State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Indian Ocean
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Full steam ahead
Geothermal power is sparkling clean
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Plans at white heat
In India, the Union ministry of non-conventional energy sources is pursuing various R&D projects to harness the geothermal energy available. About 340 hot springs have been identified in the
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Rulers of the waves
SEDUCED by Western biases, archaeologists and historians have neglected the rich seafaring tradition of maritime communities in the Indian Ocean area. The sciences of boat-making and navigation were
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Pochard resurrected
THE MADAGASCAR pochard, a duck species thought extinct 22 years ago, has been resurrected with the recent finding of a lone male in the island nation in the Indian Ocean. The duck was nabbed by a
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An overview of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and its relation to monsoon and mid-latitude circulation
<p>In the past decade there has been extensive research into tropical intraseasonal variability, one of the major components of the low frequency variability of the general atmospheric circulation. This
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Cloud-radiative forcing and climate: Results from the earth radiation budget experiment
The study of climate and climate change is hindered by a lack of information on the effect of clouds on the radiation balance of the earth, referred to as the cloud-radiative forcing. Quantitative estimates
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Shadowy presence
A haze of pollutants, the size of the US, covers a part of the Indian Ocean sky creating fears of acid rain, low rainfall and a change in environmental politics
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No x ious ways?
Pollution from Africa and Indonesia reaches Indian Ocean region in monsoon transition periods
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Unmasking aerosols
Forget health impacts, tiny particles floating in the air are altering regional climates and affecting monsoon patterns and agricultural yield. These particles could be emanating from diesel and industrial emissions, biomass burning for cooking, forest fi
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Houses of coral
EVEN THOUGH the profits are small, miners in search of a quick buck are exploiting coral reefs all over the Indian Ocean, causing immense damage to the marine ecology. The problem is particularly