SALEM: Educational institutions in the country should come forward to carry out collaborative research to study rainfall and cloud cover across the country, Head, Radio and Atmospheric Sciences Division, National Physical Research Laboratory (NPRL), New Delhi, S.K. Sarkar has said.

The ozone hole, which had caused serious environmental concerns, is shrinking and it could fully heal by the end of the century, bringing more rain to eastern Australia, scientists said on Wednesday.

Ahmedabad: Have you experienced more rainfall in your area than usual? Have you often used the expressions

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NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said the southwest monsoon is all set to withdraw, even as the deficiency in the cumulative rainfall for the season as a whole increased marginally from 20 to 21 per cent over the past week.

Nepal has effectively implemented the Montreal Protocol 1987 by doing a remarkable work in the field of minimising the use of chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) -- the major green house gases responsible for the ozone layer depletion, praised experts on Wednesday.

Significance of ozone layer for survival underlined