I consider myself pretty conversant in metric units. I know that 20 kilograms is 44 pounds (double it and add 10%) and that five kilometers is a little over three miles (I’ve, uh, run a lot of 5Ks).

Two years later, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was established to stabilize the amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere at a level that would “prevent dangerous ...

In sharp contrast, Teknaf in Cox's Bazar recorded the country's highest temperature yesterday at 27.0 degrees Celsius, underscoring the wide variation between the northern and southern regions.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5℃ has opened a window to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but carbon ...

The planet could see 2 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade. Earth may have already passed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming and could be soon heading for 2 degrees of warming, researchers ...

Delhi is set to witness colder days ahead as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded a minimum temperature of 5.8 ...

A biting chill swept through the national capital on Thursday morning, as Delhi woke up to its lowest minimum temperature ...

Coldwave conditions gripped Jharkhand on Tuesday, with Gumla recording 2.4 degrees Celsius, the IMD said. The mercury dipped ...

It's a hopeful sign. Pfizer announced that its Covid-19 vaccine could be 90 percent effective. That could really help us get past this darned pandemic. But there's a catch. The vaccine is based on ...

We are getting measurably closer to temporarily reaching the lower target of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. "For as long as we continue to emit greenhouse gases, temperatures will continue to ...

Kolkata on Tuesday recorded its coldest January day as the mercury plunged to 10.2 degrees Celsius, the IMD said, forecasting that the chill is set to intensify across southern West Bengal over the ...