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
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer
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Vegetation fires, absorbing aerosols and smoke plume characteristics in diverse biomass burning regions of Asia
<p>In this study, researchers explored the relationships between the satellite-retrievedfire counts(FC), fire radiative power(FRP) and aerosol indices using multi-satellite datasets at a daily time-step
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Ozone pollution in Delhi crosses permissible limit again
Surface ozone pollution in Delhi has crossed the permissible limit, for the second time in a year, with experts blaming weak monsoon for the phenomenon. Though the ozone layer limit in Mumbai and Pune
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Despite El Nino, next monsoon will be normal, predicts IMD
The possibility of a normal monsoon is high next year though its onset might be delayed because of the tail end of El Nino. Amid reports from forecasters about the possibility of El Nino continuing
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High ozone levels raise alarm
With densely-populated areas in the city, especially Punjabi Bagh and R.K. Puram, showing high levels of ozone, environmentalists and doctors have expressed their concern over their adverse effect on children,
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Variations in atmospheric structure and wave activity in changing monsoon conditions over Mahabubnagar, as observed during Caipeex-2011
<p>Upper-air radiosonde observations, taken during “Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement EXperiment” (CAIPEEX) at Mahabubnagar (16.73°N, 77.98°E) under Integrated
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Break in monsoon increases rainfall deficiency further
Another break in monsoon during its last leg has caused the rainfall deficiency in Marathwada and central Maharashtra to increase again, data provided by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has shown.
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El Niño takes toll on US rice farmers – and points to even higher prices
Blame El Niño. The weather phenomenon is causing havoc for US rice farmers and a sharp price spike in the world’s most important staple food may foreshadow possibly higher prices in Asia in the coming
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Satellite detection, long-range transport, and air quality impacts of volcanic sulfur dioxide from the 2014–2015 flood lava eruption at Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
<p>The 2014–2015 Bárðarbunga-Veiðivötn fissure eruption at Holuhraun produced about 1.5 km3 of lava, making it the largest eruption in Iceland in more than 200 years.
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El Niño Causes Water Rationing in 210 Colombian Municipalities
A total of 210, among the more than 1,100 municipalities, in Colombia are suffering from water rationing and 300 more are facing a risk of water shortage owing to El Niño, Colombian Housing Minister Luis
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El Nino leaves North MP, Bundelkhand dry
BHOPAL: As monsoon is all set to withdraw by month end, El Nino has hit hard whole of Bundelkhand and Gwalior-Chambal region and parts of eastern MP. Scarce rain in these areas have been badly damaged