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 serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Studies on the environmental distribution of radionuclides, namely 226 Ra and 228 Ra are important in the context of external and ingestion hazards evaluation. The Cochin backwater, located in the south-west coast of India is a potential sink for anthropogenic inputs of natural radionuclides. The estuary in its surroundings is …
Kalawati Eknath Mangela and Parvati Bai Somna do not consider themselves fisherwomen any mo re. Every time they cast nets in the Arabian Sea, off the Tadgam beach in Valsad district of Gujarat, all they catch is garbage.
Arabian Sea cyclones increasing in number, intensity the Arabian Sea, which has warmed by 0.5o C over the past nine decades, is experiencing a shift in its climate. So much so that intense cyclones with wind speed of more than 100 km per hour have become frequent, said a team …
In this study, we have used multi-satellite data to retrieve aerosol loadings and carbon monoxide (CO) pollution over the Arabian Sea, caused due to anthropogenic activities over the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) in India. Relatively high aerosol and CO loadings during 9
New Delhi: The development of a mild cyclonic circulation off the Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday has been giving rise to hopes that the monsoon, which has been subdued for more than two weeks now, was firmly finding strength and was on course for a revival by …
Das et al.1 have studied clay mineralogy, terrigenous and biogenic components of the sediment core collected from the Ocean Drilling Programme site 728A, northwestern continental margin of the Arabian Sea, off Oman. Their main objectives were to understand palaeoclimatic conditions, such as monsoons fluctuations, weathering processes and transport pathways of …
The response of the Arabian Sea to global warming is the disruption in the natural decadal cycle in the sea surface temperature (SST) after 1995, followed by a secular warming. The Arabian Sea is experiencing a regional climate-shift after 1995, which is accompanied by a five fold increase in the …
A group of 36 coral islands is being scattered in the Arabian Sea off the western coast of India. On such islands, groundwater is the only source of fresh water for the islanders. The demand for groundwater is increasing every year due to growing population and urbanization. On the other …
THE south-west monsoon is set to hit the Kerala coast in the T next 3-4 days but the early arrival of rains may not necessarily translate into an advantage for the country. A low-pressure area currently forming over central Bay of Bengal is seen to be interfering with the forward …
Southwest monsoon (SWM) controls the majority of the agricultural activities in Tamil Nadu (TN), though the amount of rainfall received due to this is relatively less. The nature and behaviour of water vapour over TN reveal the other dynamic processes that are in operation during this period of the year.
Warming of the seas is rerouting monsoon THE monsoon winds are avoiding India for one-third of the months of July and August and taking a route south of its peninsula. This is because the winds have found a highly attractive low pressure region in the eastern part of the Indian …
Ecosim simulation exercise was carried out for predicting over 10 years the changes in fishery yields in the multi-species and multi-gear marine fisheries of the Arabian Sea off Karnataka. The present study elucidates that in all the gears (multiday and single day trawl; purse seine, drift gillnet, hook and line …
On 30 May 2006, a bulk carrier, MV Ocean Seraya ran aground along the Karwar coast spilling 650 tonnes of oil. Due to the rough SW monsoon, the spill spread to some beaches in south Goa. The aim of this communication is to study the immediate impact of oil spill …
For the first time in 108 years, the monsoon has arrived in Delhi this early. Continuing its swift onward march, it covered Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab and some more parts of Rajasthan and Haryana today. So does this premature onset hold some indications for the rest of …
Rare Interaction Among 3 Weather Systems Generated Bounty: Experts Most Delhiites couldn't stop shaking their heads in disbelief as they beheld cloudy skies yet again on Saturday evening. Just where is all the rain coming from has been the most asked question this May with repeated thunderstorms creating Shimla-like conditions …
After spiritual guru Morari Bapu played brand Ambassador to save the killing of whale shark by the fishermen, the forest department has sought help from the coast guard to monitor the movement of fishermen and check illegal killing of whale sharks in mid sea. The efforts of conservation seem to …
on january 11, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation approved a mega pipeline project to dump the city's industrial effluents in the Arabian Sea. Corporation authorities claim the multi-crore project will protect the Sabarmati river from further pollution. Several industrial units have been releasing waste directly into the river that is a …
