Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
A recent report by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has pointed out that 2009 received the third worst rainfall since 1901, behind 1918 when there was a 25 per cent deficiency and 1972 when the deficiency was 24 per cent of the Long Period Average. The report, released in January, …
Pune The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has embarked on a nationwide project to install automatic rain gauge stations across the country to ensure there is real time mapping of the rainfall. The project that began four months ago is part of its efforts to modernise and enhance weather mapping capabilities …
Vinson Kurian Japanese researchers have indicated the possibility of La Nina, the alter ego of monsoon-buster El Nino, to unfold over the equatorial Pacific later this year. La Nina, which represents shift of warmer sea-surface temperatures to the west equatorial Pacific, has generally coincided with a normal Indian monsoon, though …
For Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) the rare and longest solar eclipse on Friday is going to be crucial to study the atmospheric changes and its consequences before, during and after the eclipse. According to ISRO officials, the premiere space research agency, is going to launch a series of rockets …
Scientists around the world have been confused by the role of wind and pollutants on rainfall. But now they have a model. It shows that wind shear—a change in wind speed and direction between different altitudes—plays a crucial role in the whole process. A research team from Pacific Northwest National …
Ranchi, Jan. 10: Scientists of Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, are getting ready to witness the solar eclipse that will occur on January 15, a day after Makar Sankranti. Preparations are on at the meteorological observatory of the prestigious institution, from where two senior scientists from the department of …
2009 was tied for the second warmest year in the modern record, a new NASA analysis of global surface temperature shows. The analysis, conducted by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, also shows that in the Southern Hemisphere, 2009 was the warmest year since modern …
N. GOPAL RAJ Soot absorbs 80 per cent of the solar radiation it receives; directly warms the atmosphere SHORT LIFE: While CO2 stays in the atmosphere for centuries, soot stays aloft only for days to weeks; ozone persists for just weeks to months. - PHOTO: AFP It is no longer …
R. PRASAD Rising concerns: Antarctica could shrink by 33 per cent by 2100, leading to a sea-level rise of 1.4 metres. The surface temperature of Venus is around 460 degree C. In the case of Mars, the temperature can dip to as low as
If the world fails to get the growing carbon emission under control, sea levels could rise by up to six metres, said a new study. According to the study by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), temperatures in the Antarctica were increased by six degrees Celsius during the past periods when …
In what could threaten the very basis of human civilisation, the world is on course for a catastrophic six degrees rise in temperatures by the end of this century, according to a major study. And, this is because carbon dioxide emissions from industry, transport and deforestation, which are responsible for …
Scientists have blamed this year's drought on a rare fierce war of temperatures over the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean, which prevented formation of monsoon clouds. Despite its early onset over Kerala, the southwest monsoon played truant for most of June this year due to unusual heating up …
Beijing: Chinese scientists artificially induced the second major snowstorm to wreak havoc in Beijing this season, state media said, reigniting debate over the practice of tinkering with Mother Nature. After the earliest snow to hit the capital in 22 years fell on November 1, the capital was again shrouded in …
This document contains the Presentation made by Krishna Kumar, IITM-Pune, to Shri Jairam Ramesh, Hon. Minister of Environment and Forests, on 14 Oct. 2009 in New Delhi. The presentation is focused on the impact of climate change on India
