Short affidavit on behalf of the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) in terms of the National Green Tribunal order dated January 22, 2025. The application was registered suo motu by the NGT on the basis of a news item titled "Toxic kilns pollution Aravallis; wildlife and locals suffer" appearing …
Current climate change projections anticipate that global warming trends will lead to changes in the distribution and intensity of precipitation at a global level. However, few studies have corroborated these model-based results using historical precipitation records at a regional level, especially in our study region, California. In our analyses of …
The unprecedented Uttarakhand floods of June 2013 generated a large volume of scientific literature. They offered clear technical explaination to the media reported sequence of events ofen in a historical perspective. Some ambiguities, however, remained in some of the works. For example. Dobhal et al. described that starting from 06:45 …
Factors involved in the recent pause in the rise of global mean temperatures are examined seasonally. For 1999 to 2012, the hiatus in surface warming is mainly evident in the central and eastern Pacific. It is manifested as strong anomalous easterly trade winds, distinctive sea-level pressure patterns, and large rainfall …
In a warming world, species distribution models have become a useful tool for predicting plausible shifts of a species occurrence enforced by climate change. Using maximum entropy (Mexent) model, we analysed present and future distribution patterns of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) in two distinct bio-greographical regions of India: the Western …
The daily rainfall data for the twentieth century, from three stations across the region, constitute the basis for statistical analysis. However, the low signal-to-noise ratio makes it difficult to find any significant departure from the simplest null hypothesis of the stability of the rain record at individual stations in northeast …
Over the course of six years (2006–2011), equivalent black carbon (eqBC), coarse aerosol mass (PM 1–10), and surface ozone (O 3), observed during the monsoon onset period at the Nepal Climate Observatory–Pyramid WMO/GAW Global Station (NCO-P, 5079 m a.s.l.), were analyzed to investigate events characterized by a significant increase in …
Secretary of State John Kerry took a turn from international diplomacy to wade into the climate change debate, advising both America and Africa to adopt farming policies that recognize and respond to the “impacts of climate change,” he said. He called it “climate-smart agriculture,” and said at the U.S.-Africa Summit …
There are drastic climatic changes taking place in Tibet and greenery is replacing dryness there. Tibetan plateau is witnessing more rains compared to earlier rainfalls as the weather circle is changing slowly in that area. These changes are new to the plateau and could bring floods in India and Nepal …
Gridded rainfall data of 0.5×0.5° resolution (CRU TS 3.21) was analysed to study long term spatial and temporal trends on annual and seasonal scales in Wainganga river basin located in Central India during 1901–2012. After testing the presence of autocorrelation, Mann–Kendall (Modified Mann–Kendall) test was applied to non-auto correlated (auto …
This is an advisory note on the integration of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into sustainable development, as part of the science and policy knowledge series. The advisory note 'El Niño 2014/2015: Policy implications for Asia and the Pacific' provides a 14 page overview of El Niño, its …
Rammasun Course To Decide Monsoon Strength' Much depends on the course typhoon Rammasun takes in the coming days, though India Meteorological Department officials are concerned that it will affect the monsoon in India. If Rammasun becomes very intense and moves towards Japan, it may weaken the monsoon here further. However, …
Learning about the causes and consequences of climate change can be an important avenue for supporting mitigation policy and efficient adaptation. This paper uses internet search activity data, a distinctly revealed preference approach, to examine if local weather fluctuations cause people to seek information about climate change. The results suggest …
Cooling of the Pacific Ocean over the last month means the El Niño forecast to hit later this year is increasingly unlikely to be a strong event, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday. The BOM maintained its forecast for an El Niño to form over the next …
The odds of a strong El Nino, which brings drought to the Asia-Pacific region and heavy rains to South America, are increasingly unlikely after the tropical Pacific Ocean cooled, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. A general lack of atmospheric response over the last month resulted in some cooling, the …
The urban heat island (UHI), a common phenomenon in which surface temperatures are higher in urban areas than in surrounding rural areas, represents one of the most significant human-induced changes to Earth’s surface climate. Even though they are localized hotspots in the landscape, UHIs have a profound impact on the …
Weather-generating models are widely used for studying the climate change over longer periods. LARS-WG model was evaluated for southern Telangana region (Hayathnagar, Yacharam and Rajendranagar). A 30 year base weather data (1980-2010) was used to generate the long-term weather series from 2011 to 2060.
Mass concentration of black carbon (BC) near the surface (within the planetary atmospheric boundary layer) was measured using a seven-channel aethalometer at Kolkata, a metropolitan city in the Indian tropical region, during the period from June 2012 to May 2013.
According to the Economic Survey 2013-14 presented in the Parliament on 9 July 2014 the growth rates of productivity in agriculture sector are far below global standards and the productivity levels of rice and wheat have declined after the green revolution of the 1980s. It has also expressed concern over …
