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Forecast for mets: grim
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 …Croppers to livestock keepers: livelihood transitions to 2050 in Africa due to climate change
The impacts of climate change are expected to be generally detrimental for agriculture in many parts of Africa. Overall, warming and drying may reduce crop yields by 10 Original SourceGlobal assessment report on disaster risk reduction 2009: risk and poverty in a changing climate
This is the first biennial global assessment of disaster risk reduction prepared in the context of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. It focuses on the nexus between disaster risk and poverty, in a context of global climate change. The 2009 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction is the …Joining hands to save glaciers
Madhur Tankha NEW DELHI: The Energy and Resources Institute and the Indian Mountaineering Foundation on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to study, preserve and safeguard the Himalayan glaciers under the National Mission of Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system. Underlining the need to study the Himalayan belt, TERI Director-General R. K. …Study and analysis of surface weather parameters over Haryana using ERA-15 data (1979-93)
Total atmospheric moisture content present in the atmosphere is less than 1% of total atmospheric composition. The atmospheric moisture variability accounts for nearly 10% variation in global hydrological cycle. The atmospheric moisture variability occurs in the form of cloud cover and hence in to the precipitation. A prior knowledge of …National water mission under national action plan on climate change: comprehensive mission document - Volume I : revised draft
Revised draft of the National Water Mission approved by the Prime Minister