Rain-bearing low cloud cover decreased significantly in last 50 years: study

The study also shows a decline in the number of rainy days in monsoon season

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 …

Lived anomaly

Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment has just released a book that suggests how farmers in India can be enabled to cope with …

Farmers will bear the brunt of climate change

By 2050, India is likely to experience a temperature rise of 1-4°C; rainfall will increase by 9-16 per cent. This will have a detrimental …

Flooding of Savitri river leads to Mumbai-Goa highway bridge collapse

The bridge couldn't withstand the high pressure caused by flooding due to incessant rain

Rainfall deficit widens as monsoon stays away in first-half of September

Southern peninsula is the worst hit with 72 per cent rainfall deficit

Timeless clues

Clouds have been used to predict weather since ancient times. The method has rekindled the interest of researchers

Normal monsoon prediction comes as relief amidst drought in south

This time, the IMD has not clarified what the probability is of the country getting below normal or deficient rainfall

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

A normal monsoon?

Complexities of the season

क्या मध्य-पूर्व से आने वाली धूल से प्रभावित हो रहा है भारतीय मानसून

शोध से पता चला है कि मध्य-पूर्व से आने वाली धूल भारत में होने वाली मानसूनी बारिश में इजाफा कर सकती है

मौसम अपडेट: जानिए, अगले पांच दिन तक कैसा रहेगा देश का मौसम

अब पूर्व की ओर बढ़ रहा है पश्चिमी विक्षोभ, क्या होने वाला असर

India’s climate story: Floods to drought and back again

Several districts in the country have seen floods owing to heavy rainfall and immediately after been subjected to drought for there is deficit …

Monsoon plays truant in food bowl of India; rainfall deficit increases

So far, rainfall in the Indo-Gangetic plain has remained deficient, with last week recording largely deficient rain

Earth's rain belts may shift farther north, claims study

A redistribution of the Earth’s water belts could affect water availability for many across the world

On the edge

By 2050, India will experience a temperature rise of 1-4°C and rainfall will increase by 9-16 per cent. This will have a detrimental effect …

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

How aerosols lead to extreme rainfall

Aerosols play a crucial role in the formation of clouds. But now scientists are linking both extreme rainfall and drought to higher concentration …

Tell us about the rains

मौसम अपडेट: इन इलाकों में होगी भारी बारिश, जानें अगले 5 दिन का हाल

तेज हवाओं से वृक्षारोपण, बागवानी और खड़ी फसलों को नुकसान होने के आसार हैं।

मार्च में अधिक बारिश का कोरोनावायरस पर क्या प्रभाव होगा?

अगर वायरस सर्द आबोहवा में फूलता-फलता है, तो जिन जिलों में अत्यधिक बारिश हुई है क्या उन जिलों में उन्हें फैलने के लिए अनुकूल ...

भारतीय-प्रशांत महासागर के गर्म होने से भारत में बदल रहा है बारिश का पैटर्न

हाल ही में वैज्ञानकों को भारतीय-प्रशांत महासागर के एक हिस्से के तेजी से गर्म होने का पता चला है। जिसके कारण भारत सहित दुनिया ...

Mumbai rains once again prove climate change is no hoax

The number of rainy days is decreasing while intense rainfall events are increasing globally

Droughts, flooding rains already more likely as climate change plays havoc with Pacific weather

New research shows that global warming has already begun to exacerbate extremes of rainfall in the Pacific region

Over a million people affected by drought in Sri Lanka

With rain not expected for another two to three months, the government has warned that the situation may worsen