Future Chandrayaan series of India

NEW DELHI: The potential for enhancing collaborative polar research between India and Norway is immense.

SHILLONG, Feb 2: Scientists have stressed the need for conservation of wetlands for a balanced ecosystem in the biodiversity-rich Northeast. The atlas of Northeast India released by the North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC) at Barapani near Shillong today revealed that the biodiversity of the region accounts for almost 5 per cent of the wetlands in the country.

Penguin tales: A weeklong exhibition on the polar region now on at the National Science Centre on Bhairon Road in the Capital.
The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi in collaboration with the National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Science, Goa, and the Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromso, are hosting a weeklong photo, installation and text exhibition on the

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Sea Ice Loss May Have Led To Arctic Drift Over Europe
In a clear indication of global warming manifesting in extreme weather conditions

New Delhi: Severe cold may be making headlines in the past two weeks, but here

New government figures for the global climate show that 2010 was the wettest year in the historical record, and it tied 2005 as the hottest year since record-keeping began in 1880.

The new figures confirm that 2010 will go down as one of the more remarkable years in the annals of climatology.

If all goes well, Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorological (IITM) will embark on an ambitious, five-year, Monsoon Mission programme.
Revealing this during the course of his presentation at the Indian Meteorological Society, Pune chapter