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Neutral conditions to prevail in Pacific Ocean till October: US weather monitor

April 13, 2025 8:39 am

This comes a week before the India Meteorological Department (IMD) releases the first stage Long Range Forecast for the upcoming monsoon season.

IMD: La Nina to emerge by July, more rainfall during August-September

May 29, 2024 7:44 am

La Nina 2024: ENSO is a naturally occurring climate phenomena resulting from ocean-atmosphere interactions. They impact sea surface temperatures along the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

El Nino, other factors to cause warm winter

December 02, 2023 8:10 am

At present, the El Nino condition — the warmer than usual sea surface temperatures recorded over the equatorial Pacific Ocean — is inching to its peak. As per the recent observations, the Nino 3.4 region remained 2.4 degrees Celsius above the threshold, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General, IMD, said.

Staring at driest-ever August: Breaking down El Nino impact on the monsoon

August 31, 2023 10:24 am

By Tuesday morning, the country had received 160 mm of rain this month. Never has the rainfall figure for August been less than 190 mm. What are the likely implications? What is the outlook for September?

Paddy and the price of water

June 19, 2023 7:43 pm

Direct seeding of rice, instead of transplanting and flooding of fields, cuts down the massive water consumption of paddy. Why is the DSR method still not very popular?

El Ninos are far costlier than once thought, in the trillions, study says -- and one's brewing now

May 19, 2023 12:05 pm

An El Nino is brewing now and it might be a big and therefore costly one, scientists said.

Express View on El Nino: For India, the possibility of a sub-normal monsoon

April 16, 2023 10:53 pm

A clearer picture will emerge only by end-May. The time between now and the start of the season should be used for contingency planning that factors in different scenarios — from the monsoon's delayed onset to its failure in the second half

World's coral reefs under siege from El Nino cycles, global warming: Study

January 05, 2018 8:53 pm

For the first time, researchers have measured the escalating rate of coral bleaching at locations throughout the tropics over the past four decades.

El Nino not always the weather monster it’s made out to be

April 18, 2014 1:11 am

In several El Nino years, rains & food output did not suffer majorly

Late monsoon rally slashes early losses,deficit at 8%

October 02, 2012 4:33 pm

September ended with a 11 per cent excess as the country received 192 mm rains as against the average of 173.5 mm.

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