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Amitabh Sinha is Deputy Editor at The Indian Express. He writes on Environment, Climate Change, Water, Science and Technology, Space and Nuclear affairs, and related stuff. He has worked with PTI, Reuters, and BBC before joining The Indian Express in 2007. Amitabh has a PG Diploma in Journalism from IIMC, New Delhi, and a Masters in Public Administration from National University of Singapore.
June 16, 2026 22:02 IST
Ozone concentrations of about 30 parts per billion (ppb) at the ground level is usually considered safe.
Tue, Jun 16, 2026June 16, 2026 10:15 IST
The increased levels of ozone caused by heatwaves persists for about three to four days on an average after the end of the heatwave, the study said based on their analysis of data over the last 21 years.
Tue, Jun 16, 2026June 11, 2026 05:21 IST
The latest IGCC study said average global temperatures in 2025 were about 1.39 degree Celsius higher than the average of 1850-1900 baseline.
Thu, Jun 11, 2026June 07, 2026 06:18 IST
It was only in 1988 that IMD restarted all-India forecasts and reintroduced the quantitative element into its predictions.
Sun, Jun 07, 2026June 06, 2026 11:47 IST
Incentivising households and farmers to generate electricity locally is a crucial step for India's clean energy transition. But high upfront costs and cheap grid power have slowed the adoption of decentralised solar.
Tue, Jun 09, 2026May 29, 2026 10:26 IST
The IMD puts out rainfall forecast for the June-September monsoon season in the middle of April every year, and then updates it towards the end of May.
Sat, May 30, 2026May 29, 2026 07:00 IST
El Niño, the unusual warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, could be among the strongest ever this year. It could reduce India's monsoon rainfall and increase temperatures.
Fri, May 29, 2026May 24, 2026 18:32 IST
Scientists around the world had tried different combinations but a truly carbon-free molecule with a similar structure and stability could not be synthesized.
Tue, May 26, 2026May 20, 2026 06:30 IST
Rising night temperatures in India are worsening indoor heat exposure, increasing health risks for people living in poorly ventilated low-income housing.
Sat, May 23, 2026May 16, 2026 06:00 IST
Thunderstorms frequently occur in the pre-monsoon months in north India, but the scale of devastation in Uttar Pradesh was much larger than in recent years. Here is why.
Mon, May 18, 2026May 08, 2026 17:36 IST
India has reiterated its position that the Treaty would continue to be held in abeyance till Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism”. Pakistan’s efforts to internationalise the issue have complicated matters.
Sun, May 17, 2026May 03, 2026 14:19 IST
The optical images ensure clarity and intuitiveness, while radar images, through a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), brings all-weather reliability. For this reason, the company is describing its innovation as Opto-SAR technology.
Mon, May 04, 2026April 29, 2026 06:06 IST
With rainfall expected to be a little subdued, particularly during the second half of the monsoon season, India could be facing prolonged periods of intense heat this year. We explain.
Sun, May 03, 2026April 27, 2026 11:43 IST
Researchers from University of Delhi, South Campus, and Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, have found that loss or damage to a gene called CDKN1B could be one of the reasons why standard drugs used to treat what is known as hormone receptor–positive (HR+) breast cancer do not work effectively in some patients.
Tue, Apr 28, 2026April 26, 2026 14:26 IST
Since 2013, India has seen at least one major rainfall-related disaster every year. Several studies have linked this increasing trend to climate change. Other weather events, like drought or heatwaves, have shown a similar trend.
Mon, Apr 27, 2026April 21, 2026 12:41 IST
India clean energy growth in 2025 led to a rare global decline in fossil fuel electricity, driven by record solar, wind and hydro additions.
Wed, Apr 22, 2026April 17, 2026 07:00 IST
India has been slowly becoming more resilient to annual ups and downs in monsoon. Improvements in IMD’s own forecasts have helped as well.
Sat, Apr 18, 2026April 16, 2026 07:00 IST
MPs are gathering today to decide on Bills pertaining to delimitation. Their passage will pave the way for implementing women’s reservation.
Thu, Apr 16, 2026April 14, 2026 21:06 IST
The Bills could alter the nature of future exercises to redraw constituencies, proposing to end the Constitutional framework for delimitation after every decadal Census.
Wed, Apr 15, 2026April 13, 2026 16:42 IST
To develop after June, El Niño to cast shadow southwest monsoon rainfall.
Tue, Apr 14, 2026April 11, 2026 05:47 IST
The Artemis II mission's historic journey has set the stage for not only a Moon landing mission in 2028 but the larger goal of building a permanent human base there.
Sat, Apr 11, 2026April 09, 2026 10:01 IST
India has not spelt out the reasons for its change of mind, but the predicament it faced is not difficult to comprehend. In the last few years, India has been taking unusually strong positions on climate related matters
Thu, Apr 09, 2026April 08, 2026 20:37 IST
COP, or Conference of Parties, is the annual meeting of the signatories to the 1994 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Thu, Apr 09, 2026April 02, 2026 06:35 IST
Four astronauts set off aboard a NASA spacecraft this morning on a journey that will take them farther from Earth than any human has travelled since the Apollo program more than five decades ago.
Thu, Apr 02, 2026April 01, 2026 06:39 IST
This will be the first time humans will get to the Moon’s neighbourhood after the last Apollo mission in 1972
Thu, Apr 02, 2026
