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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State gets 56% less rain
Odisha received 56% less rain by the end of June, according a rainfall report of India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday. The monsoon had hit the state on June 18, eight days behind schedule.
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Monsoon finally arrives in U’khand, says Met
Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has finally declared the arrival of monsoon in Uttarakhand on Tuesday. "Delayed monsoon, however, caused shortfall of around 63 per cent rainfall than normal in the
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El Nino-like conditions kick with annual temperature record smashed
Australia smashed its temperature record in the year to the end of June, beating a high set during the most recent El Nino weather event in the Pacific. Buried in the Bureau of Meteorology's monthly
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Warm and wet weather makes for Canberra's hottest June since 2009
Canberra had a warm and wet start to winter this year, with rainy days and mild nights making it the ACT's hottest June since 2009 and the territory's eighth warmest on record. But a severe cold front
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El Nino may hit farmers’ yields
CHINA’S agricultural yields could be hit by El Nino, a weather pattern that can bring drought in some parts while causing flooding in others, the agricultural ministry warned yesterday. El Nino of medium
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Warm Indian Ocean poses threat to monsoon, says Japanese scientist
The El Nino is not the only factor that tripped monsoon rains in India during June, according to a lead scientist with a research group Japanese national forecaster Jamstec. This is the latest in a
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El Nino Signals Seen Emerging as Australian Bureau Keeps Alert
Australia maintained an El Nino alert as indicators of the event, which can bring drought to the Asia-Pacific region and heavier-than-usual rains to South America, begin to emerge before the pattern develops
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India Gets Lowest June Rain in 5 Years as El Nino Looms
India, the world’s second-biggest rice, sugar and cotton grower, recorded the lowest June rainfall since 2009 amid predictions for an El Nino that previously caused droughts and cut crop output, the state
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Delayed monsoon, poor inflow raises concern
South-west monsoon is yet to pick up in full vigour although June is at an end Concern is building as the monsoon rains that generally arrive in the first week of June have been delayed in the Cauvery
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Markets not spooked by weak monsoon; hopes pinned on forecasts predicting rains picking up in July
Why aren't the markets spooked by the poor monsoon in June? Simple, because forecasts point to rain picking up in July, water reservoir levels are higher than average and India has buffer stocks that would