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 …
EI Nino refers to warming of the eastern tropical Pacific, whichdisrupts the local climate and has a wider effect on general weatherpatterns. The opposite of this term is La-Nina. The La Nina implies tocooling of the eastern tropical Pacific, occurring in certain years. “La Nina” also casts larger effects on …
Stuck over south India for almost a week, the monsoon is set to stir again on the back of a fresh surge. Over the next four-five days, the rain-bearing wind system is expected to cover entire peninsular India and major parts of east India, and enter central India, the Met …
Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is for the first time expected to exceed 400 parts per million for 2016 as a result of an extra boost from El Nino, finds a new study. El Nino warms and dries tropical ecosystems, reduces their uptake of carbon as well as exacerbates forest fires. …
In order to understand the regional climate implications of aerosols over Indo Gangetic Plains (IGP), a major Indo-US field experiment, Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment (GVAX) was conducted during 2011– 12. Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) mobile facility (AMF) was deployed at the northern Indo-Gangetic Plain over the high-altitude site, Manora Peak, …
In this paper, we evaluate the performance of the chemical transport model ‘CHIMERE’ over large Indian region (4–37.5°N; 67–88.5°E) for multiple years (2006, 2007 and 2008) by comparing the model simulations with concurrent aerosol measurements from different locations. Model simulated nearsurface black carbon mass concentrations agreed satisfactorily with measurements at …
We present the measurements of cloud-base height variations over ARIES, Nainital (79.45°E, 29.37°N, 1958 m amsl) obtained from Vaisala Ceilometer, during the nearly year-long Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment (GVAX). Original Source
A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday maintained its projections for the La Nina weather phenomenon to take place in the Northern Hemisphere later this year, as El Nino conditions dissipated. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, said in its monthly forecast La Nina …
Japan's weather bureau said on Friday there was a high possibility that a La Nina weather pattern would emerge during the country's summer, which runs from around June to August, and continue through autumn. The Japan Meteorological Agency also said the El Nino, which had emerged in summer 2014, has …
The chances of a La Nina weather event forming later in 2016 are 50 percent, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday, as the tropical Pacific Ocean continues to cool. The bureau had said in May that the strongest El Nino in nearly 20 years - which had …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With conditions favourable for the onset of South West Monsoon in Kerala on Tuesday, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) indicates probability of 113 percent above normal rainfall overall this monsoon along with La Nina effects towards its last phase. Now, heavy to very heavy rains are expected to lash parts …
Worldwide heavy oil and bitumen deposits amount to 9 trillion barrels of oil distributed in over 280 basins around the world, with Canada home to oil sands deposits of 1.7 trillion barrels. The global development of this resource and the increase in oil production from oil sands has caused environmental …
Australia has posted its hottest autumn on record, with Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane among the cities to post their warmest temperatures for the season, as the giant El Nino in the Pacific wound down. Nationally, this autumn also marked the biggest departure from the norm for any season in records …
The skyman announce that it would strike the Kerala coast on June 7 (plus or minus four days). Hyderabad: Monsoons in Kerala this year would be delayed from the normal date of June 1 for the last 50 years. The skyman announce that it would strike the Kerala coast on …
Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Tuesday said the farm sector growth will be good in 2016-17 with the country expected to receive normal monsoon rains this year after two consecutive drought years. Addressing a press conference about the achievements of his ministry in the first two years of the …
Agriculture-related stocks continued to outperform benchmark indices and stayed high in May also on expectation of robust monsoon this year after consecutive years of drought in the past two years. Stocks such as Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemical jumped 34 per cent on month-to-date basis till May 27. Others …
Is the idea of a dry monsoon beginning to parch your appetite for investing? The monsoon season. Does it evoke the idea of planning your finances? No, right? When you talk about the monsoon, what likely comes to mind is gushing rain, bumper harvests, and flooded streets. Perhaps even a …
Several sites in Sydney have experienced their coldest May morning in 20 years, even as the city looks set to record its warmest autumn. Less than two weeks after well above average temperatures were recorded across the eastern states, Sydneysiders awoke to record cold weather and frost on Monday. Richmond …
The Japan Meteorological Agency has announced its three-month forecast from the month of June until August. This summer, while sweltering temperatures will be experienced nationwide, western Japan, in particular, will be hit by an intense heat wave, the agency said. According to the agency, the El Nino phenomenon will cause …
Atmospheric aerosols and their effect on clouds are thought to be important for anthropogenic radiative forcing of the climate, yet remain poorly understood. Globally, around half of cloud condensation nuclei originate from nucleation of atmospheric vapours. It is thought that sulfuric acid is essential to initiate most particle formation in …
About half of present-day cloud condensation nuclei originate from atmospheric nucleation, frequently appearing as a burst of new particles near midday. Atmospheric observations show that the growth rate of new particles often accelerates when the diameter of the particles is between one and ten nanometres. In this critical size range, …
