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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Facing the storm: Indian tribes, climate-induced weather extremes, and the future for Indian country
As sovereign nations, Indian Tribes consistently strive to fully exercise their right of self determination and to maintain their cultural identity, often in the face of the severe economic, societal,
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Disaster management in India
<p><span id="itro1">This new report by the Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home Affairs has detailed information on various types of disasters, institutional framework and policy guidelines in
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Climate forcing and desert malaria: the effect of irrigation
Rainfall variability and associated remote sensing indices for vegetation are central to the development of early warning systems for epidemic malaria in arid regions. The considerable change in land-use
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Distribution pattern of trees along an elevation gradient of Eastern Himalaya, India
We examined the patterns of tree species richness, density and basal area in the Eastern Himalayan elevation gradient, and evaluated the roles of geometric constraints and environmental factors for the
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Bees: climate change causes concern
Global warming has led to many plants blooming ever earlier and also before honey bees emerge from hibernation, leading to fears of a long-term decline in pollination. A combined research group centred at Munich's Technical University (TU) has carried out a study into how bees are dealing with the change in global temperatures.
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Mobile phone radiation poses health risks
Next time you chat away for hours on your mobile phone, think about the grave health risks from the emitted radiation.
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State of the climate in 2010
<p>The primary goal of the annual State of the Climate collection of articles is to document the weather and climate events of the most recent calendar year and put them into accurate historical perspective, with a particular focus on unusual or anomalous events. This report states that year 2010 was notable for its globally-averaged warmth and for the far-reaching impacts related to signifi
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Extreme weather and climate change: understanding the link, managing the risk
<p>A primer on extreme weather, the paper explains that the recent surplus of extreme weather events is part of a longer trend of rising extremes that reveals a pattern of increasing risk as the planet warms.
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Integrated assessment of black carbon and tropospheric ozone
Efforts to limit climate change generally focus on reducing carbon dioxide emissions caused by burning fossil fuels. However, another byproduct of fossil fuel combustion is black carbon, a major component
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CM directs for satellite monitoring of forest management
<p>SRINAGAR, Underlining afforestation significant measure to regenerate degraded forests, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday called for large scale plantation under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA).