State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Indian Ocean
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The saga of Diego Garcia's Chagossian evacuees
How Diego Garcia became a US military base
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Air pollution affects rainfall in Indian Ocean region
Pollution has reduced rainfall in south Asia
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Diego Garcia islanders get justice
The uk High Court recently ruled in favour of a group of Indian Ocean islanders who were forcibly removed to make way for a us airbase decades ago. The Ilois or Chagossians are inhabitants of
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Sourcing Shompens
Hunter gatherers of Great Nicobar yield evolutionary clues
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Sea level changes along the Indian coast:
Sea level changes can be of two types: (i) changes in the mean sea level and (ii) changes in the extreme sea level. The former is a global phenomenon while the latter is a regional phenomenon. Estimates of mean sea level rise made from past tide gauge data at selected stations along the coast of India indicate a rise of slightly less than 1 mm/year; however these estimates need to be corrected by including the rates of vertical land movements, whose measurements are not available
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News Snippets
<font face=arial size=3 color=#CE181E><b>•</b></font> A group of 60 on horsebacks who call themselves The Nomads have undertaken a tour of the world to promote organic farming and complete respect for the environment.<br>
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News Snippets
<font face=arial size=3 color=#CE181E><b>•</b></font> A new reality television series is teaching Britain's "most wasteful families' how to live simpler, greener lives. Each week, the BBC's, <i>No waste like home</i> looks over a different family's house. It then suggests techniques for cutting down on their ecological footprints.
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Weakening trend of the southwest monsoon current through peninsular India from 1950 to the present
The southwest monsoon current in the form of a crossequatorial low level jetstream (LLJ) with its core at an altitude of about 1.5 km and core wind speeds of 80
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Epidemiology of tropical cyclones: The dynamics of disaster, disease, and development
Tropical cyclones—variously defined as hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones—regularly impact human populations and periodically produce devastating weather-related natural disasters. The epidemiology of
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Atmospheric brown clouds: Impacts on South Asian climate and hydrological cycle
South Asian emissions of fossil fuel SO2 and black carbon increased 6-fold since 1930, resulting in large atmospheric concentrations of black carbon and other aerosols. This period also witnessed strong