Weather on order

A new technology could render weather forecasts redundant

Tidal wave kills 26

IMD overhauls monsoon forecast system

Have Indian meteorologists at last found their 'role model'? After getting a lot of flak from politicians and the public for last year's …

Too hot for Bush

Global warming would affect water availability in the US

Perfect model?

New method to forecast monsoon early

IMD partners with premier institutes to forecast fog more accurately

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and India Meteorological Department have jointly started a project this year to monitor fog

Tibetan saga

An environmental report checks the impact of Chinese rule over Tibet

Help on-line

A new cyclone prediction model will indicate the severity of a cyclone at least 12 hours in advance

When bloom spells doom

Bamboo flowering in Orissa without fresh procurement threatens to drive plant to extinction

Weathering the drought

Meteorological Department attempts to get its act together after bungling with monsoon predictions

Awaiting the deluge

The question on everyone's lips is when will the monsoon commence and how extensive will it be?

Lull before the storm

The world is about to face the wrath of El Nio. Is India prepared for it?

Pollution in news on April 13

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments on pollution

Make India a ‘weather-ready’ nation

A proposal has been sent to the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, detailing the areas of concern in India’s weather forecasting system and …

Delhi Pollution Crisis: CM Kejriwal announces school shutdown in Delhi for a week

Emergency measures are not a magic bullet; systemic and sustained change in Delhi’s air quality is needed, Anumita Roychowdhury of CSE says

Expect ‘severe’ Delhi air today

EPCA flags uncertainty over wind direction; Friday AQI was season-worst  

Delhi on the verge of another air emergency

Stubble burnings have seen a decreasing trend, but the air quality of Delhi was 'severe' and poised to turn worse

Traditional wisdom

Researchers in Gujarat use rural expertise to predict weather when modern methods fail to make accurate forecast

El Nio and health

Climate forecasts could help control disease outbreaks

Indian met goes hi-tech, may track weather with more accuracy

India develops new device to measure snow surface temperature

Rising moisture, low wind speed trap pollutants in Delhi's air

The National Capital Region may see a smog episode in the first week of November, predict scientists

Boiling point

Greenhouse gas emissions could raise global temperatures much more than previously forecast leading to drought and flooding as weather patterns …

Monsoon prediction model

What ails India's wind pattern study?