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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Cyclone Pam lifts chance of El Nino this year in Australia, forecasters says
Cyclone Pam's impact may not be restricted to devastating the island nation of Vanuatu – it may also have boosted the likelihood of an El Nino event for later this year, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding emission of gas- HFC-23 by industries in the atmosphere, 17/03/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action (ICELA) Vs. MoEF & Ors. dated 17/03/2015 regarding emission of gas- HFC-23 by industries in the atmosphere.</p>
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India Environment Portal Newsletter 07- 14 March 2015
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
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Global scientists predict normal monsoon rainfall in India this year
Weather scientists from the US, Japan and Europe expect India's monsoon rainfall to be normal this year, a welcome news for a country that lacks adequate irrigation facilities in its farms and is largely
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Japan weather bureau raises chance of El Nino emerging by summer
(Reuters) - Japan's weather bureau said on Tuesday that the possibility of an El Nino pattern forming by summer is higher than the 50 percent it projected in its previous monthly forecast. Normal weather
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Possibility of using isotopic composition of ground-level vapour for monitoring arrival and withdrawl of southwest monsoon
Stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen have long been used to trace the hydrological processes on the principle that the lighter isotopes of water (e.g. H2O) preferentially evaporate over its heavier isotopes
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Biomass burning related ozone damage on vegetation over the Amazon forest: a model sensitivity study
<p>The HadGEM2 earth system climate model was used to assess the impact of biomass burning on surface ozone concentrations over the Amazon forest and its impact on vegetation, under present-day climate
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Deforestation in temperate zone cuts rainfall in tropics by 18%
In yet another demonstration of the inter-connectedness of the planetary ecosystem, a study has shown that large-scale deforestation in the temperate and high latitudes can drastically affect rainfall
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Much of Ireland feels the freeze of coldest February in five years
February was drier and cooler than average, according to Met Eireann’s latest weather report. Nearly all monthly rainfall totals were below average except for isolated stations in the west and southwest.
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Deforestation could shift monsoons, leaving India high and dry, study finds
Large-scale deforestation could cause monsoon rains to shift south, cutting rainfall in India by nearly a fifth, scientists say. Deforestation has long been known to cause temperature increases in local