Ozone and UV bulletin
The stratosphere ozone layer is slowly recovering and the recovery will be complete in most parts of the atmosphere in the coming decades, according to the latest bulletin by the World Meteorological Organization
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer
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City records highest Aug temp in 8 years
Ahmedabad: Mercury in the city on Tuesday rose to 36 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature in August in the last eight years, on a day when the Met department had predicted light showers. The last it hit such a high was on August 2 in 2002, which was also during monsoons.
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Cloud seeding experiment with aircraft flops
Mumbai After meeting with success a fortnight ago, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
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Chronicler of Madras climate in 1730s
A Raman J E GEISTER MAINTAINED DETAILED RECORDS ON WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR FIVE YEARS
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Seeding over lake yields little rainfall
MUMBAI: A few days after cloud seeding experiments at Tansa and Modak Sagar brought some rainfall in the catchment areas, the BMC conducted a similar exercise at the same spots on Thursday. The two experiments carried out at Modak Sagar, however, did not bear fruit and resulted in only 5 mm to 10 mm of rainfall.
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Mexico Hit By Lowest Rainfall In 68 Years
Mexico is suffering from its driest year in 68 years, killing crops and cattle in the countryside and forcing the government to slow the flow of water to the crowded capital.
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Poor monsoon due to El Nino winds from Pacific
Kaustubh Kulkarni / Pune August 19, 2009, 1:08 IST When the World Metereological Organisation (WTO) warned our weather experts in June that a poor monsoon was coming , and also told them why, the latter wouldn
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Hope yet: N India may get rain in August-end
Madden-Julian Oscillation May Counter El Nino
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Fixing the sky
When nations made plans to save the ozone layer, they didn't factor in global warming. Quirin Schiermeier reports on how two environmental problems complicate each other.
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Lessons from Antarctica
Twenty years on, the success of the Montreal Protocol can help inform plans to mitigate climate change. (Editorial)
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Where have monsoons gone?
Met Department Says Rains Might Return Tomorrow Ahmedabad: Monsoon has taken a break and there has been not a single spell of shower since July 27. However, there seems to be some good news in store as the monsoon is expected to revive by August 13. However, the rains this year have so far blessed only Saurashtra and Kutch which have already received more than its annual average rainfall.