Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Monsoons
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City gets abundant rain, but harnesses little
After a delayed monsoon, showers are here but the rainwater is literally going down the drain. Reason: Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) system is still an emerging trend in the city.
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Floods compel them to migrate
The coastal district of Balasore too has not been spared of the migration curse. If lack of job opportunities was the reason for the exodus in KBK region, floods and resultant poor agricultural activities are the reasons in this flood-prone district.
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Temperature change faster in north than in south: IIT Delhi study
Rapid industrialisation over North India has taken its toll on climate. A study conducted at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, says the northern part of the country has had a more rapid temperature change compared to the southern part.
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Most of the countrys rice bowl running dry
Over 90 per cent of districts monitored by the Met department in seven of India
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Crisis in the north-east
A weak monsoon looks set to leave northeastern India high and dry. In a striking paradox, the region that boasts the once-wettest Cherrapunji and is nestled among verdant hills faces chronic rain deficiency. Manipur has a deficit of 67 per cent, while Arunachal Pradesh, the least affected, is deficient by 29 per cent.
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Gamble in the monsoons
There have been good crops in years of poor rain Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 28, 2009, 0:04 IST There have been good crops in years of poor rain and huge variations in years which have had similar rain.
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Estimation of contribution of southwest monsoon rain to Bhagirathi River near Gaumukh, western Himalayas, India, using oxygen-18
Gaumukh is the snout of the Gangotri glacier located at an altitude of 4000 m in the Himalayas from where the snow and glacier-fed Bhagirathi River emerges.
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Against the grain
The government, it seems, has decided to go slow on the Food Security Act, something it had promised to enact very quickly, just a month ago. An early indicator of the changed approach was evident in the Budget speech when the finance minister said that a draft of the legislation would be put up on the website of the food ministry for debate
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Rain makers
Keep aside your worries about a bad monsoon and turn it into a business opportunity instead, like some of these startups in the cloud seeding business did, says Ashish Agashe
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Higher rainfall in city this year, but water cuts still on
Pune Heavy rainfall in the recent few days has been enough to turn the fortunes for the drinking water supply in city. It is another matter that it has not quite happened. This year, the city has five TMC more water than what it had during the corresponding period last year.