Climate Impacts

Can global warming make Indian monsoon weather less predictable?

Reliable medium range prediction of monsoon weather is crucial for disaster preparedness. Weather in tropics, controlled by fast growing convective instabilities is, however, intrinsically less predictable than that in extra?tropics.

Publication Date:

23/04/2009

Author(s): B. N. Goswami, Neena Joseph Mani, E. Suhas

Source: Geophysical Research Letters

Vol:

36

Issue:

0

pp:

1

Tags:

Weather Predictions, Monsoons, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Disaster Preparedness, India, Rainfall Pattern

Climate Change

World over, rivers are drying up

Washington: The flow of water in the world

Publication Date:

22/04/2009

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Water Resources, Rivers, Ganga, Amazon, Mississippi, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, United States Of America (US), India

Climate Change

Water levels dropping in some major rivers as global climate changes

Rivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a new comprehensive study of global stream flow. The study, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), suggests that in many cases the reduced flows are associated with climate change. The process could potentially threaten future supplies of food and water.

Publication Date:

21/04/2009

Author(s): Aiguo Dai

Source: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Tags:

Water Resources, Rivers, Brahmaputra, Ganga, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Africa, China, United States Of America (US), India

Climate Change

Tackling global warming

Identifying varieties of various crops that can grow in higher temperatures will be vital in the years to come

Surinder Sud / New Delhi April 21, 2009, 0:41 IST

Publication Date:

21/04/2009

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Agriculture, Climate Science, Global Warming, Climate Impacts

Climate Change

Climate change effecting indigenous vegetables

KOHIMA, April 20: Nikheli has been selling vegetables (indigenous to Nagaland) since 1989. After 20 years of good business, she

Publication Date:

21/04/2009

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati)

Tags:

Agriculture, Vegetables, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Extreme Weather Events, Nagaland

Climate Change

Global emissions need to be halved by '50: Climate change expert

Marianne de Nazareth
Rahmstorf is one of the lead authors of the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC. He has published over 50 scientific papers and co-authored two books. He speaks about the effects of climate change in an interview with Deccan Herald.

Publication Date:

21/04/2009

Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

Tags:

Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise

Climate Change

Our future on a hotter planet

The Guardian
Even a temperature rise of less than 2C has a discernible impact on the planet. The Earths energy balance will then change dramatically, writes Mark Lynas

So, global warming is here, and the world is facing the heat. Here

Publication Date:

21/04/2009

Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Heat Waves, Extreme Weather Events

Climate Change

Environmental threats as destructive as terrorism

Former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore

Publication Date:

20/04/2009

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Environment, Climate Impacts, NGO

Climate Change

Assessing vulnerability to climate change in India

The impact of climate change on the lives and livelihoods of people in India is now widely recognised. Yet, there is neither a consensus on the definition of vulnerability to climate change nor a full, regionally-nuanced mapping of the variable impact of such a change.

Publication Date:

18/04/2009

Author(s): Architesh Panda

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

44

Issue:

16

pp:

105

Tags:

Monsoons, Climate Change, IPCC, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Floods, Cyclones, Climate Adaptation, India, Rainfall Pattern