Deforestation and the weakening monsoon in India

A recent study by IIT Bombay says that deforestation and conversion of forest to crop land has weakened the monsoon in India. The study was …

READ MORE 27 Aug 2016

Tamil Nadu declared drought-hit in view of deficient rain, farmer deaths

Most districts in the state witnessed deficient rainfall from October 1 to December 31, 2016

READ MORE 10 Jan 2017

Deforestation leads to weakening of summer monsoon, says study

The study found a decrease in rainfall due to large-scale conversion of savannah to cropland

READ MORE 25 Aug 2016

India gets new weather prediction model for better forecasts

The very high resolution global deterministic weather prediction model, as per earth sciences ministry, shows significant improvement in daily …

READ MORE 17 Jan 2017

How currency ban negated the effects of a good monsoon

Agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan thinks that the timing of demonetisation is proving worse for farmers

READ MORE 30 Dec 2016

Kerala declared drought-hit; water level in dams falls by 40 per cent

All the 14 districts of the state are facing severe water scarcity

READ MORE 31 Oct 2016

The new extreme reality of floods

Floods are destroying vast parts of the country because of how we have mismanaged our floodplains

READ MORE 29 Aug 2016

The cloud

Beyond the romance, clouds are an enduring scientific mystery that must be unravelled

READ MORE 11 Aug 2016

Heavy rains in north India; rivers swell to dangerous levels

Heavy rainfall is expected in eastern Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and across the north-eastern states in the coming days

READ MORE 18 Jul 2016

‘Human influence behind warmer and bigger Indo-Pacific warm pool'

A new study shows that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions have led to the warming of the Indo-Pacific warm pool which can cause changes in …

READ MORE 08 Jul 2016

Will the monsoon reach Kerala on time?

Citizens baffled as weather forecasters are divided over monsoon’s onset dates 

READ MORE 24 May 2016

Only 21% live storage left in country's 91 reservoirs, reveals CWC report

Thirteen reservoirs have less than 20 per cent storage with respect to last year

READ MORE 03 May 2016

23 major reservoirs have deficient water levels; 18 are highly deficient

The live storage of reservoirs in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and all southern states is far below normal

READ MORE 03 Sep 2015

Promise me the monsoon

Has weird weather become the new definition of normal?

READ MORE 29 May 2015

Dream run over

Aparna Pallavi finds out why residents of Goa’s prettiest village cannot wish away mining which they hate

READ MORE 01 Oct 2012

Farmers shun cotton

Delayed monsoons, high input cost make farmers shift to guar, groundnut and pulses

READ MORE 15 Jun 2012

Stalled monsoon to make little progress before June 25

In spite of unfavourable conditions, IMD expects a major progress of the monsoon in Central India

READ MORE 17 Jun 2016

Will the monsoon reach Kerala on time?

Citizens baffled as weather forecasters are divided over monsoon’s onset dates   

READ MORE 24 May 2016

India to see hotter than normal summer in 2016: IMD

The outlook has also warned of an increased probability of heat waves across the country during the summer as the prevailing El Nino weakens

READ MORE 31 Mar 2016

Rain imbalance

An analytical study of 100 years of rainfall data in Maharashtra reveals that rainfall seasonality index has risen alarmingly in all districts in …

READ MORE 13 Sep 2013

Bite into bitters

Maharashtra tribals’ way of warding off monsoon maladies

READ MORE 15 Oct 2011

Megadrought demystified

Two major lakes dried up in Africa in the most severe drought recorded in 50,000 years

READ MORE 15 Mar 2011

No insurance against fraud

Private weather forecasting agencies are prone to fudging data in the absence of a regulatory authority

READ MORE 29 Oct 2015

Science & Technology - Briefs

READ MORE 30 Sep 2014

Forecasting failure

Met department has not learnt lessons from the Uttarakhand tragedy. It remains ill-equipped

READ MORE 29 May 2014