The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people and a major increase in international remittances. The report highlights that international migration remains a driver of human development and economic growth, highlighted …
US space agency NASA yesterday said it would launch a water-related satellite in collaboration with India’s ISRO. The NASA-Indian Space Research Organisation Synthetic Aperture Radar mission is a part of its plan to launch in the next seven years a series of satellite related to water and drought, the agency …
Weather radars are to be installed at different three places in the country to collect and disseminate reliable information about weather conditions at the local-level. Director General of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Rishiraj Sharma, said that modern radars are going to be installed in three important 'basin' areas …
A set of Guidelines on ‘Integrating science into humanitarian and development planning and practice to enhance community resilience’ has been developed by Melanie Duncan at University College London in collaboration with a number of contributors. The guidelines are designed to encourage humanitarian and development non-governmental organisation (NGO) practitioners to think …
The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has launched a project to minimise the impact of climate change in the country. “Climate change is the biggest environmental challenge in the world today. Besides, Nepal was recently ranked the fourth most vulnerable country in the world to climate change. Therefore, we need …
The report provides a detailed analysis of the various aspects of operational monitoring and forecasting of observed weather and climate features of 2013 SW monsoon. The report also discussed impact of the monsoon on the major Kharif crops during the season. The season had several unique features such as record …
The current El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions are most likely to continue in to the second quarter of 2014. However, there is an enhanced possibility of development of a weak El Niño during the middle of 2014. However, the probability for neutral ENSO is also as high as for …
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has designed a Rs3 billion Japan-funded specialised medium range weather forecasting project. According to officials on Wednesday, the four-year project, after its completion, would help the PMD make precise weather forecasts leading to taking preventive measures, if necessary, to avert loss of life and property. …
A 'reliability ensemble averaging (REA)' technique is proposed to provide a quantitative estimate of associated uncertainty range and reliability of future climate change projections for Indian summer monsoon (June-September), simulated by the state-of-the-art Coupled General Circulation Models (CGCMs) under Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5).
China is poorly prepared to tackle the impact of climate change that presents a serious threat to the country, thanks to a lack of planning and public awareness, the government said on Monday. The world's most populous country already faces challenges from weather extremes, with 2,000 people dying on average …
Pune: The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), one of the premier research institutes under the ministry of earth sciences (MoES), has developed a new climate model of its own, which aims at providing a fair assessment of the impact of climate change over a period of 100 years on …
A new alert system could improve tsunami warnings in the Mediterranean, but most countries bordering the sea still lack evacuation plans, scientists have said ahead of a meeting of 20 countries in Italy this week (19-21 November). The tenth session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the North-Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean …
Bhutan will have a fully documented realigned national action plan (NAP) to combat land degradation by January next year, which would then be endorsed by the government and submitted to the United Nations convention to combat desertification (UNCCD). Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Bhutan State …
For the country as a whole, the rainfall for the season (June-September) was 106 % of its long period average (LPA). Out of the total of 641 districts, 100 were affected by moderate meteorological drought (seasonal rainfall deficiency of 26% to 50%), while 39 were affected by severe meteorological drought …
Extreme weather events ‐ Rainfall - a presentation by R. Krishnan at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.
Early warning system in Bangladesh - a presentation by Md. Abdul Mannan at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.
Mumbai: Real-time weather information and pollution levels will soon be available at big traffic intersections in the city. By mid-2014, the city will get air quality monitoring systems at 10 locations, data from which will be displayed on big screens at 15 of the busiest crossings. The city is also …
Intense rains in Kedarnath-Badrinath unleashed death and destruction Facing criticism that it didn't predict the cloudburst that ravaged Uttarakhand, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday that cloudburst was not to blame for the disaster that has killed hundreds. Rather, it were the intense rains in the Kedarnath-Badrinath sector …
Come July, students and teachers in 20 schools will get the opportunity to monitor climate change in the country using scientific instruments worth USD 150,000 donated by Karuna Foundation in the United States. Schools using the instruments will serve as database for the climate change study, the first of its …
Mercury climbed further making Thursday hottest day of the city this summer. The maximum temperature was 43.3 degrees Celsius, above Wednesday’s 42.6 degrees Celsius. If Lucknow experienced scorching heat, Allahabad simmered at 46.3 degrees Celsius and was hottest place in the state during last 24 hours followed by Banda which …
Pune: City-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology officially launched its second ‘System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) - Pune’ for Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad on Wednesday. Other facilities such as ‘air quality and weather assessment and data on hitech-digital India’ (AWADHI) — a one stop-shop for metro air …
