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 …
Climate change is leaving Ladakhis rather confused. This cold desert perched on the roof of the world is now warmer. There is more rain. Ladakhis are seeing these changes as a mixed blessing. Till some years ago Ladakh received merely 35 mm of rain. No farmer or household counted on …
Gandhinagar: The state may have received over 73 per cent rainfall, but this is the lowest rainfall after 2002. Gujarat has so far received 70.7 cm of rainfall against the seasonal average of 92.4 cm. This according to the state government is the lowest rainfall after 2002. The state had …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: R K Pachauri, environmental scientist and chairman of Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which won the Nobel prize, has called upon Kerala to be a model to the rest of the world on regaining and reviving the global ecosystem. He was speaking during the
The state of Kerala in the southwestern corner of the Indian peninsula is climatically unique in many respects because of the impact of the Western Ghat Mountains. This results in a wide range of climates and the associated marked gradient in the annual total of rainfall which ranges from ~6000 …
This presentation by B N Goswami, Director, IITM at CSE's South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change warns that climate change has affected the monsoon pattern in India & the days of long-duration rains in Central India are almost gone. This presentation shows the impact of climate change on …
Groundwater is a primary source of fresh water in many parts of the world. Some regions are becoming overly dependent on it, consuming groundwater faster than it is naturally replenished and causing water tables to decline unremittingly. Indirect evidence suggests that this is the case in northwest India, but there …
C.J. Punnathara Kochi, Aug. 10 As the rains continue to be highly irregular and intermittent over the foothills of Kothamangalam in Kerala, Peethambaran, a small grower, remains worried working on his two-acre patch in this rich rubber-growing belt of the State. Though the paucity of rains had reduced output, the …
Kaustubh Kulkarni / Pune/mumbai/new Delhi August 11, 2009, 0:25 IST After being in denial mode, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today pared its forecast for a second time in three months and said state governments were free to announce
The environmental implications of rainfall pattern in the recharge of groundwater system of Saharanpur regionl located in Uttar Pradesh, have been discussed. The mathematical analysis of rainfall variation of Saharanpur district for a period of 25 years (1982-2006) displays a fairly good range from 497.70 to 1566.10 mm with an …
The rainfall is an important parameter for the well being of around 1000 million people of the Indian regions. However, certain extreme rainfall events occurring in different seasons cause disastrous situation over some parts. In view of this, scanned the daily rainfall data of 165 stations across the region to …
With increasing concerns about climate change, the need to understand the nature and variability of monsoon climatic conditions and to evaluate possible future changes becomes increasingly important. This paper deals with the changes in frequency and magnitudes of extreme monsoon rainfall deficiency and excess in India from 1871 to 2005. …
The Niger Delta, located in the Atlantic Coast of southern Nigeria, is the second largest delta in the world. The region spans over 20,000 square kilometers hosting about 25% of the Nigerian population (from 2006 census, the total population of Nigeria is about 140 million people). About 2,370 square kilometers …
Meteorology isn't what it used to be predicting monsoons may become costlier now. An increase in the frequency of extreme weather events like intense rainfall has magnified the errors in observations and calculations required for predicting the weather. Chances for an error occurring depend on these parameters: the location of …
The response of the Arabian Sea to global warming is the disruption in the natural decadal cycle in the sea surface temperature (SST) after 1995, followed by a secular warming. The Arabian Sea is experiencing a regional climate-shift after 1995, which is accompanied by a five fold increase in the …
