Global temperatures are forecast to be 0.57 degrees above the long-term average next year, making 2013 one of the warmest years on record, Britain's Met Office said on Thursday.

Sea-dwelling fossil shells reveal 60,000-year-old link relating to climate change

Link dating back to 60,000 years between sea surface temperature of Northeast Indian Ocean (NEIO) and North Atlantic climate oscillations, probably through ocean atmospheric connection, was found by researchers. In a study on oxygen isotopes deposited in fossil shells in the ocean sediment through AMS radiocarbon dating, it was also found that the Indian monsoon was much more intense 6,000-8,000 years ago than the present period. In the study carried out by scientists from CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute here, researchers from the School of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University and the School of Earth Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China collaborated in dating the fossils.

The long-anticipated meteorological satellite INSAT-3D will be launched in the third quarter of 2013, the government today said.

Britain is still struggling with heavy rain and winds as the met office and the Environment Agency on Monday warned about more floods in northeast England, Wales, Yorkshire & Humber regions.

The problem of piracy in the Indian ocean is hampering the collection of accurate water surface temperatures by international weather forecasting agencies that indirectly affects India’s long-range

It was a shivery Monday morning form Punekars with the city recording 7.9 degrees Celsius, its lowest temperature so far this winter.

A European satellite that will acquire data critical for weather forecasters has launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.