Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled “CSE report finds dangerous increase in ozone pollution across urban India” appearing in Down to Earth dated 06.08.2024. The Principal Bench of the NGT heard the matter on March 21, 2025. In the original application, registered suo …
Brazil will likely experience a moderate El Nino by the end of the year, bringing steady rain to the country's main grain producing regions and sustained drought in the arid north, the national meteorological institute, Inmet, said. Inmet meteorologist Fabrício Daniel dos Santos Silva said six consecutive quarters of warming …
Prospects are firming that the latest El Nino event may leave much of Australia drier, with conditions in the Indian Ocean possibly reinforcing those in the Pacific, the Bureau of Meteorology says. In its fortnightly update, the bureau said the El Nino continues to strengthen in the tropical Pacific and …
The Antarctic ozone hole would have been 40% bigger by now if ozone-depleting chemicals had not been banned in the 1980s, according to research. Models also show that at certain times, a large hole would have opened up at the other end of the globe. The Arctic hole would have …
The monsoon is likely to arrive in Kerala on May 30 -as predicted by India Meteorological Department -but it may be weak because of El Nino's impact, IMD scientists have indicated. Experts from Skymet, a private weather agency , too said the monsoon's first surge over Kerala would be mild …
Monsoon's onset is likely to be on time and could set over the Kerala coast in the next 3-4 days. However, it is unlikely to give the much needed respite to people across north and central India from the dry and hot westerly winds sweeping from the Pakistan. Currently temperatures …
The monsoon will arrive in Kerala on May 30, but may be weak because of El Nino, India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientists have indicated. Experts from Skymet, a private weather agency, said the monsoon's first surge over Kerala will be mild and it will advance slowly after the onset. Effectively, …
The temperature topped 30 degrees in Tokyo on Tuesday for the first time this year as much of the nation baked in unseasonable hot weather. The mercury rose to 30.1 degrees in central Tokyo at 1 p.m., the Japan Meteorological Agency said, adding Tuesday was the 16th straight day of …
Why this weird weather? Why have western disturbances - the extra-tropical storms that originate in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic oceans - been lashing us again and again, with devastating impacts on agriculture? Is this normal? Or has weird weather become the new definition of normal? The India Meteorological Department …
Indian Southwest Monsoon is knocking in and most likely to hit Indian coast by 29th May (slightly earlier than normal date of June 1st). Normal Monsoon onset is the good sign for Indian Agriculture and economy. As good monsoon is the backbone to our Nation and play a pivotal role …
After standing still for five days over the Andamans, the southwest monsoon advanced on Thursday to cover the entire island chain and weather department said rains would hit Kerala by May-end. India Meteorological Department officials said they expect the Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon to get activated in about …
There's good news on the monsoon front for farmers and policymakers. Rainfall is likely to be better than the gloomy forecasts of last month, particularly in June when farmers plant crops. Forecasters say parameters have changed significantly since last month when Met Department forecast deficient rainfall. Private forecaster Skymet has …
There is increasing concern that a weather event in the Pacific will bring bitter winter conditions to the UK and northern Europe. Australian meteorologists warned last week that Britain is set to be battered by fierce snowstorms and freezing temperatures that could affect food stocks as the first El Nino …
A strong El Nino is likely to increase prices of staple foods such as rice, coffee, sugar and cocoa, say scientists. Forecasters agree that the El Nino effect, which can drive droughts and flooding, is under way in the tropical Pacific. But they say it is too early to say …
The MET department has already blamed the El Nino phenomenon for below normal rainfall this year What is it El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a climate event that happens when warm water in the Pacific Ocean interacts with the atmosphere, causing various …
New NASA satellite data confirms what other research has shown, namely that the hole in the ozone layer appears to be getting smaller. The ozone is crucial for us here on Earth because it shields us from some of the Sun’s most damaging radiation. In the 1980s it was confirmed …
It is expected to strike the Kerala coast in the next eight-10 days India’s southwest monsoon arrived over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Saturday, almost four days before its scheduled arrival date of May 20, and might hit the Kerala coast in the next eight-10 days, private weather forecasting …
Monsoon has arrived over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Onset of southwest monsoon over the south Andaman Sea on Saturday night was masterminded by raging super typhoon Dolphin in the northwest Pacific. The super typhoon is now the predominant weather system under the command area of the larger Asian monsoon …
BHUBANESWAR: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) regional office here has predicted that South-West Monsoon will hit Odisha on its usual time by June 10 to 13, and there will be no disruptive El Nino effect. "It is too early to predict the exact date of monsoon hitting the state. If …
The monsoon is likely to hit India two days ahead of its normal onset date, the India Meteorological Department announced on Thursday even as the possibility of below-par rainfall grew, with both IMD and US forecasters predicting a greatly increased chance of El Nino conditions persisting through the summer. "The …
Peru is bracing for a moderate El Nino weather event in coming months, with warming sea temperatures threatening to set the stage for another disastrous year for anchovy fishing and fishmeal exports. Enfen, the Peruvian bureau tasked with forecasting el Nino, put policymakers on alert and said a "moderate" El …
