Experts from various fields have urged people to plant more trees and adopt anti-pollution measures after a US embassy report said there was an increase in the concentration of air pollution in man

MUMBAI: Monsoon has weakened in the North-Eastern and North-Central India due to large-scale conversion of forest land to crop land, according to a study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

The La Nina phenomena, which gives a boost to Southwest Monsoon and was expected to give a good rainfall in September, has been delayed, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today said, even a

Weakening of Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) is traditionally linked with large-scale perturbations and circulations. However, the impacts of local changes in land use and land cover (LULC) on ISMR have yet to be explored. Here, we analyzed this topic using the regional Weather Research and Forecasting model with European Center for Medium range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) reanalysis data for the years 2000–2010 as a boundary condition and with LULC data from 1987 and 2005.

The lush forests and towering hills of the Western Ghats not only play an important role in capturing and storing rainwater, but are also crucial to the amount of rain falling in Bengaluru and othe

Health experts have attributed the rise to a possible "evolution" in the virus that carries this disease and change in weather factors like humidity.

PATNA: It's called a cruel irony. Despite the major parts of its 12 districts being inundated by flood waters, Bihar still has 16% deficit rainfall this year.

KOLKATA: Heavy rain lashed Kolkata on Wednesday evening, flooding large parts of the city, but it won't be enough provide relief from dengue, fear experts.

Ahmedabad: With monsoon rains receding, civic health authorities are worried over the mosquitoe menace.

COIMBATORE: The Federation of Tamil Nadu Agriculturists Association on Tuesday urged the state government to declare the state as "drought-hit", following failure of southwest monsoon.

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