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 …
In July, rainfall in Punjab and Haryana has been less than normal with overall deficiency being 55 per cent for both the states, stated the data released by the Meteorological Department. While total cumulative rainfall in Haryana from June 1 to July 31 was 149.6 mm against the normal rainfall …
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) expects the monsoon trough to shift to normal position on Thursday amid an ongoing bout of frequent north to south oscillations. What should presumably anchor the eastern end of the trough, at present, is a persisting upper air cyclonic circulation over north-west Bay of Bengal. …
The first national-level advanced training programme in earth system sciences and climate will kick off on August 8 at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune. It will be inaugurated by the secretary, ministry of earth sciences (MoES), Shailesh Nayak. A brainchild of the MoES, the 18-month residential …
Climate scientists have turned to the United States and Australian navies to deploy robotic measuring devices in the Indian Ocean where pirates have made the area too dangerous for researchers. About a quarter of the Indian Ocean is now off limits to climate scientists trying to complete a global network …
An oppressive and potentially deadly summertime mix of sizzling temperatures and high humidity baked a large swath of the country again on Sunday, pushing afternoon heat indexes in dozens of cities to dangerous levels. Forecasters warned the heatwave would persist through much of the coming week and cautioned residents in …
Recognizing the need for mathematical modelling-enabled, forecast-centred research in dynamical long-range forecasting in India, the CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (C-MMACS), Bangalore initiated an effort to bring long-range dynamical forecasting to India in early 2000. Recently, in an article in Current Science, Gadgil and Srinivasan1 (hereafter GS) …
Understanding the underlying dynamics of the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) extremes such as severe droughts is key to improving seasonal prediction of the ISM rainfall. A large number of ISM droughts over the past century occurred unrelated to external forcing like the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). In this study, we …
One hundred and twenty two Information and Study Centers on the country's weather condition such as rains, floods and changes of water levels of reservoirs and rivers, will be established covering all districts, Irrigation and Water Resources Management Ministry sources said. Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said the new system …
Overnight rain in many parts of northern India helped bring the temperatures down on Wednesday. While this respite from the heat is rather temporary, the rain being a result of western disturbance, the northern region is not a long way away from welcoming the monsoon rains which have behaved very …
PANJIM: Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Ashwani Kumar on Sunday said that the ministry aims to cover over 14 lakh fishermen, who would be able to get the prediction of weather forecast via short messaging service (SMS) and voice mail facility, in next five years. Addressing media …
The loss of life and property in the cloudburst in Doda district last evening could have been averted had the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) taken timely steps and installed modern weather forecasting equipment in the state. Even after the cloudburst of Leh last year in which nearly 179 persons were …
A U.N. plan to upgrade "space weather" forecasts can help the world cope with solar storms that might wreak up to $2 trillion in damage if the sun repeated a giant flare of 1859, experts said. The sun is entering a more active phase due to peak in 2013 on …
India's annual monsoon rains have hit the southern state of Kerala two days earlier than expected, weather officials said on Sunday, boosting prospects for a harvest that could spur Asia's third-largest economy. The July-September monsoon irrigates 60 percent of India's farms and good rains will brighten hopes for a bumper …
A dedicated centre for climate and weather research exclusively for the North East embedded with an integrated mechanism involving MET and ISRO is what experts involved in aviation sector is banking on to reduce flying hazards in the region. Experts including those from the Indian Air Force expressed their opinion …
Political hostility over global-warming policy in the United States is causing collateral damage. Plans for a national Climate Service deserve better. (Editorial)
MUMBAI: The Arabian Sea's average temperature has gone up by two to five degrees Celsius over the last four decades, which is not good news for the climate that you experience. It has also resulted in many cyclones originating from the Arabian Sea during the same time. The sea's temperature, …
