Ozone and UV bulletin
The stratosphere ozone layer is slowly recovering and the recovery will be complete in most parts of the atmosphere in the coming decades, according to the latest bulletin by the World Meteorological Organization
The stratosphere ozone layer is slowly recovering and the recovery will be complete in most parts of the atmosphere in the coming decades, according to the latest bulletin by the World Meteorological Organization
This is a brief response to Sunita Narain's thought-provoking piece on the role of monsoon in our lives. As scientists actively involved in understanding the Indian monsoon and its prediction, we have attempted to elucidate what we know about this intriguing phenomenon, which is a tantalizing mixture of order and chaos, the problems of predicting it and our expectation of the progress that could be achieved in the near future.
Scientists studying tree rings to reconstruct the past have found that major volcanic eruptions can boost rains in Southeast Asia, challenging a common perception of volcanoes as purely destructive forces. Studies in the past have shown massive eruptions such as the 1815 Tambora blast, and Krakatau in 1883, both in Indonesia, dimmed temperatures globally and wiped out crops. Researchers at C
Organic aerosol particles are ubiquitous in the atmosphere. In forests, such particles can occur in solid form — a finding that will lead to a re-evaluation of how they are formed, and their properties
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particles are formed in the atmosphere from condensable oxidation products of anthropogenic and biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs). On a global scale, biogenic VOCs
Pune Terming it as an intense convective activity, the India Meteorology Department (IMD) discarded the speculations about Monday's rainfall being a cloudburst. The IMD officials also said that since it was an intense convective activity, it could not predict the amount of rainfall.
A study has been carried out by comparing the extreme wind speeds estimated based on NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data for 100 years return period using Fischer Tippet-1 (commonly known as Gumbel) and Weibull
The need to have quantitative means of probing anticipated rainfall is essential and inevitable for the purposes of planning and policy formulation. This paper attempts to present some results of an ongoing experiment on empirical prediction of seasonal rainfall in Nigeria. Rainfall in Nigeria is characterized by both latitudinal and longitudinal variations.
Japan will see mostly average to milder temperatures this winter, the official forecaster said on Wednesday, which could limit the use of heaters and dampen energy demand during the coldest time of year. Northern Japan, the main heating oil market, has a 40 percent chance of warmer temperatures than average during the December-February period, the Japan Meteorological Agency said in its semiann
London: Scientists have warned that a huge solar flare is due to erupt in 2013, which could paralyse Earth, causing blackouts and chaos. They fear that the giant explosion of energy from the Sun, a phenomenon which occurs only once every 100 years, could see power grids crash, communication systems collapse, planes grounded and internet shut down, the Sun reported.