New Delhi, The Tongan volcano eruption in 2022, thought to contribute to the extreme warming the world experienced in 2023-24, instead “induced a slight cooling effect,” a new research has found. 2022 Tongan eruption ‘cooled’ Earth, did not add to extreme warming in 2023-24: Study {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The findings bring the focus back …
The ocean temperatures along the central and equatorial Pacific are cooling off and ENSO neutral conditions are establishing all along the Nino regions in the Pacific Ocean. However, residual effect of the exiting El Nino on global temperatures still remains. Nino 3.4 region, the principal indicator of Oceanic Nino Index (ONI) continue to be reasonably …
El Nino is not gradually weakening but it will continue to impact global climate in the coming months, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Tuesday. Though El Nino is weakening now, above normal temperatures are predicted over almost all land areas between March and May. (Representative file photo) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Though El …
India is likely to embrace abundant rainfall during monsoon this year, under the reduced influence of El-Nino and significant La-Nina conditions in the pacifict region after May, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Also Read: Weather update: IMD issues orange alert for snow, hailstorm in THESE states; yellow alert for heavy rain in Himachal …
Peru:Residents of Pedregal Grande, a poor neighborhood in the Peruvian city of Piura, receive water for only 30 minutes a day because of shortages, forcing them to collect it in plastic tanks that have become breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Scorching temperatures and a lack of air conditioning force people out of their homes and they …
Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier, the world’s widest glacier, has lost over 50 billion tons of ice and the melting rate is on the rise as the continent gets warmer. The glacier, measuring about 130 kilometres wide on the western edge of the continent, is losing more ice than it is receiving from snowfall, making it unstable. New …
The death toll from the central Chile wildfires reached 122 on Monday as emergency crews discovered more bodies in the aftermath of the fires that began three days ago. As reported by Reuters, helicopters are dropping water on the blazes, while residents, firefighters, and the military worked swiftly to clear debris in Valparaiso and Vina …
El Nino is expected to reach peak intensity during January or February before its hold tapers off, experts from Copernicus Climate Change Service have said. El Nino has a high correlation with warmer summers and weaker monsoon rains in India. (File photo) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} However, experts said that El Nino’s impact on ocean …
Brussels Last year was the planet’s hottest on record by a substantial margin and likely the world’s warmest in the last 1,00,000 years, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on January 9. Scientists had widely expected the milestone after climate records were repeatedly broken. Since June, every month has been the world’s …
New Delhi: India’s farm sector output, which backed India’s economic performance when industries sank during covid, saw an unprecedented weather shock in the year ending December, weighing on agricultural output and the volatility in prices of food items may continue over the next year. Whereas the Indian economy shot past expectations to clock an impressive …