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Antarctica recorded the hottest temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius
The World Meteorological Organization announced that for the first time in record Antarctica has recorded its hottest temperature ever, 20.75 Degree Celsius. So far, the highest was 18.3 Degrees Celsius that was recorded in January 1982. Highlights The higher temperatures were influenced by shifts in El Nino and Ocean Currents. According to United Nations scientists, ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Antarctica • Climate change • El Nino • Ice Melting • Oceans • Sea level increase • Temperature rise
Facts Box: Effects of El-Nino, Equinod and IOD on Indian Monsoon, 2019
The ongoing frenetic of the North-East Monsoon in the Peninsular India were supported by the same factors that propelled the South-West monsoon. The Indian monsoon of 2019 saw a neutral Pacific (neither El Nino nor La Nina), a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and a positive Equatorial Indian Ocean Oscillation (EQUINOO). El nino The variation ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: El Nino • ENSO • Indian monsoon • Indian Ocean • La Niña
July 2019 hottest month on record
As per the data available from the World Meteorological Organization, the month of July in the year 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded in history. What is El Nino? The El Nino is a climate pattern that occurs due to the sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean which increase to above-normal levels ..
Topics: Climate change • El Nino • Global warming • Hot Month
Scientists of China & United States develop a statistical model that predict pollution levels using oceans’ memory
Researchers from China and the U.S. have developed a novel computer model that can help accurately predict air pollution levels in the region a season in advance. The statistical model uses certain climatic patterns related to the oceans which have a regulatory effect on the wintertime air pollution over northern India. The new model could ..
Topics: Air pollution • Antarctic oscillation • Arctic oscillation • Climate • Effects of global warming • El Nino • Pacific decadal oscillation • Physical geography • Physical oceanography • Sea surface temperature • Tropical meteorology • Weather hazards
Trends in Food Inflation and Monetary Policy
The reduced growth rate and higher rates of unemployment have led to an expectation that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would cut the interest rates in the upcoming monetary policy review. Under the Section 45ZA of the RBI Act 1934, the central government, in consultation with the Reserve Bank had notified the consumer inflation ..
Topics: Drought • El Nino • Food Inflation • IMD • India Meteorological Department • Monetary Policy • RBI • RBI Act 1934 • Reserve Bank of India • Southwest monsoon
IMD Predicts near Normal Southwest Monsoon Season Rainfall for 2019
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts near-normal monsoon, at 96% of long period average. IMD in its first stage operational forecast for the southwest monsoon season (June to September) rainfall has made the following predictions: The South-west monsoon seasonal (June to September) rainfall over the country as a whole is likely to be near normal. The monsoon seasonal (June ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Arabian Sea • Asia • Atlantic Ocean • El Nino • Europe • IMD • India Meteorological Department • Indian Ocean • Ministry of Earth Sciences • Monsoon Mission • Pacific Ocean • South West Monsoon