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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Where the water is
Engineers in Jaipur are developing a software that would help quench the thirst of parched villages
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Signals of the change in monsoonal precipitation at around 2,000 years BP in a sediment core off central west coast of India
A 4.80 m long shallow water sediment core, collected from the inner shelf (at 22 m water depth) off Karwar, near Kali river mouth is studied for foraminiferal tracers of palaeomonsoons. The climate history
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The onset of the southwest monsoon of 1990
<p>Statistics relating to the date of onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala for the 100-year period 1891-1990 reveal that the mean and median dates of onset for south Kerala are 31 May and 1 June,
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A Parsimonious model for prediction of monsoon rainfall in India
<p>A research paper by Gowariker have used multiple and power regression involving 15 independent variables for long range forecasting of monsoon rainfall in India. They have also argued that, when most
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Water management for irrigation in Kerala
<p>With the growing threat of food insecurity and a largely erratic rainfall pattern, Kerala, despite its very high rate of annual precipitation, has embarked on a series of large budget irrigation schemes. However, with the shift in acreage in favour of certain cash crops which demand relatively less moisture, the requirement of water in agriculture may change.
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Turbines and turbulence
Some legitimate questions have been raised over the green credentials of wind turbines. Politics must not block research where it is needed. (Editorial)
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Pollution threatens Himalayas rain formation in NE
The array of green valleys along the mighty Himalayas including that of North East might look enchanting.
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A normal monsoon?
Complexities of the season
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Indian Science Congress' failed attempt at relevance
the 94th edition of the Indian Science Congress, held January 2-7, 2007 at Annamalai University in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, sought to be different. Revolving around the theme of "Planet Earth', it
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Cherrapunjee Now a wet desert
When Sted Syiemlieh was a little boy, people in his mountain village, Tyrna, a few km from Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, could predict when the skies would open up. "It was always at the same time,' the