Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Climate
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Land use explains the distribution of threatened new world amphibians better than climate
The researchers evaluated the direct and indirect influence of climate, land use, phylogenetic structure, species richness and endemism on the distribution of New World threatened amphibians.
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High resolution population distribution maps for Southeast Asia in 2010 and 2015
Spatially accurate, contemporary data on human population distributions are vitally important to many applied and theoretical researchers. The Southeast Asia region has undergone rapid urbanization and
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Climatic variations in December force early export of roses
Pune: The shortcomings in the technology used by rose growers to set up polyhouses have cost them dearly this year. About 400 polyhouse owners in Talegaon Dabhade industrial area, who use naturally ventilated polyhouse technology for rose cultivation, have suffered as warmer climate in December advanced the maturity cycle of the roses. The buds bloomed before attaining maturity, thereby reducing the flower size. Roses specially grown in polyhouses for Valentine’s Day celebrations were affected and farmers were forced to export the buds almost a week in advance. The small flower size means lower income for the farmers.
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Lost in transition
Disputes over intellectual property rights can delay the spread of clean technologies to the developing world, but they are not wholly to blame.
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Where do winds come from? A new theory on how water vapor condensation influences atmospheric pressure and dynamics
Phase transitions of atmospheric water play a ubiquitous role in the Earth's climate system, but their direct impact on atmospheric dynamics has escaped wide attention. Here we examine and advance a theory
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Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment
Black carbon aerosol plays a unique and important role in Earth's climate system. Black carbon is a type of carbonaceous material with a unique combination of physical properties. This assessment provides
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Hybrid seeds will help raise rice productivity: Study
The use of technologically advanced seeds is currently much lower in the production of rice than in other crops Rice output in India can be raised at least 15-20 per cent through increased use of hybrid seeds, a Rabobank study said. The use of technologically advanced seeds is currently much lower in the production of rice than in other crops. Of the total annual rice output in India — around 99 million tonnes, according to US Department of Agriculture estimates for the 2012-13 season — only three per cent is produced through hybrid seeds. The remaining quantity comes through breeding of conventional seeds.
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Mercury level expected to soar
“With the withdrawal of North-East Monsoon, the temperature during the day time is likely to increase gradually,” states the short-term weather report from the Agro Meteorological Advisory Services (AAS) that is attached to the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS). Head of AAS A. Natarajan said that the sky was expected to be clear for the next few days and maximum day time temperature that was around 32°C over the last few weeks could climb to 34°C in the days to come. The report states that the minimum night temperature could come down to as low as 18°C.
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Monsoon 2012: a report
This report discusses various observed weather and climate features of 2012 southwest monsoon and verification of operational and experimental forecasts for rainfall at various spatial and temporal scales during the seasons.
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Annual climate summary - 2012
Climate during 2012 was warm in respect of temperature. Annual mean temperature anomaly for the country as a whole during the year 2012 was +0.49oC above the 1961-1990 period average making it the eighth