Rainfall

Freaky weather

India witnesses hotter summers, shorter winters. Shape of things to come?

Publication Date:

06/11/2006

Tags:

India, Glacial Melt, Global Warming, Mumbai, Rainfall, Rajasthan, Barmer (D), Cyclones, Andhra Pradesh, Carbon Dioxide, Atmosphere, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU), China, Russia, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Climate Change

Climate Change

Impending ecological anarchy: Orissa will turn into a barren land!

The eastern Indian state of Orissa will turn to a mass of barren and desert like lands in another 150 years, warned Water Initiatives Orissa (WIO). Many parts of Orissa, specifically the western and southern uplands, have developed symptoms of desertification; they have further degraded from drought prone to desert prone areas.

Publication Date:

01/11/2006

Author(s): Ranjan K Panda

Source: Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict

Tags:

Drought Prone Areas, Land Degradation, Desert Spread, Water Resources, Brahmani, Mahanadi, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Orissa (Odisha), Rainfall

India

SOUTH ASIA

Oil spill: The Sri Lankan government is still striving to deal with the oil spill that occurred in mid-September, after a Bangladeshi ship sank off the country's southern coast of Habaraduwa. The

Publication Date:

30/10/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061031

pp:

0

Tags:

Marine Pollution, Oil Pollution, Shipping, Bay Of Bengal, Marine Fisheries, Trade, Storms, International Cooperation, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Rainfall

Industry

Reigning greens

Satellite observations suggest vegetation encourages rainfall in Africa. A study led by P M Cox, a scientist with UK's Natural Environment Research Council, says vegetation accounts for around 30 per

Publication Date:

30/10/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061031

pp:

0

Tags:

Flora, Research, Africa, United Kingdom (UK), Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall

India

A look at floods in Rajasthan's Barmer district

Rajasthan flash floods can drought proof state

Publication Date:

30/10/2006

Author(s): Kirtiman Awasthi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Floods, Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), Rajasthan, Barmer (D), Rainfall

India

Water doesn't drain in Kolkata, West Bengal

Click here to enlarge Kolkata went under water on September 24, 2006. The Meteorological Office said that Kolkata received 211.6 mm of rain on 22 September. That

Publication Date:

30/10/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Drainage, Floods, Urbanisation, Urban Waterlogging, India, West Bengal, Calcutta (D), Rainfall

India

Measure rain, go get mobile

it may sound incredible, but the mobile phone network may soon be used to measure rainfall. The strength of signals in a cellular network varies with humidity, claims a study by scientists from

Publication Date:

14/10/2006

Author(s): Archita Bhatta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Technology, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Israel, United Kingdom (UK), India, European Union (EU), Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall, Telecommunication

Water Resources

Detecting the long-term impacts from climate variability and increasing water consumption on runoff in the Krishna river basin

Variations in climate, land-use and water consumption
can have profound effects on river runoff. There
is an increasing demand to study these factors at the regional

Publication Date:

04/10/2006

Author(s): L. M. Bouwer, J. C. J. H. Aerts, P. Droogers

Source: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Vol:

10

Issue:

0

pp:

703

Tags:

Krishna, Water Demand, Reservoirs, Irrigation, Monsoons, Climate Change, Hydrology, Andhra Pradesh, River Basin, Rainfall