Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
Rainfall Pattern
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New climate projection to help Nepal plan better
Climate change is expected to increase temperatures in Nepal by several degrees by 2060, but a new database set up by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) should help this geographically diverse country better
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Scanty rainfall and erratic distribution system to lead price rise in pulses: ASSOCHAM
Poor rainfall together with rise in middle class population and weak distribution system, the prices of pulses may register a huge increase nearer Diwali festivals according to the ASSOCHAM study. The
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Climate change: Time now for the action plan
With climate change becoming a reality for our world to contend with, a highly detailed assessment of the likely impacts of this phenomenon in Kochi will be undertaken soon by the project partners of the
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Climate change and the South Asian summer monsoon
More than one billion people live in regions affected by the South Asian summer monsoon. This Review provides an overview of our understanding of summer monsoon rainfall variability and its causes, and
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Climate change in the Indian mind
This recent survey report by the Project on Climate Change Communication at Yale University and GlobeScan reveals how Indians are thinking about and responding to climate change.
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Thirsty South Asia's river rifts threaten "water wars"
A s the silver waters of the Kishanganga rush through this north Kashmir valley, Indian labourers are hard at work on a hydropower project that will dam the river just before it flows across one of the
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Climate change and resilient dryland systems: experiences of ICRISAT in Asia and Africa
The article reviews and summarizes the climate change mitigation and adaptation work undertaken by ICRISAT. The effects of climate change are already being experienced in several parts of the world. Even
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Aquaculture in changing climate of Sundarban
<p><span id="itro1">Read this survey report on climate change vulnerabilities, aquaculture practices & coping measures in Sagar and Basanti blocks of Indian Sundarban.</span></p> <p>Aquaculture is
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How good are the simulations of tropical SST–rainfall relationship by IPCC AR4 atmospheric and coupled models?
The failure of atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) forced by prescribed SST to simulate and predict the interannual variability of Indian/Asian monsoon has been widely attributed to their inability
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Inter-linking of rivers: A solution for water crisis in India or a decision in doubt?
The acute spatial and temporal variations in precipitation patterns have greatly influenced water resources planning, management, and development in India. Specifically, these patterns have led to the