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 …
A spike in Pacific Ocean sea temperatures and the rapid movement of warm water eastwards have increased concerns that an El Nino pattern this year could be one of the strongest in several decades, an Australian climate scientist said. El Nino — a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific …
Australia issued an El Nino alert on expectations the weather-altering pattern will probably develop as early as July, potentially bringing drought across the Asia-Pacific region and heavier-than-usual rains to South America. The tropical Pacific Ocean has warmed steadily in recent months, the Bureau of Meteorology said on its website today, …
The most-severe drought in 17 years is threatening supplies of palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia, the world's biggest producers, and forecasters say an El Nino weather pattern this year may cause even more damage. The countries got less than 50 millimeters (2 inches) of rain in January and February …
Since 1980, the South Asian monsoon has been experiencing dangerous increase in extreme wet and dry spells which would have a significantly adverse impact on the region, especially crop yields, a study by climate scientists from Stanford University has found. The findings have been reported by Stanford scientists in the …
Even as the possibility of El Nino has sent alarm bells ringing, agriculture stocks have largely stood their ground. Scrips of most companies in the space have showed moderate reactions to worries that India may witness a sub-normal monsoon in 2014 due to the emergence of El Nino, caused by …
This guide provides an introduction and simple overview of the issues related to international standards in the refrigeration and airconditioning sector and how they can be useful in the context of the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) in developing countries as required by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the …
In an alarming research, a team of scientists at Stanford University have identified significant changes in the patterns of extreme wet and dry events that are increasing the risk of drought and flood in central India. The team, which includes two Indian-origin researchers, reveal that the intensity of extremely wet …
Temperature in 13 towns in the state shot beyond 40 degree on Thursday due to intense heat wave The prevailing heat wave in the state that has seen temperature hovering around 40 degrees in many places is likely to persist till May 5, a Met forecast suggested even as the …
An El Nino-induced below-normal monsoon this year could have a bearing on economic growth in FY 2015 and inflation, according to reports. An HSBC report said inflation may remain sticky in the current financial year as a possible El Nino effect on the monsoon is likely to push up food …
Whether the dreaded El Nino strikes or not, and whether this results in a drought, India’s agriculture sector is already in trouble. And, along with it, so are various FMCG firms that have been depending upon a strong rural story—especially in the absence of an urban one these past few …
The first monsoon forecast of the Met office suggests belownormal rainfall — 95% of the long-period average with an error margin of 5% — from June to September. This is no cause for panic. Other forecasters have cautioned of the monsoon weakening due to El Niño, or warming of waters …
Given the Met’s disastrous track record in predicting the impact of El Nino events—the first projection in 2009 was of a rainfall level of 96% of the long-period average against the actual levels of just 77%—its initial projections of a 23% probability of deficient rains are scary; more so since, …
India’s declining per capita availability of pulses is a matter of concern: Study. If El Nino weighs on the monsoon and rains are deficient, the production of pulses is likely to get severely hit and affect the households’ budget the way onion brought tears to the common-man, says an Assocham …
New Delhi:Amid concerns of deficient rains this monsoon, a new study has shown that since 1980, all El Nino years have not resulted in a drought, although all droughts have happened in years of El Nino. In the last 34 years, there were six droughts in El Nino years, while …
Aurangabad (Maharashtra): Absence of proper rainfall has risked the farmlands of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra and lack of subsequent effective government intervention is leaving farmers with no option but suicide. According to climate report of researchers there are high chances of climatic conditions similar to El Nino effect to occur …
Southwest monsoon rains this year are likely to be just below normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its first official forecast on Thursday. The probability of emergence of El Nino phenomenon, the warming sea surface temperatures in the Pacific that can trigger drought in countries including India, during …
The weather office has forecast a 5% deficit in the June-September southwest monsoon this year but signaled the disruptive El Nino phenomenon could make things much worse for India's largely rain-fed farms, raising the risk of higher inflation and likely making the task of the new government difficult as it …
IMD says will update its forecast in June after rains set in El Nino refers to the warmer-than-average sea surface temperature in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean This condition occurs every 4-12 years and last impacted monsoon in 2009, leading to the worst drought in almost four decades …
A day before India Meteorological Department (IMD) releases its official forecast for the southwest monsoon this year, a forum of weather experts on Wednesday said monsoon rains over broad areas of south Asia, including India, were likely to be below-normal, owing to the impact of the El Niño weather phenomenon. …
India and its South Asian neighbours are expected to see below average to average rains this year, a forum of weather experts said on Wednesday, if the El Nino weather pattern gains strength during the four-month monsoon season. "There is a strong consensus about the possibility of evolution of an …
