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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The Indian Ocean experiment and the Asian Brown Cloud
The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) was sponsored by research agencies within Europe, India and USA, and was mainly concerned with the haze over south Asia and the adjacent Indian Ocean. It excluded other equally or even more polluted areas in Asia. The Asian Brown Cloud is a follow on international research project that includes all of Asia.
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Television had promised rain
RAMESH YADAV, migrant auto driver, converses with NITIN SETHI on drought, media, politics and migration
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Beating the drought
How some villages stayed afloat even as neighbouring lands parched
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Romancing the rains
A BBC Radio 3 programme on the Indian monsoon
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Eyewash
Did global warming intensify the Southwest Asian monsoon?
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The politics of empty words
The new buzzword in the climate research circles is vulnerability and adaptation. Just like most of the climate discussion the words have become so dense, that their meaning is lost on most, except
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Quantifying the risk of extreme seasonal precipitation events in a changing climate
Increasing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide will almost certainly lead to changes in global mean climate. But because - by defnition-extreme events are rare, it is significantly more difficult to quantify the risk of extremes.
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Aerosols, climate, and the hydrological cycle
Human activities are releasing tiny particles (aerosols) into the atmosphere. These human-made aerosols enhance scattering and absorption of solar radiation. They also produce brighter clouds that are
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Dangerous opening
Road through the Gir sanctuary opens up Pandora s box
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Cyclones, doubts and monsoon
An early monsoon breaks a few myths