How Australian aborigines read the weather

The Aboriginal people of Australia have been around for at least 50,000 years, overcoming the most adverse conditions. During this period they …

The Rs 500 crore forecasting machine

But where's the imagination? And the data?

Simply unpredictable

Despite using satellites and supercomputers, meteorologists are still baffled by the monsoon, unable to say precisely when it will occur and how …

The day the sea raged in

Bangladesh's early warning system had already warned those vulnerable on the coastline and helped limit the usually terrible human toll to a minimum

Chaos theory?

Science takes on nature as climatologists try to predict El Nio patterns in an attempt to warn governments of climatic anomalies

The shadow of a calamity

Among disasters, drought is the easiest to predict and manage. The Indian Meteorological Department's forecast of a "below normal" monsoon in …

Awaiting the deluge

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

Traditional wisdom

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

Simply unpredictable

Despite using satellites and supercomputers, meteorologists are still baffled by the monsoon, unable to say precisely when it will occur and how …

Monsoon-friendly Assam reeling under drought

A normal monsoon?

Complexities of the season

Clearing the clouds

Scientists are learning that the Indian monsoon is an integral part of the global ecosystem. The knowledge of these 'global teleconnections'…

Floods blacked out but real

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 …

Lessons in dealing with floods

Weather forecast

Weather radio

Weather report

Weather watch

Automatic warning

Posting humans to inhospitable sites in the Himalaya to monitor snow and wind patterns may soon be unnecessary

Weather watch

Superdoopercomputer at cutprice

Chasing an eccentric monsoon

Monsoon drops in some areas, increases in others

Annual rainfall is declining in some parts of the country and increasing in others. While the overall effect may be negligible, such trends could …

A smog project