Newspaper Highlights

Increasing marine heatwaves and the monsoon – in the Newspapers
Newspaper highlights on the study, “Genesis and Trends in Marine Heatwaves Over the Tropical Indian Ocean and Their Interaction With the Indian Summer Monsoon”.

  • Times of India, Pune—IITM study finds marine heatwaves changing rainfall pattern in country, 2 Feb 2022 [article]
  • Times of India, Mumbai—Heatwaves in Indian Ocean Region may be affecting monsoon, 2 Feb 2022 [article]
  • Lokmat—सागरी उष्णतेचा काळ वाढल्याने फिरले मान्सूनचे वारे, 2 Feb 2022 [article]
  • Millenium Post—Marine heatwaves increasing, impacting Indian monsoon rainfall, 3 Feb 2022 [article]
  • Loksatta—मोसमी पाऊस, जैवविविधतेवर सागरी उष्णतेच्या लाटांचा परिणाम, 3 Feb 2022 [article]
  • Maharashtra Times—समुद्रातील उष्ण लाटांमध्ये वाढ, हिंदी महासागरातील जैवविविधतेवर परिणाम, 4 Feb 2022 [article]
  • Sakal—तापमानवाढीचा भारतीय मॉन्सूनवर परिणाम, 6 Feb 2022 [article]
  • Mathrubhumi—കടലിൽ ചൂടുയരുന്നു തെക്കേയിന്ത്യയിൽ മഴ കൂടുമെന്നു പഠനം, 6 Feb 2022 [article]
  • The Hindu—Marine heatwaves on the rise around India, 8 Feb 2022 [article]
  • Pudhari—समुद्री उष्ण लहरी वाढल्या; मान्सूनवर प्रतिकूल परिणाम, 19 Apr 2022 [article]
IPCC Sxith Assessment Report – in the Newspapers
IPCC AR6 news Business Standard editorial Roxy KollNewspaper highlights on IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

  • Times of India, Editorial—Climate must become a poll agenda, 1 Mar 2022 [article]
  • Times of India, Editorial—Grim IPCC warning, climate extremes to go up, 10 Aug 2021 [article]
  • Business Standard, Editorial—The climate emergency is real for India, 13 Aug 2021 [article]
  • Malayala Manorama, Editorial—ഭൂമിക്ക് മരണഗന്ധം, 10 Aug 2021 [article]
  • Madhyamam, Interview—കാലാവസ്ഥാമാറ്റം കേരളത്തിനും ഭീഷണി – ഡോ. റോക്സി മാത്യു കോള്‍, 11 Aug 2021 [article]
  • Mathrubhumi, Editorial—കടലിനെ കരുതണം, 6 Jun 2021 [article]
  • Maharashtra Times, Interview—हवामान बदलांबाबत जबाबदारी धोरणकर्त्यांची, 15 Aug 2021 [article]
  • Eenadu, Interview on Front Page—ముందుకొస్తున్న ముప్పు, 10 Sep 2021 [front page] [inside]
More frequent and intense cyclones in the Arabian Sea – in the Newspapers
Roxy Koll Arabian Sea cyclone hotbed news18Newspaper highlights on the study, “Changing status of tropical cyclones over the north Indian Ocean”.

  • Hindustan Times—52% rise in frequency of cyclones in the Arabian Sea over two decades, 18 Jul 2021 [article]
  • Indian Express—Warming Arabian Sea turning hotbed for intense cyclones, 18 Jul 2021 [article]
  • Time of India—Severe cyclones in the Arabian Sea up by 150%, 19 Jul 2021 [article]
  • Loksatta—अरबी समुद्रातील तीव्र चक्रीवादळांमध्ये १५० टक्के वाढ, 21 Jul 2021 [article]
  • Malayala Manorama—അറബിക്കടല്‍ ചുഴലി തട്ടകം: എണ്ണവും തീവ്രതയും കൂടി, 19 Jul 2021 [article]
  • Loksatta—अतितीव्र चक्रीवादळाने पाच राज्यांची किनारपट्टी ओलांडणे दुर्मीळ, 20 May 2021 [article]
  • Pudhari, Front Page—अरबी समुद्रात | भविष्यात वादळे येतच राहतील हवामान डॉ. कौल यांचा सल्ला, 18 May 2021 [frontpage] [inside]
Citizen science network for river and rain monitoring – in the Newspapers
Meenachil River Rain Campaign in The Hindu newsNewspaper highlights on the Meenachil river-rain campaign, a citizen science network, with which Roxy Mathew Koll is involved.

