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
Cyclones
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Pollution level up, visibility dips
New Delhi: The city experienced shallow fog for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as still air and high moisture levels arising from Cyclone Nilam resulted in low visibility conditions almost through
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Turn down the heat: why a 4°C warmer world must be avoided
<p><span id="itro1">This World Bank report is a stark reminder that climate change affects everything and spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4°C, which is what scientists are nearly
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The tempest of exodus: the case of climate change-induced displacement in Bangladesh and international negotiations
The climate induced forced migration is on the rise, with alarming proportion, though human migration is not new. Coupled with a number of hydrological, geological and socio-economic factors the impacts
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Sandy wreaks havoc on east coast
17 killed as hurricane makes landfall in New Jersey Up to 17 people were reported dead and millions left without electricity on Tuesday morning, as residents of the U.S. East Coast awoke to confront the extensive destruction wreaked overnight by hurricane Sandy. The hurricane made landfall in New Jersey on Monday night with sustained, 130-kmph gusts, leading to six million homes losing power.
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As cyclone nears TN coast Kalpakkam nuke plant goes on alert
Plant is designed to withstand wind velocity of 160 kmph, Met office has forecast maximum surface wind speed of 45-110 kmph With cyclone 'Nilam' intensifying into a severe storm, Madras Atomic Power Station at coastal Kalpakkam today said the situation was being "closely watched" and asserted the plant is designed to withstand a wind velocity of 160 kmph. Presently, both the reactors at MAPS were operating "safely", its Director K Ramamurthy said in a statement as 'Nilam' cyclone was expected to cross Tamil Nadu-Andhra Coast close to Chennai this evening.
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Cyclone alert in TN, Andhra
Coastal Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are bracing up to face cyclone Nilam. A deep depression lying 500 km southeast of Chennai has intensified into a cyclone storm and is likely to cross the coasts between
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Millions powerless as Sandy brings New York to its knees
33 Killed As Storm Lashes East Coast Washington:A broken crane dangled atop a 75-storey highrise, snapped like a twig by high winds. Storm waters swept through streets and rushed into some of the city’s
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Cyclone alert for north Tamil Nadu, south Andhra Pradesh
A deep depression hovering over the Bay of Bengal may intensify into a cyclonic storm by Tuesday morning and is likely to cross the north Tamil Nadu coast and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh by October 31 midnight, the Met office said. The deep depression lay over the southwest Bay of Bengal, about 550 km south-southeast of Chennai and 200 km east-northeast of Trincomalee. If it intensifies into a cyclonic storm, it would be the season’s first cyclone to strike the State.
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Mangrove ecosystem and shrimp aquaculture in SW Bangladesh
Coastal livelihoods in SW Bangladesh are largely dependent on its natural resources of mangrove forest (timber, wood fuel, honey, fish and other aquatic species) agriculture and marine fisheries. Following
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Ecosystems Can Reduce Risks Caused By Natural Disasters
More research is needed to understand how ecosystems can help reduce disaster risks around the world, according to a report launched in Brussels, Belgium, today. The World Risk Report 2012 says that