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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El Nino intensity may not be as severe as predicted
PUNE: The El Nino phenomenon, which weather forecasts had said would have a severe impact on the Indian monsoon, is showing signs of weakening. Sources in the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said
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99% of normal rainfall likely in Bihar
Amid gloomy forecast about rain in different parts of the country this year, the farmers of Bihar could derive solace from the good news that the overall rainfall in the state would be 99% of the normal,
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Karnataka ready with contingency plan to deal with poor monsoon rains
Govt will wait till first week of July before implementing any such plan as advised by agriculture scientists In an effort to tackle any eventuality emerging out of a possible failure of monsoons in
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El Nino has 60% chance of starting by August, says UN
Geneva : The “El Nino” phenomenon, which sparks climate extremes around the globe, is likely to take hold in the Pacific Ocean by the end of the year and could even do so within weeks, the UN said on Thursday.
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38% deficient rainfall in June; monsoon revival likely by July first week
With the cumulative rainfall recorded in the country till June 24 being 38 per cent below the long period average, this year will be only the twelfth time in the last 113 years (1901-2013) when there has
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DK receives 50 pc less rainfall than last year
District has received only 446.71 mm rainfall till now TAKING CHANCE? Farmers have begun cultivating their lands despite deficit rains in Dakshina Kannada this year. Dakshina Kannada district has
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Super Pollutants Bill of 2014
A Bill to establish a task force to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants, and for other purposes. See also: Bipartisan
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Super Pollutants Act of 2014
Two US senators went public with this proposal to cut short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) which are currently responsible for 40 per cent or more of global warming. Introducing the Super Pollutants Act of 2014, senators Chris Murphy (Democrat, Connecticut) and Susan Collins (Republican, Maine) have called for establishing a task force to review specific policies and laws to reduce black carbon, methane, and high-global warming potential (GWP) hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
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Coastal Andhra Pradesh received 68% deficit rain: Met officials
Visakhapatnam: Last month was the warmest May on record, Meteorology experts said. Officials of the Cyclone Warning Centre (CWC), Visakhapatnam, stated that the nine coastal districts should have received
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Weak monsoon intensifies drought like conditions in India
NEW DELHI: Drought-like conditions are intensifying as the monsoon hasn't moved an inch for 10 days now, leaving oilseeds, pulses and paddy fields parched and posing the threat of food inflation and weak