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 …
AHMEDABAD: Global climatic changes are affecting local weather and climatic conditions, observed Sanjay Limaye, planetary scientist from University of Wisconsin, US, during a popular science lecture organised at Gujarat Science City on Tuesday. On combating extreme conditions of ongoing climatic changes, Limaye said, "We need carbon dioxide measurement systems to …
Mumbai Doppler radar in city but may not be ready before July 24 when highest tide is expected Four years after the worst ever deluge that submerged Mumbai, the city
On Monday, the trusty Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carried into orbit what is widely perceived as an Israeli-built radar satellite intended for India
Reliable medium range prediction of monsoon weather is crucial for disaster preparedness. Weather in tropics, controlled by fast growing convective instabilities is, however, intrinsically less predictable than that in extra?tropics. Increased frequency and intensity of extreme rain events in the tropics in the backdrop of global warming has a potential …
The "long-range" forecast of another normal monsoon has little practical utility as it cannot be used to plan for agriculture or water reserves Business Standard / New Delhi April 21, 2009, 0:49 IST The
P. Sunderrajan NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department on Friday forecast that rainfall during the coming southwest monsoon season would be near normal, at 96 per cent of the long period average (LPA). The model error will be plus or minus 5 per cent for the country as a whole …
The RADAR Imaging Satellite (RISAT), to be launched from Sriharikota on April 20, will enable India manage disasters more efficiently, observed G Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Speaking to newspersons on the sidelines of the 54th Railway Week celebrations, organised at M G Railway Colony …
NASA HAS used satellite data and a new modelling approach that could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop. About 15 per cent of the world
AHMEDABAD : Mercury levels in the city have shot up with temperatures going two degrees above normal. Weatherman warns that there may be more dust storms this week. The last such storm hit the city in March and claimed 52 trees. Director in-charge, Indian Meteorological Department, Ahmedabad, Kamaljit Ray says, …
Predicted or confronting you out of the blues, bad weather can give anybody the jitters, especially when each of your business moves, right from the stage of planning to that of execution, will have to be weighed against the vagaries of weather and climatic changes. Not surprisingly, demand for intelligent, …
Farmers adapt to changing weather by switching crops Farmers who have to live with the reality of unpredictable rainfall are trying to cope as best as they can. They are experimenting with different crops to see what works. And each time they start new field trials, they incur debts. In …
Rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall is making usable water scarce in India Archita Bhatta Rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall is making usable water scarce in India If you decide to ignore the news above as freak incidents you make a mistake. They …
Each year, on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization, its 188 members and the worldwide meteorological community celebrate World Meteorological Day around a chosen theme. This day commemorates the entry into force, on that date in 1950, of the WMO Convention creating the Organization. Subsequently, in 1951, WMO was designated …
LUCKNOW: Thunderstorms followed by light rains in some parts of the state on Tuesday night and on Wednesday, though came as a relief but the amount of rains was very low. Weatherman said that the circulations which caused thunderstorms have passed but newer ones are on their way, hence the …
Farmers are not alone in keeping a close eye on the weather-in the control centres of the energy sector and on the trading floor of the electricity exchange, too, it is always good to know exactly when the wind will be blowing or the sun shining. The special services offered …
