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 …
This report recommends the establishment of a global system to provide information to help manage climate risks and opportunities. The report proposes an implementation strategy for a Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) and estimates the costs of implementing the strategy would be US$75 million per year. The report addresses: …
The government on Tuesday forecast normal monsoon rains for the country in 2011, boosting prospects of the farm sector and giving respite to policymakers struggling to check rising inflation. Quantitatively, the overall rainfall is likely to be 98% of the long-period average with a 5% margin of error, minister for …
AJMER: The Union ministry of earth sciences predicts that Rajasthan will have huge sandstorms in the future as an effect of climate change. The state is now in the danger zone 3 of earthquake. The ministry has decided to build observatories in various parts of the country to calculate the …
disasters strike when they are least expected, causing untold devastation and disruption of life, besides laying waste huge swathes of land. Now, meteorologists have developed sophisticated tools to help minimise casualties and damage. Curtin University
A review of the use and value of seasonal climate forecasting for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a view to understanding and exploiting opportunities to realize more of its potential benefits. Interaction between the atmosphere and underlying oceans provides the basis for probabilistic forecasts of climate conditions at a …
Ranchi, March 23: From routine temperature predictions to chasing mighty storms, weathermen here will soon have more on their radar. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has drawn up elaborate plans to hone the accuracy and alacrity of weather forecast in the state, particularly in capital Ranchi. The upgrade programme envisages …
Madeleine C. Thomson and colleagues call on climate and health researchers, policy-makers and practitioners to work together to tackle infectious diseases.
New Delhi: At a time when Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) has become a key policy initiative worldwide in ensuring that there is better preparedness in dealing with calamities, India is still seriously lagging behind. Nearly 100% of the funds meant for modernization of weather forecast, ocean movement and prediction of …
COIMBATORE: As one of the climate change adaptation strategies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) is establishing automatic weather stations (AWS) in all the 385 blocks in the State. As many as 224 have been covered and the rest will be set up in the second phase, Vice-Chancellor of TNAU P. …
A Doppler Weather Radar (DWR), the first in Maharashtra, has been installed here for accurate predictions of monsoons, cyclones and other weather-related phenomena. The DWR was installed on Sunday near the Babasaheb Ambedkar International airport in the city. It is the third such radar in the country. The state-of-the-art S-Band …
The specter of high commodity prices has recently reemerged, with global food prices registering a new peak in February 2011, triggered mainly by production shortfalls due to bad weather. The 30% hike in international food prices has translated to an average domestic food price inflation in developing Asia of about …
The Ministry of Science and Technology has decided to import super computers to improve weather forecasts in the country. This was stated by Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Planning and Science and Technology, while addressing a press conference here today. Sources in the Meteorological Department said that …
INTENSE heatwaves in July last year scorched much of Europe and several other countries in the Northern Hemisphere. It took many lives, destroyed crops and ignited forest fires. Scientists say climate change will not just influence the average climate but also extremes such as heatwaves. Taking cue a group of …
EXTREME weather conditions over the past few weeks have destroyed crops in several states, triggering farmers’ suicides. In all, over 300 farmers reportedly killed themselves in Andhra Pradesh (275), Odisha (36) and Madhya Pradesh (7), the worst hit states. Media reports said some of the deaths were caused by heart …
Under the project 'Seasonal Prediction of the Indian Monsoon' (SPIM), the prediction of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by five atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) during 1985-2004 was assessed. The project was a collaborative effort of the coordinators and scientists from the different modelling groups across the country.
A state of the art model of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system, the climate forecast system (CFS), from the National Centres for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), USA, has been ported onto the PARAM Padma parallel computing system at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Bangalore and retrospective predictions for the …
Last year, 2010, was India's hottest in 110 years, and 2001-2010 the warmest decade. With a mean temperature increase of 0.93 degrees Celsius, 2010 beat 2009 (mean increase 0.91 degrees) to the "hottest honour". Yes, it's global warming. "There has been a steady rise in temperatures since the 1990s and …
Folk people of Tripura, a small state of Northeast India, rely on their own traditional knowledge of phenological indicators for predicting the weather, to help plan their agroforestry activities and disaster prevention. One such prediction relates to the phenology of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L., night flowering jasmine which helps them to …
