Terrific rate of IMD failures prompts states to set up their own systems

BixLight to meet long-standing need aiding research in drug discovery, weather forecasting

When extreme weather events begin to occur with increased intensity and frequency, they should make us think

During my weekly conversation with my sister, I told her about the unusual searing heat this June, the problems of power cuts and how we are coping in India. She, in turn, told me that in Washington, DC, where she lives, there was a terrible storm that damaged her roof and uprooted trees in her garden. They were fortunate that they still had electricity, because most houses in the city were in the dark. She also said it was unbearably hot because the region was in the grip of an unprecedented heatwave.

Scientists aided by supercomputers are trying to unravel one of Mother Nature's biggest mysteries -- the vagaries of the summer monsoon rains that bring life, and sometimes death, to India every year.

In a first-of-its-kind project, Indian scientists aim to build computer models that would allow them to make a quantum leap in predicting the erratic movements of the monsoon. If successful, the impact would be life-changing in a country where 600 million people depend on farming for their livelihoods and where agriculture contributes 15 percent to the economy. The monsoon has been dubbed by some as India's "real finance minister".

New Delhi: Monsoon might be recovering on an average across the country, but some pockets could be staring at a severe drought even as almost half the rainy season is over accounting for little rai

Europe's latest weather satellite blasted off into space on 5 July on board its Ariane rocket.

Advance of SW Monsoon 2012.

SINGING IN THE RAIN: A gradual half degree centigrade rise in eastern Pacific sea surface temperatures by the end of June and a 1.5 degree rise in the region adjacent to South America could be indi

The Nation Keeps Its Fingers Crossed, Hopes 28% Rain Deficit Will Be Wiped Out In The Slog Overs. If openers fail to score, the middle order is there to save the day.

The latest spacecraft in Europe's long-running Meteosat series has just gone into orbit on an Ariane rocket.