Temperatures will rise, farm production will be hit

Ready with its action plan on climate change, the authorities concerned have projected an increase in the annual mean maximum temperature of the state by 1.0 to 1.8 degree Celsius from 2021-2050, adversely affecting agriculture production. Already, discussions have begun on the draft action plan prepared by the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology under the guidance of a steering committee headed by the Chief Secretary. “We are in the process of fine-tuning various aspects of the report,” said Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary, Science and Technology.

The government has approved four major donor-funded projects worth US$ 134 million in the agriculture sector that aims to boost livestock and food production, address climate change and environment

The death toll from floods, earth slips, lightning activity and other mishaps in the wake of torrential rains countrywide rose to 52, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) sources said yesterday.

The high-level committee for central assistance to states affected by natural calamities has approved Rs 778 crore for Maharashtra, to combat drought in a number of districts. Meeting in Delhi on Thursday under the chairmanship of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, it also approved Rs 526 crore in drought aid to Karnataka.

The Congress-NCP government here is struggling to tackle drought conditions in 145 of the state’s 353 talukas. Scarcity has been announced in 6,250 villages due to low rainfall. The government has launched multiple programmes, such as animal camps, drinking water supply through tankers and works under the state’s Employment Guarantee Scheme. It has also asked neighbouring Karnataka to release some water for relief to border districts.

Britain in 2012 experienced its second wettest year since records began in 1910 and extreme rainfall has become more frequent, the UK's Met Office said on Thursday.

Almost 14,000 people were forced to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres due to floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia.

A growing body of scientific evidence ranks Mexico and its southern neighbors near the top of the list of countries most vulnerable to global warming, and advances in micro-forecasting foresee a gr

Kerala has been officially declared a drought-affected area after successive monsoon failures during the current water year.