El Nino Southern Oscillation Current Affairs, GK & News

IIT-G study on Extreme Weather Events

November 19, 2022

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar published a study of sequential extreme weather events – heatwaves in the summer and extreme rainfall in summer monsoon seasons over the same regions from 1951 to 2020. What are the key findings of the report? Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather ..

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IMD: El Nino to be neutral; Normal Monsoon rains for India

March 20, 2020

On March 19, 2020, the Indian Meteorological Department announced that the El Nino Weather Phenomenon is to remain neutral this year between May and July. This will bring in normal rains to India during South West Monsoon. The Indian Monsoon is greatly affected by the El Nino and La Nina Weather Phenomenon. The neutral event ..

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Conditions normal for 2018 monsoon season: Weather scientists

April 14, 2018

Weather scientists have predicted normal monsoon in June-September 2018 monsoon season as prevailing conditions as well as neutral ENSO were favourable for good monsoon rainfall. India receives 89 cm of rainfall during four-month monsoon season, which is almost 75% of its annual rainfall. In 2017 monsoon season, country as whole had received rainfall that was ..

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