Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Rainfall
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Millennial- and orbital-scale changes in the East Asian monsoon over the past 224,000 years
High-resolution speleothem records from China have provided insights into the factors that control the strength of the East Asian monsoon.
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The rhythm of the rains
Deposits in a Chinese cave tell the story of the region 's climate stretching back more than 200,000 years, well past the last interglacial warm period
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Mango crop hopes turn sour on adverse weather
Adverse weather conditions, including heavy rains, have affected mango crop in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, while the prospects in Maharashtra, the largest producer of the
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Natural disaster and ecological dilemma: Flood affected areas of Barmer, Thar Desert, Rajasthan
The erratic and heavy rainfall last year has turned a large part of the deep desert country into a vast submerged landscape.
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National Water Award & Bhoomijal Samvardhana Puraskar-2007, an important step in encouraging rainwater harvesting in rural India
The National Water Award and the Bhoomijal Samvardhan Puraskar-2007 were awarded by the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India in September 2007 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
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Natural disaster and ecological dilemma: Flood affected areas of Barmer, Thar Desert, Rajasthan
The erratic and heavy rainfall last year has turned a large part of the deep desert country into a vast submerged landscape. Barmer District, Thar Desert, Rajasthan has an average rainfall of 280 mm annually, but during the monsoon of 2006 it received about 600 mm of rain within 2
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The expanding Indian desert: Assessment through weighted epochal trend ensemble
One of the biggest challenges in climate research is to arrive at reliable future projections.
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Tornado strikes Ala.; ice in Midwest
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP)
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Southern China faces the worst drought
Large swathes of the usually humid southern China are currently facing drought, described as the worst in 50 years. The drought has left over a million people short of drinking water and has shrunk
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Threats to mangroves from climate change and adaptation options: A review
<p>Mangrove ecosystems are threatened by climate change. We review the state of knowledge of mangrove vulnerability and responses to predicted climate change and consider adaptation options. Based on available