1.75 per cent in the 2014-15 financial year, affecting hundred of thousands of unskilled jobs, an Assocham report said.

Study predicted farmers of Bagerhat, Dinajpur, Maulvibazar, Panchagarh, Rangpur, Sirajganj and Thakurgaon would face a 30% loss in the production of Aman by 2030

Almost 1.2 million people are facing a shortage of drinking water due to a severe drought that has hit southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said Wednesday.

The White House called on Tuesday for urgent action to combat climate change, as it released a study on the impact of global warming across the United States and key sectors of the US economy.

Barack Obama has signed up for eight interviews with TV meteorologists on Tuesday to defend a landmark report against those who deny climate change.