Natural Disasters

Do you know there are tsunamis each month?

On December 26, 2004 Sri Lanka and a few other countries in the region faced the destructive power of nature. The tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean left about 300,000 people dead. This disaster also demonstrated the regenerative power of human compassion. Sri Lanka became just one household where everyone who was not affected did his/her utmost to provide relief to those affected.

Publication Date: 
20/04/2009
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
Tags:
Indian Ocean, Natural Disasters, Health, Tsunami, Poverty, Sri Lanka, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Climate Change

Enhanced pre-monsoon warming over the Himalayan-Gangetic region from 1979 to 2007

Fundamental to the onset of the Indian Summer Monsoon is the land-sea thermal gradient from the Indian Ocean to the Himalayas-Tibetan Plateau (HTP). The timing of the onset is strongly controlled by the meridional tropospheric temperature gradient due to the rapid pre-monsoon heating of the HTP compared to the relatively cooler Indian Ocean.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2009
R.Gautam, N.C. Hsu, K.M. Lau, S.C. Tsay, M.Kafatos
Geophysical Research Letters
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Tags:
Himalaya, Western Himalaya, Rivers, Indian Ocean, Atmosphere, Monsoons, Climate Change, Aerosols, Global Warming, Glacial Melt, Hydrology, India, South Asia, Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall
Natural Disasters

The role of the affected state in humanitarian action: a case study on India

This case study is part of the ODI HPG research programme on the role of the affected state in humanitarian action and aims to describe the essential elements of approach to disaster management as seen in its response to the 2001 Gujarat earthquake and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It also analyses policy trends in Disaster Management Act.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Gareth Price, Mihir Bhatt
Overseas Development Institute
Tags:
Indian Ocean, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Tsunami, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Human Rights, NGO, India, Gujarat
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Increasing trend of break-monsoon conditions over India: role of oceanatmosphere processes in the Indian ocean

Analysis of daily rainfall data over India during the period 1951

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
& et al, M. R. Ramesh Kumar, R. Krishnan, A. S. Unnikrishnan
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
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Tags:
Oceans and Seas, Indian Ocean, Atmosphere, Monsoons, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, India, Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall
Natural Disasters

Modeling and mapping of Tsunami along Indian coast as a part of the early tsunami and storm surge warning system

The tsunami of the recent past has put into perspective the need for assessing tsunami hazard in vulnerable coastal areas of India. Following the disastrous tsunami in the Indian Ocean on December 26th 2004, the Ministry of Earth Sciences initiated action towards
setting up of the Tsunami Warming System at INCOIS, Hyderabad.

Publication Date: 
28/02/2009
Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management
Tags:
Tsunami, India, Tamil Nadu, Indian Ocean, Natural Disasters
Climate Change

Indian Ocean Linked To Australian Droughts

SYDNEY - Droughts in Australia have traditionally been linked to El Nino events in the Pacific Ocean, but a new study says the key driver of major droughts has been a warming and cooling cycle in the Indian Ocean.

Publication Date: 
05/02/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Indian Ocean, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Drought, Australia
Natural Disasters

Tsunami early warning systems in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

This report provides an overview of priorities for tsunami early warning systems in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. It aims to guide the policy and programming of the ESCAP Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. It also intends to provide advice to partners wishing to support efforts to fill identified gaps.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
United Nations
Tags:
Indian Ocean, Tsunami, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Governance, International Organisation, Asia
Natural Disasters

 History in a sheet of sand

600 years ago, a tsunami hit the Indian Ocean. Some lessons THE Indian Ocean Tsunami System Programme, costing US $16. 6m, ended in March this year, amidst hopes that it would check the devastation that occurred in 2004. The 2004 tsunami

Publication Date: 
30/12/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Indian Ocean, Natural Disasters, Tsunami, Disaster Preparedness, Indonesia, Thailand
Biodiversity

Status of coral reefs of the world 2008

This Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2008 report from the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network summarises what has happened to the world

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Clive Wilkinson
Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
Tags:
Indian Ocean, Corals, Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, India, Global, South Asia
Science And Technology

 Indian Ocean blues

The coastal waters off western India may be the largest natural low-oxygen system. In summer and autumn the oxygen level drops to 0.2 mg per litre, said S W A Naqvi, chemical oceanographer at National Institute of Oceanography in Goa. During these seasons, the institute

Publication Date: 
14/11/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Marine Pollution, Marine Research, Indian Ocean, Science And Technology

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