ISRO to launch met satellite by 2013
September 6th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to launch a meteorological satellite by 2013 to monitor atmospheric characteristics, parliament was informed Thursday."ISRO is ... Read more...
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Clouds to help tame hurricanes
August 24th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 24 (IANS) Hurricanes are among the most destructive natural forces on earth, but now scientists are working to tame their fury - through clouds.Rather than seeding storm clouds ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Sunderbans poster boy of climate change’s ill effects: Study
March 1st, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) The Sunderbans, a world heritage site, is becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change and government policies must take into account present and future climate impact to ... Read more...
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India’s northeast records 38 percent deficit rainfall
August 3rd, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Guwahati, Aug 3 (IANS) The northeastern region, excluding Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, has recorded deficit rainfall in the monsoon season and this may hit agricultural production, officials said Wednesday.Arunachal Pradesh ... Read more...
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2010 tied for warmest year on record
January 13th, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 13 (ANI): A new study by researchers at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York has revealed that the global surface temperatures in 2010 tied with 2005 ... Read more...
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Earth witnessed extreme global warming around 40mn yrs ago
November 11th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): A new research by scientists has found that variations in atmosphere carbon dioxide around 40 million years ago were tightly linked to changes in global temperature.Scientists at ... Read more...
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WMO: Moderate to strong La Nina to continue into 2011
October 11th, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by BNO News
GENEVA (BNO NEWS) -- Moderate to strong La Niña conditions are now well-established in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, and are likely to continue at least until the first quarter of next year, ... Read more...
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Soaring temps lead to mass coral killing in Indonesia: Study
August 17th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 17 (ANI): A new research has shown that a dramatic rise in the surface temperature in Indonesian waters has resulted in a large-scale bleaching event that has devastated coral populations.WCS's ... Read more...
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Diversity in corals affects their susceptibility to temperature change
May 5th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5 (ANI): The existing diversity in some coral populations could make them more susceptible to extreme temperature disturbances - such as those predicted from climate warming, according to an international ... Read more...
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Government expects normal monsoon this year (Lead)
April 23rd, 2010 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) After a deficit monsoon last year, the government Friday announced that the rainfall in the entire country was likely to be normal during the coming June to ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
700 years of Asian monsoons mapped via tree rings
April 23rd, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 23 (ANI): By analysing tree-ring data from more than 300 sites in Asia, researchers could piece together a year-by-year history of the region's monsoon rains as far back as 1300 ... Read more...
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Predictions Say That The Hurricane Season Of 2010 Will Be A Busy One
April 10th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 10, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Early predictions are naming the hurricane season of 2010 to be a busy one. Predictions released by the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado ... Read more...
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Global warming likely to impact rainfall patterns
March 1st, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Climate models project that the global average temperature will rise about 1 degree C by mid-century, if we continue with business as usual and emit greenhouse gases.
The ... Read more...
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Ocean temperature patterns in tropics and subtropics will change rainfall patterns
February 27th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): A team of scientists has found that that ocean temperature patterns in the tropics and subtropics will change in ways that will lead to significant changes in rainfall ... Read more...
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Unusual corals likely to survive global warming
February 22nd, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) Researchers have stumbled on a diversity of corals harbouring unusual species of symbiotic algae in the warm waters of the Andaman Sea.
"The existence of so many novel coral ... Read more...
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Corals and algae in Indian Ocean may survive future global warming
February 17th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): A team of scientists has discovered a diversity of corals harboring unusual species of symbiotic algae in the warm waters of the Andaman Sea in the northeastern Indian ... Read more...
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Heat from Pacific caused 2007 record-breaking Arctic sea ice loss
February 1st, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have found that the 2007 record-breaking Arctic sea ice loss was a result of heat transported from the Pacific Ocean.The study was carried ... Read more...
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Last Decade Warmest Ever, NASA Study Reveals
January 25th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
New York, Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A recent report released by NASA scientists reveals that the last decade experienced the warmest weather ever on Earth. The study also indicates that ... Read more...
