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Link between unseasonal rains, disasters & climate change: Is India playing ostrich?
2015-05-17 01:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Soon after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal in end-April , geologists based in Europe asserted that the tragedy was caused by climate change. These experts were of the opinion that the pressure that falls upon the underlying tectonic plates on account of excess rainfall and its ebb and flow in the river deltas of India and Bangladesh could have triggered the earthquake in the neighbouring country or at the least hastened its occurrence. Speaking to Newsweek, University College London's...
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India expects normal monsoon rains this year
2015-04-09 08:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India's summer monsoon rains are expected to be normal this year, the chief economic adviser at the finance ministry said on Thursday. Monsoon rains are vital for India's farm sector, which accounts for 14 percent of the $2 trillion economy, as half of the country's farmland lacks irrigation. Weak monsoon rains have cut farm output in the past, stoking inflation. Arvind Subramanian also said inflation is not expected to run up in the medium term due to the recent unseasonal rains, which have damaged...
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Chile desert rains sign of climate change, chief weather scientist says
2015-03-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The heavy rainfall that battered Chile's usually arid north this week happened because of climate change, a senior meteorologist said, as the region gradually returns to normal after rivers broke banks and villages were cut off. "For Chile, this particular system can only be possible in an environment of a changed climate," Deputy Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization Jeremiah Lengoasa told Reuters on a visit to Santiago on Friday. The intense rainfall that began Tuesday in...
Mauritius 2014 sugar output hit by strike, heavy rains
2015-02-10 08:11:54| Sugar Industry News
PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - Mauritius estimated sugar production for 2014 fell 4 percent compared to forecasts, the Chamber of Agriculture said on Monday, blaming a workers strike and heavy rains for disrupting the harvest.
As climate changes, cities grapple w/ big rains
2015-02-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Minnesota Public Radio: In Duluth, city workers have replaced 8-foot culverts wiped out in a 2012 storm with two sections 10 feet wide, more than doubling their capacity. In Minnetonka, the city is creating computer models to see where increased rainfall is putting the most pressure on its stormwater system. In north Minneapolis, a street has been torn out to make room for huge tanks that can store stormwater and prevent it from overwhelming the city's system that drains into the Mississippi River. In all three...
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