El Nino aided in massive carbon dioxide release
Even as carbon emissions from use of fossil fuels flattened out in the past few years, the monster El Nino of 2014-16 caused over 3 billion tonnes of carbon to get released into the atmosphere, pushing
Atmosphere
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Nigeria: NiMet to Establish 1,000 Automatic Weather Stations
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory (TAHMO) in The Netherlands, to develop a network of Automatic
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Increased light, moderate, and severe clear-air turbulence in response to climate change
<p>Anthropogenic climate change is expected to strengthen the vertical wind shears at aircraft cruising altitudes within the atmospheric jet streams. Such a strengthening would increase the prevalence
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State of the Climate in 2016
An international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer, the State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate published as a supplement to the Bulletin of the American
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A revival of Indian summer monsoon rainfall since 2002
A significant reduction in summer monsoon rainfall has been observed in northern central India during the second half of the twentieth century, threatening water security and causing widespread socio-economic
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Kenya enjoys rare snowy feel, but meteo agency says it was hail storm
Kenyans on Tuesday evening took to social media to celebrate a rare case of snow falling in the East African country. Photos and videos shared on social media showed whitish substance on the streets
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Tanzania sets up ice data centre on Mt Kilimanjaro
Tanzania is set to establish a well-equipped snow and ice data centre on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, a senior official said Tuesday. Agnes Kijazi, the Director-General of Tanzania Meteorological
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At 399 ppm, India matches the world in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels
Satellite data show concentrations highest over Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and lower over South India The first-ever picture of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration over India shows that it
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Pollution from cities also spreading to smaller towns and villages: Isro scientist
Varun Sheel, scientist at Isro’s Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad specialises in the study of the atmosphere, the rapidly changing environment and the resultant climate change. An ex-student of
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Temperature variability is integrated by a spatially embedded decision-making center to break dormancy in Arabidopsis seeds
<p>Both plants and animals make decisions in response to the environment to maximize their fitness. Plants use dormancy in seeds to move through time and space, and timing of the transition to germination