Climate Change

November 10, 2025 2:30 PM

When rivers swallow land: Bangladesh’s endless battle with erosion

On an overcast morning, Nurun Nabi loads bamboo poles and tin sheets onto a wooden boat. His home, built just a year ago on a fragile island in the Brahmaputra River, is on the verge of being swallowed by water. It is the second time the farmer and father of four has had to move in a year. "The ri...

November 9, 2025 5:39 PM

What is the COP30 climate summit, and why does it matter?

Every year, the U.N. climate conference conjures hundreds of headlines on global efforts to spare the world from climate catastrophe. This year's begins on Monday in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belem. But what exactly happens at these annual summits? Here’s what you need to know: WHAT IS A ...

November 9, 2025 2:22 PM

As COP30 gathers, what’s the latest in climate science?

With the pace of climate change speeding up, extreme weather and other impacts are taking an increasing toll on populations and environments across the globe. Here are some of the developments this year in climate science: WARMER, FASTER Global temperatures are not just climbing, they are now clim...

November 7, 2025 10:21 AM

30 years of climate talks: Progress, pitfalls and a planet in peril

As leaders gather for the U.N. climate summit in Brazil this week - three decades after the world's first annual climate conference - the data charting progress in the fight against global warming tells a sobering story. Despite years of negotiations, pledges, and summits, greenhouse gas emissions ...

November 6, 2025 4:55 PM

Sao Paulo hosts business leaders as COP30 prepares to launch in Belem

As world leaders gather in Brazil for the COP30 climate talks, the business and finance leaders they are hoping will bankroll the fight against global warming are thousands of miles away on the other side of the country – by design. Many of the executives who attended recent U.N. ...

November 6, 2025 10:14 AM

Heavy rain forecast across TN till Nov 11, schools shut in Tirupattur today

Tamil Nadu is expected to witness widespread rainfall till November 11 due to the prevailing atmospheric circulation over the state’s interior regions, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). In its latest forecast, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai said that sev...

November 3, 2025 9:32 AM

Rain forecast for Chennai; temperature spikes across TN

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has forecasted moderate rainfall over the city and its suburbs over the next two days, even as maximum temperatures in several parts of Tamil Nadu are expected to rise above normal levels. According to the RMC, the change in wind pattern -- partic...