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 Department continuously monitors weather and climate over Indian region. The annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over India during 2023 was …
Torrential rains killed a woman and troops were deployed to help thousands of people after storms and flash floods hit Australia's Queensland state overnight, just days after cyclonic weather battered the tropical region. The woman was swept away in her four-wheel-drive as storms dumped 250 millimeters (9.8 inches) of rain …
Saurashtra was flooded since rainwater could not drain THE state highway between Viramgam and Surendranagar towns in Gujarat presents a stark contrast. On one side is a carpet of green fields for miles, and on the other, decaying jowar and cotton crops, at places submerged in water. The 60 km …
NABARANGPUR: Spectre of a drought-like situation haunts farmers in this predominantly tribal district due to insufficient rains during the recent kharif season. Being an agrarian district, 90 percent population here depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Bereft of irrigation facilities, the farming community largely depend on rains for agriculture. During …
The present-day Sahara Desert was previously a lush green region redundant with wildlife, savannah and swampland owing to a prehistoric climate change in the eastern Sahara, according to an in-depth archaeological study that highlights this theory. Original Source
CHENNAI: Two automatic rain gauge systems and an automatic weather station will be installed by February in each district of Tamil Nadu as part of Indian Meteorological Department
This paper uses annual variation in climate to examine the impact of temperature and precipitation on national economies. We find three primary results. First, higher temperatures substantially reduce economic growth in poor countries. Second, higher temperatures appear to reduce growth rates, not just the level of output. Third, higher temperatures …
Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change has shown that the earth temperature has increased by 0.74 degree C between 1906 and 2005 due to increase in anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. It is estimated that crop production loss in India by 2100 AD could be 10-40% despite the beneficial effects of …
This recent study by SANDEE examines the link between stream flow, agricultural water use and economic returns to agriculture. Attempts to simulate the likely impacts of regeneration of a degraded forest catchment on stream flow and the consequent impact on irrigation tankbased agriculture in a downstream village. The conventional wisdom …
IMD's long range forecast for the seasonal rainfall over the country as a whole and over different homogenous regions except northwest India have been accurate. However, the seasonal rainfall over northwest India and rainfall during July for the country as a whole have not been accurate. While the prediction overestimated …
The hydrogeological environment in the Nagapattinam district has been subjected to pollution considerably. The eastern part of the district being tail end of the canal system, and due to inferior quality of ground water, the agricultural prosperity in the eastern part attained a set back. The agricultural lands are brought …
Moderate increases in temperature and nitrogen from atmospheric pollution actually improve forest productivity. After more than 20 years of research in the northern hardwood forests of Michigan, scientists at Michigan Technological University's School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science have reached this surprising conclusion. Andrew Burton, an associate professor at …
The depression over Bay of Bengal moved slightly towards north-east and lay centered 370 km south-south-east of Paradip on Saturday. The system is intensifying and will move in a north-north-easterly direction. Weather office said the depression is likely to progress towards West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts. The system would trigger …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: So far, four lives have been lost and 697.13 acres of farm land affected ever since the North- East monsoon set in the State, according to the Monsoon Calamities Cell opened here. Two people died each in Malappuram and Palakkad districts on Friday and their bodies had been recovered. …
Normal life in Barisal region became paralyzed as mid to heavy downpour without intervals and gusty winds continued until this report due to stormy weather prevailing over the region since early Saturday night. Barisal weather office recorded 80 millimeters rainfall in 10 hours since 6:00 am Saturday morning with 10 …
JEYPORE: Fear is writ large on the faces of Koraput district with scattered rainfall leading to apprehensions of a poor harvest this kharif season. Preliminary reports indicate that if the irrigation sources do not reach the farmers by October 20 there would be a crop loss of about 40 per …
Can Bihar avert another Kosi disaster? On September 16, the Special Task Force constituted by the prime minister put a figure on the destruction caused by floods in Bihar
food Store bread without worry A new type of paper packaging made with cinnamon oil will preserve bread and other baked food by up to 10 days, say researchers of University of Zaragoza in Spain. Some scientists have earlier tried out various methods for fighting bread mold, a kind of …
