What do the top climate change stories of 2021 tell us

What do the top climate change stories of 2021 tell us

Antarctic ozone hole — one of the largest, deepest — closes


The annually occurring ozone hole over the Antarctic had rapidly grown from mid-August 2020 and peaked at around 24 mln sq km
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Will May witness severe cyclones?


A cyclone-free April raises the prospect of severe cyclones in the coming month, the last phase of the pre-monsoon cyclone season
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‘Climate change could be behind Uttarakhand cloudbursts’


March, April and May were warmer than normal over Uttarakhand, which could have contributed to the cloudbursts
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Cyclone Tauktae can be among the ‘strongest’ on India’s west coast in 2 decades


Two of south Asia’s megapolises, Mumbai and Karachi lie in the path of Cyclone Tauktae
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Did Death Valley just hit the highest temperature recorded ever


The all-time highest temeparature ever was recorded more than a century ago, but that reading has been challenged
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Cyclone Gulab likely to make landfall September 26


Cyclone Gulab quickly intensified from a low pressure area on the morning of September 24 to a cyclone by the evening of September 25
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From sea to shining sea: Cyclone Gulab, born in Bay of Bengal, to re-emerge in Arabian Sea


Cyclone Gulab, which made landfall on India’s east coast, will now cross into the Arabian Sea near Surat and then skirt Saurashtra before intensifying
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Current season’s first cyclone might be brewing over Bay of Bengal: Experts


Predicting a probable forthcoming cyclone in the Bay of Bengal has been reflective of mismatch between forecasts from various datasets in a warming world
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Cyclone alert: Jawad may reach Odisha-Andhra coast by December 4, warns IMD


IMD has predicted wind speeds of 70-80 km / hr December 3, with gusts of 90 km / hr along the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts
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Triple whammy: 3 weather systems to cause intense precipitation across India from December 1


Low pressure areas over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea and western disturbance over Afghanistan likely to induce rain, snow
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