As a response to mounting criticism of the IPCC, the IAC has been asked to conduct a review of the IPCC

Weather scientists from the United States and Britain expect normal monsoon rains in India this year, reinforcing the top local forecaster

A SECOND straight poor summer monsoon is unlikely, India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief said ahead of an official forecast for the rains that are crucial to the economy of the world

Pune In a bid to address improvements needed in weather and climate forecasts with the help of South Asian countries, the South Asian Climate outlook Forum (SASCOF) commenced its first meeting on Tuesday at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology here.

Noting that the decade 2000-2009 was warmest ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said that 2009 was the fifth-warmest year since climate records began in 1850.

In a report on its 60th anniversary, the UN weather agency said the nineties were warmer than the eighties.The report showed that the decade 2000-2009 was warmest ever recorded.

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Government of Finland signed an agreement on 15th December on a collaborative project to establish a regional flood information system in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region.

COPENHAGEN WAS going to be the big opportunity to sign on to a better environmental world order. Instead, the road to it has been marked with zero-visibility smog impairing collective human vision.

Copenhagen: The leaked email controversy over tweaked climate change data may be history now with the UK Met office confirming on Tuesday that the first 10 years of the 21st century

HARDEV SANOTRA

The world's weatherman tells us that this year had been the fifth warmest since 1850 and the decade has been the hottest on record.