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Coral reefs may be affected due to sea warming
December 24th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Coral reefs, the most diverse marine habitat that support half-a-million species, may start losing dominance from Indian seas starting 2030 following increase in sea temperature, says a ... Read more...
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Soon, climate change ‘early warning system’
December 4th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 4 (ANI): An international team of scientists has developed a new method of measuring the absorption of CO2 by the oceans, which could lead to a climate change 'early warning ... Read more...
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Rising sea level threatens Sunderbans inhabitants
December 3rd, 2009 - 7:53 pm ICT by ANI
Sunderbans (West Bengal), Dec.3 (ANI): Rising sea levels has forced thousands of families to leave their ancestral houses and lands in the Sunderbans area of West Bengal, and many more are living ... Read more...
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Seawater temperatures in Kuwait Bay rising alarmingly since 1985
December 1st, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 1 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6 degree Celsius per decade, which ... Read more...
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El Nino may be overshadowed by its brother in central Pacific due to global warming
September 24th, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 24 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that El Nino, the periodic eastern Pacific phenomenon credited with shielding the US and Caribbean from severe hurricane seasons, may be ... Read more...
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Tropics encroaching on temperate climate zones
July 6th, 2009 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 6 (IANS) The tropical zone is expanding into what have been humid temperate climate zones, according to a review of scientific data.
The authors of a recent study concluded that ... Read more...
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First climate-based model to predict Dengue fever outbreaks developed
June 6th, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 6 (ANI): By using global climatological data and vegetation indices from Costa Rica, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami (UM) and the University of Costa Rica ... Read more...
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Pacific Ocean faces threats that will render some coastal areas uninhabitable
June 1st, 2009 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 1 (ANI): A new research by scientists has determined that the Pacific Ocean, occupying a third of the planet's area, faces threats that will render some coastal areas uninhabitable.According to ... Read more...
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2008 was Earths coolest year since 2000
February 24th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 24 (ANI): In a new analysis, climatologists have found that the year 2008 was Earths coolest year since 2000.The analysis, by climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space ... Read more...
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2008 was Earth’s ninth warmest year since 1880, says NASA
February 24th, 2009 - 5:44 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 24 (Xinhua) Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2008 was the coolest year since 2000, and also the ninth ... Read more...
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Erosion doubles along part of Alaskas Arctic coast, threatens cultural and historical sites
February 19th, 2009 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): A study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has revealed that average annual erosion rates along part of Alaskas Arctic Coast has doubled in a 5-year period ... Read more...
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Ice age maps predict change in Australian climate
January 20th, 2009 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 20 (IANS) New maps of the earth's surface during the peak of the last Ice Age points to northern Australia become wetter and southern Australia drier due to climate change ... Read more...
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Warmer oceans can fuel more thunderstorms
December 25th, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 25 (ANI): Scientists have found that thunderstorms are more frequent over areas where ocean temperatures are warm.According to a report by Science News, the growth of thunderheads the ... Read more...
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Recent hurricane history provides diverging interpretations on future of hurricane activity
November 1st, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 1 (ANI): A new study has explored the relationship between sea surface temperature (SST) and seasonal hurricane activity, showing how differing interpretations of the observational record can imply vastly ... Read more...
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Remote satellite imaging may help predict infectious disease outbreaks
September 3rd, 2008 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 3 (ANI): Researchers in the US have used a new way to predict outbreaks of cholera - a water-borne infectious disease.According to the researchers, this new technique could potentially ... Read more...
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Sea sponges vulnerable to global warming
August 22nd, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 22 (IANS) Sea sponges are at risk from global warming because the symbiotic relationship they share with a complex community of microbes would come unstuck at 33 degrees Celsius. This ... Read more...
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A guide to the atmospheric home of elves, sprites, halos and jets revealed
August 22nd, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 22 (ANI): A three-year space survey has produced the first detailed global guide to the location of flashes of light in the Earth''s upper atmosphere, which are referred to ... Read more...
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