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IMD revises monsoon forecast down by 5% but let’s not say ‘drought’ yet
The Wire June 4, 2015 From behind the thick curtains of the Indian Meteorological Department’s offices, it was announced on June 2 that the monsoon forecast for 2015 was being revised from 93% to 88% of the long-period average (LPA), … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, El Nino southern oscillation, groundwater resources, Indian Meteorological Department, southwest monsoon
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As seas exchange heat, the Indian Ocean is becoming a marine hothouse
The Wire May 21, 2015 Since about 1998, the rate at which the Earth’s surface temperature has been becoming hotter due to anthropogenic global warming has slowed. It slipped from about 0.12 kelvin per decade since the late 1800s to … Continue reading
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Tagged Agulhas current, climate change, El Nino southern oscillation, global warming hiatus, Indian Ocean, Indonesian Throughflow
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