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
Monsoons
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Ganga runs dry, drifts miles away from ghats in Kanpur
Kanpur: Ganga has drifted away from the ghats so much that one has to walk miles from the ghats to reach the middle of the stream and complete religious rituals. On Tuesday, when devotees reached ghats
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Civic body gears up to control dengue
Coimbatore: With the southwest monsoon fast approaching, the corporation is stepping up its dengue control measures. Health officials said that they visited the ward number 47 in Ganapathy area and
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Pune civic body plunges to new depths in fight for water
Already forced to use extra purifying agents for its depleting reserves in dams, the civic body may soon have to resort to the dead stock in Khadakwasla Even as rain clouds gather tantalisingly on the
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Pampa-Vaipar project may set off another water war
Experts say Central Kerala may see an eco-disaster, socio-economic crisis The Tamil Nadu government pushing for implementing the proposed Pampa-Achencoil-Vaipar River Link Project (PAVRLP) on a priority
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Water hyacinth in River Sal worries Navelim, Benaulim villagers
Colva: While the dredging of River Sal is on, the people of Navelim and Benaulim constituencies are concerned about the spreading of water hyacinth in the water body. A thick layer of water hyacinth
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Over 2,000 weaver birds counted in Odisha
Kendrapada: Altogether 2,470 weaver birds were spotted in the state during a one-day census carried out by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) with the help of Wild Odisha and Kalinga Birds-Odisha
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Impact of the upper tropospheric cooling trend over Central Asia on the Indian summer monsoon rainfall and the Bay of Bengal cyclone tracks
<p>The Indian summer monsoon rainfall had a threedecade long alternate dry and wet epochs during about 150 years from 1840 to 1989. The dry epochs resulted in frequent drought monsoons affecting agriculture,
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Variations in the cloud-base height over the central Himalayas during Ganges Valley Aerosol experiment: association with the monsoon rainfall
<p>We present the measurements of cloud-base height variations over ARIES, Nainital (79.45°E, 29.37°N, 1958 m amsl) obtained from Vaisala Ceilometer, during the nearly year-long Ganges Valley Aerosol
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Simulation of aerosol fields over South Asia using CHIMERE – part-I: spatio-temporal characteristics and heterogeneity
<p>In order to understand the regional climate implications of aerosols over Indo Gangetic Plains (IGP), a major Indo-US field experiment, Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment (GVAX) was conducted during 2011–
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Onset of SW Monsoon in Kerala by Tuesday, La Nina effects by Monsoon end
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With conditions favourable for the onset of South West Monsoon in Kerala on Tuesday, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) indicates probability of 113 percent above normal rainfall