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 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), as part of the Indo-French Space Collaboration, is planning to launch a satellite for climate research in a year's time. The
The weather department's forecast of early monsoons in the national Capital this year has raised the concerns of the Delhi Government. While the weather prediction comes as a respite for the Delhiites from the scorching heat, the Government fears the rains would delay Commonwealth Games projects especially the streets caping …
Considering the importance of the southwest monsoon for the country, the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has proposed National Mission on Monsoon to develop most representative and advanced dynamic model framework for India for forecasting monsoon rainfall and its variability in various space and time scales. A national-level consultation meeting …
This year's south-west monsoon will be normal, says the India Meteorological Department in a forecast issued recently. But that is also what the IMD predicted last April for the 2009 monsoon, which then turned out to be a severe drought. This time the odds favour the IMD forecast being correct. …
There is good news for those reeling under a heat wave. The four-month monsoon season beginning June is likely to bring normal rainfall to the country, and provide huge relief to the government. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), which will be making a formal announcement for the season on Friday, …
LUCY TOBIN The probes do not need a huge chunk of concrete or a power station to get them to run and they contain long-lasting batteries Accurate forewarning: Put together with meteorological predictions for rainfall and storms, the data from the sensors can show how and why things are moving, …
Eli Kintisch SULFATE AEROSOLS Aerosol pollution has helped keep the planet cool by blocking sunlight Unlike carbon dioxide, which persists in the atmosphere for centuries, aerosols last for a week at most. So cutting them would probably accelerate global warming rapidly what would happen if nations instituted all existing pollution …
JORHAT, April 20: While the rest of the country is reeling under a sweltering heat wave, the rain gods seem to have smiled down on the Northeast by keeping temperatures down. The recent rains have taken Assam from a 30 per cent rainfall-deficit State prior to March 19, 2010 to …
Prashant Rupera | TNN Vadodara/Anand: Here is some good news for all those who are perturbed with the heat wave that is sweeping the state. While the heat wave isn
Rains May Gain Speed In Aug & Sept To End As Normal Monsoon Nidhi Nath Srinivas NEW DELHI INDIA may be on course this year for normal monsoon rains after last year
Vinson Kurian How are western disturbances, currently busy creating weather over northwest India, positioned relative to the track of the volcanic cloud originating from Iceland? The question assumed importance in the context of reports that a south-southeast-bound
Washington: Global temperatures fueled by El Nino seasonal warming last month chalked up the hottest March on record, US weather monitors reported on Thursday.
Its still very early days for a monsoon forecast for this season but at least the available signs as of now are all pointing in the right direction. The good news is that a major deficiency in rainfall, as had happened last year, is an extremely remote possibility. Two crucial …
Monsoon rains over South Asia will probably be near normal this season, the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum said on Thursday, easing concern about the return of drought conditions that parched crops last year.
The Regional Meteorological Department, Alipore, today issued a thunder squall warning for different districts of North Bengal in the next 24-hours. The department has also predicted that there are chances of rain in the city and its adjoining areas. According to officials of the Regional Meteorological Department, a Nor
A SECOND straight poor summer monsoon is unlikely, India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief said ahead of an official forecast for the rains that are crucial to the economy of the world