  • The Hindu—Book on rain data from budding weather folk [article]
  • Indian Express—School students do their part in disaster management [article]
  • The Hindu—Students lend a hand for running flood alert system [article]
  • Mathrubhumi—ഇവരറിയാതെ മീനച്ചിലാര്‍ നിറയില്ല [article]
  • Mathrubhumi—നാട് നന്നാക്കാൻ തോട് നന്നാക്കാനൊരുങ്ങുന്നു [article]
Warm pool expansion alters MJO and global rainfall – in the Newspapers
Hindu Business Line news on warm pool expansion and impact on MJO and global rainfall patternNewspaper highlights on the study, “Twofold expansion of the Indo-Pacific warm pool warps the MJO life cycle”, which appeared in Nature.

  • Times of India, Front Page—Indo-Pacific warm pool grows in size to distort rainfall pattern, 28 Nov 2019 [article]
  • The Telegraph, Cover Page—Indo-Pacific warm water doubles in size, 28 Nov 2019 [article]
  • Hindustan Times, Front Page—India’s rainfall pattern getting affected by global climate crisis, 28 Nov 2019 [article]
  • Business Line—Warm Indo-Pacific pool altering rainfall patterns, reveals study, 28 Nov 2019 [article]
  • Indian Express—Warming of Indo-Pacific pool could hamper winter rainfall over north India, 28 Nov 2019 [article]
  • Mint—Rapid warming in Indo-Pacific behind change in global rainfall pattern, 28 Nov 2019 [article]
  • The Hindu—Global warming alters rainfall pattern, 28 Nov 2019 [article]
  • New Indian Express—Warming oceans the cause for intense cyclones?, 28 Nov 2019 [article]
  • Sakaal Times, Front Page—Rainfall pattern changes due to ocean warming, 28 Nov 2019 [article]
  • Peninsula, Back Cover—Rainfall pattern changing across globe, 28 Nov 2019 [article]
  • Pune Mirror—Extreme global weather due to Indo-Pacific ocean warming: IITM scientists, 1 Dec 2019 [article]
  • Ei Samay reports—আগ্রাসী উষ্ণ সমুদ্রে বদলাচ্ছে বৃষ্টির ছন্দ, 29 Nov 2019 [article]
  • Malayala Manorama highlights—ഇന്ത്യൻ മഹാസമുദ്ര താപമേഖലയുടെ വിസ്തൃതി ഇരട്ടിയായി: നേച്ചർ പഠനം, 29 Nov 2019 [article]
  • Maharashtra Times reports—जगातील पावसात बदल, 30 Nov 2019 [article]
IPCC SROCC Report – in the Newspapers
IPCC Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere (SROCC) on IndiaNewspaper highlights on our IPCC Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC).

  • Times of India, Interview—Sea may not submerge all of Mumbai, but there will be long, intense flooding, 10 Nov 2019 [article]
  • Live Mint, Cover Page—That sinking feeling, 5 Oct 2019 [article]
  • Pune Mirror—Indian Ocean getting warmer, say scientists, 5 Oct 2019 [article]
  • Live Mint—Rising sea levels may sink Mumbai by 2100: IPCC report, 26 Sep 2019 [article]
  • Dainik Jagran—नई चुनौती बनकर उभर रही हैं समुद्री ग्रीष्म लहरें,28 Sep 2019 [article]Times of India news interview on Sea Level rise over Mumbai
 A threefold rise in widespread extreme rains – in the Newspapers
Newspaper highlights on the study, “A threefold rise in widespread extreme rain events over central India”, which appeared in Nature Communications.

