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India: Monsoon rains sharply lower average

2014-07-10 19:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Monsoon rainfall was 41 percent below average for the week ended July 9, the weather office said on its website on Thursday, the fifth straight week of poor rains after a late start to the season. A poor monsoon season cuts exports, stokes food inflation and leads to lower demand for industries ranging from cars to consumer goods, while even a slow start can delay exports of some crops and increase the need for imports. Rainfall was 53 percent below average in the previous week as the first...

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India: Managing the monsoon

2014-05-05 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Eco-Business: Forecasts by the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum and the India Meteorological Department indicate that the south-west monsoon rainfall may be deficient. Also, there is a possibility of the evolution of an El Nio event during June to September. There is a 45 per cent probability that central, west, north-west and south India will receive below normal rainfall. There is also a 40 per cent chance that eastern States like Odisha, West Bengal, the north-east, and most of Jammu and Kashmir may get normal...

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Extremes in monsoon rainfall growing: Study

2014-05-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hindu: Amidst worrisome indications that human-induced climate change is affecting the monsoon over India, research just published adds to a body of evidence showing that extremes in rainfall are increasing. "Our analyses indicate a shift in the recent period towards more intense wet spells and more frequent but less intense dry spells," say a team of researchers from Stanford University in the U.S. in a Nature Climate Change paper. The scientists examined daily rainfall data for the peak monsoon...

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A dust induced monsoon in India

2014-03-18 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environmental News Network: The study also shows that natural airborne particles can influence rainfall in unexpected ways, with changes in one location rapidly affecting weather thousands of miles away. The researchers analyzed satellite data and performed computer modeling of the region to tease out the role of dust on the Indian monsoon; they report March 16 in Nature Geoscience. India relies heavily on its summer monsoon rains. "The difference between a monsoon flood year or a dry year is about 10 percent of the average...

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