Climate security in the Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal (BoB) region is emerging as an important focal point for climate security risks. This is largely due to a multi-layered interplay of geopolitical, geostrategic, and climate-related regional
Bay Of Bengal
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After coal, CBI trains guns on offshore mining
New Delhi After filing a series of cases in the coal block allocation scam, the CBI has now been tasked with unearthing alleged irregularities in the allocation of offshore mining licenses to private firms. The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry into allocation of 62 off-shore mineral blocks in the sea bed of of Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, the first-ever attempt to explore untapped mineral wealth worth thousands of crore.
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CBI begins probe into sea-bed mining
NEW DELHI, 24 SEPT: Just a week after filing cases in the coal block allocation scam, the CBI has begun probing alleged irregularities in the country's first-ever attempt to explore untapped mineral wealth
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Heavy downpour triggers flood threat in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: With the water levels on the rise in major rivers following heavy rains in the upper catchments and release of surplus water from various reservoirs, the state government today directed the
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Monsoon prediction: are dynamical models getting better than statistical models?
The Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) has remained remarkably stable during the last 140 years. The ISMR has varied between 70% and 120% of the long-term average of about 85 cm. Monsoon seasons with
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Climate change and the South Asian summer monsoon
More than one billion people live in regions affected by the South Asian summer monsoon. This Review provides an overview of our understanding of summer monsoon rainfall variability and its causes, and
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Weak monsoon: Maharashtra, Karnataka asked to go for contingency plans
With the monsoon continuing to elude many parts of India, the central government has asked the governments of Maharashtra and Karnataka to implement contingency plans in the wake of low rainfall, and is monitoring the situation in Rajasthan and the Saurashtra region in Gujarat. As of today, the southwest monsoon has been 20-30 per cent below normal. In Karnataka, it has been 40-50 per cent less. In its weekly update, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the rains would improve from the middle of next week in the western, northern and central parts but go down in eastern India.
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India misses oil & natural gas target by wide margin
The major reason for production shortfall was delays in project implementation by ONGC and Cairn Energy India missed oil and natural gas production targets by a wide margin due to fall in output at Reliance Industries' KG-D6 fields and delays in implementation of project by ONGC, according to Planning Commission. "Against crude oil production target of 206.73 million tonnes in 11th (Five Year) Plan period (2007-12), the anticipated achievement is 177 million tonnes, i.e. 14% below the target," the Plan Panel's draft note on Energy for the current 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-17) said.
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Coastal fishers’ livelihood in peril: sea surface temperature and tropical cyclones in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries of the world and here climatic events are considered an integral part of the social fabric. More than 3.5 million coastal peoples’ livelihood directly
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‘La Nina increases cyclone frequency in Bay of Bengal'
Study conducted by ocean scientistson tropical cyclone activity Will a tropical cyclone occur in the Bay of Bengal this October-December? It might, if there is a cooling of the western Pacific Ocean due to La Nina phenomenon. And the good news is that it could be predicted a few months in advance. A study conducted by ocean scientists on the tropical cyclone activity between 1993 and 2010 during La Nina and El Nino events has found that El Nino/La Nina-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) significantly influenced the frequency, genesis and intensity of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal.
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Frontline observations on climate change and sustainability of large marine ecosystems
The growing risks and impacts of climate change and the accompanying loss of ecosystem services require the world to urgently invest in a new development paradigm. As the UN’s global development network,