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
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California’s extreme dry patterns are becoming more common, study says
California is in a unique predicament, and it’s one of the reasons the state continues to suffer from long-term exceptional drought. Nearly all of its precipitation comes during winter, and small diversions
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Rajasthan to seek Centre relief for crop damage
In some areas of Rajasthan, 10-20% of the standing crop has been damaged Sanjeeb Mukherjee & Sahil Makkar Rajasthan could be the first state in the country in the current rabi season to formally
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Met prediction: Talk of normal monsoon set to cheer India Inc
India's latest monsoon forecasting model predicts good rainfall this year, which will end severe water shortage that is threatening power supply and cheer farmers who have been devastated by two consecutive
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Rwanda: Weekend Rains Kill Eight in Kigali
At least eight people were killed in the weekend downpour that devastated different parts of the City of Kigali, according to district leaders. The victims of the rains that became rampant on the night
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Can we accurately gauge the impact of climate change on extreme weather?
While scientists have long avoided attributing specific extreme weather events to changes in global climate, a recent report suggests that some of these events can be attributed to climate change with
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Changing climate and nutrient transfers: Evidence from high temporal resolution concentration-flow dynamics in headwater catchments
<p>We hypothesise that climate change, together with intensive agricultural systems, will increase the transfer of pollutants from land to water and impact on stream health. This study builds, for the
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Weakening El Nino Bolsters India Monsoon Rain Prospects
The monsoon is set to bring cheers to Indian farmers this year after the first back-to-back shortfall in rainfall in three decades ravaged crops. Showers during the four-month rainy season starting June
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El Niño is behind a life-threatening drought in the islands of the West Pacific
It’s hard to imagine the tropical Pacific lacking for water. But the small island states in the Western Pacific are in the midst of a life-threatening drought caused by El Niño with no end in sight. The
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Asia headed for severe water shortages by 2050
It seems like the largest continent on Earth is running out of water as a new study has revealed that economic and population growth on top of climate change could put a big swath of Asia at a "high risk
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El Nino, dry season pose April double whammy –PAGASA
Authorities are reminding the people to further exercise caution against extreme heat, expecting the Philippines to experience this April twin onslaught of the dry season’s peak and the prevailing drought-driving