  • The Hindu, Ground Zero article on Kerala floods—The deadly landslides of Malabar, 24 Aug 2019 [article]
  • Telangana Today, Front Page—Moisture laden winds caused recent downpour, 12 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Financial Express—Extreme rainfall events over central India has tripled since 1950: study, 6 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Hindustan Times—In 60 years, 268 extreme rainfall events, more than 69k deaths, 6 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Millenium Post—Extreme rainfall events over central India has tripled since 1950: study, 6 Oct 2017 [article]
  • The Hans India—Extreme rainfall events over central India has tripled since 1950, 6 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Navhind Times, Front Page—Goa has seen extreme rainfall events:study, 6 Oct 2017 [article]
  • The Northlines—Extreme rainfall events have killed over 69,000 across India since 1950, 6 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Telangana Today—Heavy downpours due to warming of Arabian Sea: study, 6 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Amar Ujala reports in Hindi—मध्य भारत में 1950 से अब तक भारी बारिश की घटनाओं में तीन गुना बढ़ोतरी, 6 Oct 2017
  • Mangalam reports in Malayalam—പേമാരി മൂലമുള്ള നാശം 60 വര്‍ഷംകൊണ്ട് മൂന്നിരട്ടിയായി, 6 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Mathrubhumi news—മഴക്കെടുതി, 67 വര്‍ഷത്തിനിടെ രാജ്യത്ത് കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടത് 69000 ആളുകള്‍, 5 Oct 2017 [link]
  • The Hitavada, Front Page—Central Indian floods have tripled: study, 5 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Meghalaya Guardian—Warming of Arabian Sea is causing extreme rainfall events, 5 Oct 2017 [article]
  • The Statesman—Forecasting the cloudburst, 4 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Deccan Herald—Extreme rain due to warming in the Arabian Sea, 4 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Indian Express—Three-fold rise in erratic rainfall over central India, finds new study, 4 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Times of India—Extreme rain events surge in central parts of the country, 4 Oct 2017 [article]
  • The Hindu—3-fold rise in extreme rainfall events in Central India, 4 Oct 2017 [article]
  • Deccan Chronicle—Extreme rainfall events on the rise, 4 Oct 2017 [article]
 Declining phytoplankton due to Indian Ocean warming – in the Newspapers
Newspaper highlights on the study, “A reduction in marine primary productivity driven by rapid warming over the tropical Indian Ocean”, which appeared in Geophysical Research Letters.

  • Oman Observer highlights—Scientists warn warmer Indian Ocean could be an ‘ecological desert’, 20 Jan 2016 [article]
  • Arab Times report—Warmer Indian Ocean could be ecological desert, 20 Jan 2016 [article]
  • Singapore Today features—Warming Indian Ocean is an ecological desert in the making, 20 Jan 2016 [article]
  • Pakistan Today reports—Warmer Indian Ocean could be an ‘ecological desert’, scientists warn, 20 Jan 2016 [article]
  • Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka, Full Page article—The fishermen’s problems on the West Coast: Are NGOs missing the woods for the trees? 12 Jan 2016 [article]
  • The Week magazine photo feature—Sea Change, 10 Jan 2016 [photo feature]
  • Cape Times, South Africa reports on Marcello Vichi’s comments—Ocean warming may affect food security, 8 Jan 2016 [article]
  • The Mercury, South Africa features—Warming ocean could reduce fish stocks, 8 Jan 2016 [article]
  • Pretoria News, South Africa reports—Ocean warming study shows decline in essential nutrients, 8 Jan 2016 [article]
  • The Hindu Science & Technology—Western Indian Ocean phytoplankton hit by warming, 28 Dec 2015 [article]
  • Phytoplankto feels Indian Ocean HeatMalayala Manorama reports—സമുദ്രങ്ങള്‍ ചൂടുപിടിക്കുന്നു; മത്സ്യസമ്പത്തിനു ഭീഷണി, 28 Dec 2015 [article]
  • Deccan Herald, Front Page news—Warming of Arabian Sea poses threat to fisheries, 26 Dec 2015 [article]
  • Business Line reports—Rapid warming of Indian Ocean can turn it into an ecological desert, 25 Dec 2015 [article]
  • Times of India features—Micro plants feel Indian Ocean heat, 22 Dec 2015 [article]
  • Sakaal Times, Front Page news—IITM study links warming of ocean waters to the fall in number of fish, 22 Dec 2015 [article]
  • Indian Express features—Study shows Indian Ocean warming to hit  marine life extensively, 22 Dec 2015 [article]
  • Times of India, Kochi reports—New study points to 20 percent decrease in phytoplanktons and fall in marine production, 22 Dec 2015 [link]
 Weakening monsoon due to Indian Ocean warming – in the Newspapers
Newspaper highlights on the study, “Drying of Indian subcontinent by rapid Indian Ocean warming and a weakening land-sea thermal gradient”, which appeared in Nature Communications.

  • Hindustan Times, Front Page news—Warm ocean weakening monsoon, 18 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Times of India Kochi, Front Page news—Indian Ocean warming has reduced rainfall, 18 Jun 2015 [article]
  • The Hindu Science & Technology article—India: ocean warming weakens monsoon, 18 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Times of India Pune, illustrated article—Warming Indian Ocean impedes rains, 17 Jun 2015 [article]Times of India article on Warming Indian Ocean impedes rains: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
  • The Telegraph article—Monsoon drop alarm-Rainfall has weakened over century: Study, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • The Financial Express reports from Dhaka, Bangladesh—Monsoon from Paks south to BD thru India on decline: Study, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Economic Times article—Rapid warming of Indian Ocean weakening the monsoon, may impact agriculture and financial sectors, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Pune Mirror* article—Low rainfall in central India to affect crops, 17 Jun 2015 [article] * This article linked our study on long-term trends to the 2015 monsoon, which is not necessarily accurate.
  • Sakal Times article—SW monsoon over Central India weakening: IITM study, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • The Financial Express article—Indian Ocean warming hits monsoon, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Marathi Times article—Monsoon is becoming weak, मान्सून हॊतॊय कमकुवत, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Mangalam news article—Indian Ocean warming has made the monsoon weak, ഇന്ത്യന്‍ മഹാസമുദ്രത്തിലെ താപനില വര്‍ധന കാലവര്‍ഷം ദുര്‍ബലമാക്കി, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Jagran article—Indian Ocean warming has weakened monsoon in parts of India, हिंद महासागर की गर्मी से कमजोर हुआ मानसून, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • NaiDunia reports—Due to Indian Ocean warming, monsoon is weakening in India, हिंद महासागर के गरम हॊने से भारत में मानसून हॊ रहा कमजॊर, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Navhind Times, Panaji reports—Indian Ocean warming has weakened monsoon in parts of India, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Deccan Chronicle, Hyderabad reports—Summer monsoon rainfall weakening, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Business Line article—Research sounds alarm over long-term weakening of monsoon, 17 Jun 2015 [link]
  • DNA reports—Indian Ocean warming weakens monsoon, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Financial Chronicle reports—Indian Ocean warming has weakened monsoon in parts of India, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Glimpses of Future reports from Jammu [article]
  • The NorthLines reports from Jammu [article]
  • Times of Oman article—Indian Ocean warming has weakened monsoon in parts of India, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • The Echo of India reports from Andaman and Nicobar Islands—Indian Ocean warming has weakened monsoon in parts of India, 17 Jun 2015 [article]
  • Sunday Times SriLanka article on—Warming Indian Ocean reduces monsoon rains, 13 Dec 2015 [article]
 Indian Ocean warming – in the Newspapers
Media highlights on the study “The curious case of Indian Ocean warming”, which appeared in the Journal of Climate.

  • The Hindu, Science & Technology column—Role of El Nino in heat build-up in Indian Ocean, 13 Nov 2014 [article]
  • Time of India, Front Page news—Warming of Indian Ocean may weaken monsoon: Study, 3 Oct 2014 [article]
  • Business Line article—Anomaly in Indian Ocean warming could affect future monsoon pattern, 24 Sep 2014 [article]
  • Time of India, Times City column—El Nino imbalance affecting monsoon, 20 Sep 2014 [article]
 Newspaper highlights on other studies
  • Time of India, Times City column—A model to guide you on rain & shine, 20 Sep 2014 [article]
  • The Hindu, Science & Technology column—New light on ocean warming, rainfall, 5 Jun 2014 [article]
  • Indian Express, Achievement column—First oceano website lures oceanographers, Jul 2005 [article]
 Newspaper highlights on talks, solicited discussions.
  • The Hindu discuss—Chennai floods due to climate change? 14 Dec 2015 [article]
  • Times of India reports—Sept, Oct & Nov hottest ever months in 115 years, 4 Dec 2015 [article]
  • The Mercury, South Africa reports on the CSE annual briefing on climate change—Floods, droughts to be the norm, 12 Nov 2015 [article]
 News Agencies – Reuters, PTI, etc.
  • Reuters spotlight showcase—Warmer Indian Ocean could be ‘ecological desert’, scientists warn, 19 Jan 2016 [article]
  • African News Agency, ANA reports—Warming Indian Ocean may pose threat to global fisheries market, 8 Jan 2016 [link]