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 …
India and other South Asian countries are expected to get a ‘normal’ rainfall during forthcoming monsoon months (June-September), which is expected boost food production in the region, a global forum has predicted. The South Asian Climate Outlook Forum, which met late last week in Kathmandu, in its prediction has stated …
Reliable forecasts of future ‘megadroughts’ would be a boon to farmers and water managers. But results presented last week at the annual assembly of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna suggest that such forecasts are still beyond the reach of current climate models.
Lucknow: Famous Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib had once said, “A a m k h o o b h o a u r m e e t h e h o,” (mango must be in plenty and sweet) after having tasted Lucknow’s famous Dusseheri variety of mango. However, this time the …
The variability of Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR; both at interannual as well as intraseasonal timescales) has a direct impact on various sectors of public interest and economy such as agriculture, water resource, etc. So, the need of real-time extended range forecast system of the ISMR (monthly to seasonal scale) …
New Delhi: A thunderstorm hit the city late on Wednesday, bringing some relief from the steadily climbing mercury. This was in stark contrast to the morning when the airport was under the cover of moderate to shallow fog, as the atmosphere was quite stable. “Around 9.30pm, winds at the speed …
We investigated the impact of radiosonde data from the ice-free Arctic Ocean obtained by the Japanese R/V Mirai during a cruise in the fall of 2010 on the AFES-LETKF experimental ensemble reanalysis version 2 (ALERA2) data set. The reanalysis used radiosonde data over the ice-free region. Compared with observations, it …
China's meteorological authority has introduced a new weather warning system for smog which will use readings of PM 2.5, a particle pollutant. The announcement comes as thick haze chokes many cities. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) has introduced a three-tier color-coded weather warning system to alert the public to the …
Jaipur: Mercury continued to take a dip across the state as cold wave conditions continued. Mount Abu in hills while Sriganganagar in plains remained coldest in the state and recorded a minimum temperature of 1.4 and 2.3 degrees Celsius, respectively, the Met reports said on Tuesday. Jaipurites woke up to …
The government has approved four major donor-funded projects worth US$ 134 million in the agriculture sector that aims to boost livestock and food production, address climate change and environmental issues and enhance communication technology. Of the total amount, donors have provided US$ 101.5 million in grants and soft loans and …
President Pranab Mukherjee today said the country can achieve the targeted 4 per cent growth in the agriculture sector during the 12th Plan period with the help of better seeds, improved water management practice and balanced use of fertilisers and pesticides, among others. The farm sector needs priority access to …
A centre of excellence specialising in reading space weather conditions to help air traffic on polar routes would come up here by the middle of this year, the first of its kind in the country. “It will be a centre of excellence in space sciences. The centre’s main thrust will …
Delhiites woke up to another freezing day on Monday as icy winds swept the Capital at regular intervals bringing the minimum temperature down to 2.4 degrees Celsius, five degrees below normal and barely a few notches above Sunday’s 1.9, the season’s lowest so far. “It is so cold at night …
Weatherman has predicted a “warmer” Monday With each passing day in January only getting colder, Sunday saw the temperatures plummeting to the season’s lowest at 1.9 degrees Celsius in the Capital. Several people were forced to spend the day indoors away from the bone-chilling winds. With Sunday’s minimum temperature being …
Sunday was the third coldest January day in city in the last ten years After experiencing one of the coldest days on Saturday, mercury levels in the city continued to dip further as Sunday became the third coldest January morning in the last ten years. On Sunday, Mumbai recorded a …
New Delhi has suffered its coldest day in 44 years amid a cold snap across northern India, the local weather office said on Thursday. The maximum day temperature on Wednesday reached just 9.8 degrees Celsius (49.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the lowest since the winter of 1969 when records first began, an …
Global prediction partnerships would cost little and reduce the regional carnage caused by floods, droughts and tropical cyclones, argues Peter J. Webster.
New Delhi: The New Year arrived on a chilly note, with the minimum temperature dropping to 4 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal and so far the lowest of the season. And there could be worse to come. According to a weather website, the entire week is likely to be …
Bone chilling cold and dense fog rang in the New Year in the capital today as mercury plummeted to the season's lowest of 4° C. Today, the minimum temperature recorded as three notches below normal and down from the yesterday's minimum of 5.5° C, which was the previous lowest for …
Global temperatures are forecast to be 0.57 degrees above the long-term average next year, making 2013 one of the warmest years on record, Britain's Met Office said on Thursday. "It is very likely that 2013 will be one of the warmest 10 years in the record which goes back to …
