Extreme April temps above 40°C across Asia were made hotter and more likely by human-caused climate change 🌡️ Our study highlights how intensifying heatwaves are making life much tougher for people living in poverty in Asia and the 1.7 million displaced Palestinians in Gaza. 🧵

Chance of heatwaves in India rising with climate change nature.com/articles/d4158…

I have an oped in the The New York Times about the renewable energy transition. Gift link: nytimes.com/2024/06/01/opi…

Extraordinary heat in CHINA with over 45C in the North and minimums around 30C. Next days it will be much hotter with hundreds of thousands of square km >40C in the Northern Provinces. Records have been falling by thousands in China every single month.

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Reviewing her new book, I agree with Solomon, the climate crisis is solvable. But her example "solution", waiting for the same industries to find substitutes to make even more money without the slightest change in the status quo, is not how. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Please join me pleased in the next seminar of the UCAR Africa Initiative Seminar Series, which will be given by me on Monday, July 22nd, 9.30-10.30 am MST (3.30 PM UTC) and hosted virtually. Webcast: operations.ucar.edu/live-africa-in…

Congratulations to newly minted PhD Dr. Arulalan Thanigachalam (Arulalan in the middle) jointly supervised by yours truly and Ashis Mitra. Thanks to external examiners Dr. Krishnan, Director of IITM Pune and @MichaelFWehner for your comments!

The landslide-triggering rainfall in Wayanad was made 10% heavier by human-induced climate change. IITB participated in the World Weather Attribution study led by Mariam Zachariah Dr Friederike Otto Clair Barnes with colleagues of IITD Krishna AchutaRao Dr. Manabendra Saharia and others.

Our new World Weather Attribution study finds that the extreme rainfall triggering #WayanadLandslide made 10% heavier by climate change (worldweatherattribution.org/landslide-trig…). Maja Vahlberg Dr Friederike Otto Dr. Arulalan Thanigachalam Chaithra Clair Barnes Arpita Mondal Krishna AchutaRao Dr. Manabendra Saharia

The landslides that killed hundreds of people in Wayanad, northern Kerala were triggered by a burst of rainfall that was made about 10% heavier by climate change 📈🌧️ Until fossil fuels are replaced with renewable energy, downpours will increase, risking more landslides. 🧵

#RashtriyaVigyanPuraskar2024 The Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, presented the prestigious #VigyanShri Award to Prof. Bhim Singh (SERB National Science Chair and Emeritus Professor at #IITDelhi) in Engineering Sciences on August 22, 2024.

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Well said Shahzad Gani 🍉. Not short cut solutions. Cloud seeding is a big gimmick. You wrote well what is right on this issue. I am sure, you may gain a few enemies in the scientific fraternity. Be bold & speak only truth. We have responsibility to the society. I admire you.

Preliminary rainfall estimates from NOAA's MRMS puts about half a million folks in Florida (850 square miles) in a 1-100 year Flood event from #Milton. Some areas even experienced a 1-200 year event. #FLwx NWS Tampa Bay NWS Melbourne NWS Miami #StateOfTheFlood

RIP #RatanTata: homage from an environmentalist. I mourn his passing and the loss of time when business leaders stood for public good and tolerance of dissent as ideas that we did not know existed downtoearth.org.in/environment/ra…

Tropical Hour Talk at Reading Meteorology. You can scan the QR code to view the joining link and abstract. BST: British Standard Time, WAT: West African Standard Time, IST: Indian Standard Time. NiMet NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research World Meteorological Organization IPCC Krishna AchutaRao

This is saddening to hear. A giant of climate modelling.

#India makes history at #COP29Baku, rejects #NCQG decision, speaks up for #GlobalSouth hindustantimes.com/environment/in… For News on the go, Download HT app. Click htiphoneenglish.page.link/download

Vol. No. 176, Page No. 64" under the Prof. D. V. Bhaskar Rao Award (IMS Biennial Award for 2022-2023) from the Indian Meteorological Society (IMS), during Tropmet 2024, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, on 10 Dec 2024. Thank you sir for your guidance & support Krishna AchutaRao 🙏🏾