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 …
The El Niño climate phenomenon is almost certain to last through the Northern Hemisphere summer, the U.S. weather forecaster said, raising the chance of heavy rain in the southern United States as well as South America, and scorching heat in Asia that could devastate crops of thirsty food staples like …
Last month was within 0.01 degrees of being the equal warmest April in records going back to 1891, adding to the hot start to 2015, the Japan Meteorological Agency says. Land and sea-surface temperatures were 0.3 degrees above the 1981-2010 average, placing them just behind the largest anomaly of 0.31 …
The government today said it has put in place a contingency plan for 580 districts to tackle any situation arising out of below-normal monsoon. As per the weather department forecast, monsoon would be below normal this year due to an impact of El Nino. Monsoon rains are expected to arrive …
The Australian Meteorological Department said on Tuesday that the tropical Pacific is in the early stages of the El Nino weather phenomenon. Based upon model outlooks and current observations, the bureau's El Nino Southern Oscillation or ENSO Tracker has been raised to El Nino status. This suggests that India's southwest …
‘Substantial’ event will be the first in five years, and is expected to bring widespread drought and warmer temperatures Australia will be hit by a “substantial” El Niño event for the first time in five years, heightening the chances of widespread drought and warmer temperatures, the Bureau of Meteorology has …
Skymet still feels rain would be normal The dreaded El Nino weather phenomenon, which often does not have a positive impact on the southwest monsoon in India, has well and truly set. It could continue all through the four-month southwest monsoon that starts in June, forecasts done by a clutch …
A "substantial" El Nino event has begun, raising the likelihood of worsening drought over inland Australia and higher daytime temperatures, the Bureau of Meteorology said. The bureau's call comes days after Fairfax Media predicted the declaration would be made on Tuesday. "This will be quite a substantial event," David Jones, …
Rainfall may remain below normal, prompting the government to put in place a contingency plan and push crop insurance for farmers. Monsoon is expected to arrive on time this year, hitting Kerala on June 1, but rainfall may remain below normal, prompting the government to put in place a contingency …
Roughly a year ago, scientists poring over temperature readings of the Pacific from satellites and a depleted array of ocean buoys were so sure an El Nino was on the way, the debate was mostly how strong it would be. The event, though, failed to materialise largely because the winds …
Next winter in Europe could be colder and drier than the previous two mild winters, which drove down gas and power consumption, the chief meteorologist at Thomson Reuters Point Carbon said. Two factors pointed to potentially chillier winter weather - an El Nino phenomenon that could warm sea-surface temperatures in …
Government today said there is a 70 per cent chance of weak El Nino this year and the condition will persist during the 2015 monsoon season. "The latest outlook from various agencies indicate high probability (about 70 per cent) for weak El Nino conditions to persist during the 2015 monsoon …
For the first time since scientists began tracking carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere, the monthly global average concentration of this greenhouse gas surpassed 400 parts per million in March 2015, according to US government's National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "It was only a matter of time that we …
MEERUT: With the city registering a pleasant 36 degree Centigrade on May 1, the Met department has predicted the entire month would follow the trend. The meteorological department's records show that the city experienced its hottest May 1 in 2014, when the mercury touched 43.1°C, whereas this year it was …
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The IMF working paper has tried to dispel some fears associated with the weather phenomenon As the government gears up to face the adverse impact of El Niño on the monsoon, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper has tried to dispel some fears associated with the weather phenomenon. IMF …
When does an El Nino (warming of the east and equatorial Pacific) create widespread rain deficit over India during the monsoon? K Srikanth, Chennai-based blogger and weather enthusiast, has found from a study that between 1950 and 2012, five years have seen 50 per cent or more meteorological divisions suffer …
Pre-monsoon rains have produced what looks like an unmatched record this season, delivering excess or normal rainfall for the entire country as at April-end. For the country as a whole, the surplus rain has been estimated at 89 per cent as on Wednesday, according to statistics posted by India Met …
China will ban unofficial weather forecasts starting Friday, as citizens criticised the government for further encroaching on a seemingly harmless hobby. The new regulations ban predictions on a wide variety of indicators from "wind speed, air temperature, humidity" to predicting disasters like "typhoons", "sandstorms" and "haze", according to the China …
A clear picture is likely to emerge only towards the end of June Rural distress owing to heavy unseasonal rains in March and the prospects of less-than-normal monsoon have made bankers “a cautious lot” at the start of this financial year. However, it is too early to conclude that the …
Climate indicators are nearing levels associated with an El Nino weather event, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Tuesday. Pacific Ocean sea temperatures now exceed El Nino thresholds, the bureau said, while trade winds have weakened over the last few weeks - suggesting coupling between the ocean and atmosphere …
