Category: CA Phenomena

A team of researchers from the Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research and the School of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences in Goa University reconstructed the past deep-water circulations of the Indian Ocean.

Due to land subsidence, Joshimath – a key transit point for tourists travelling to Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib – developed cracks, causing panic and protests among the local population.

Indian Metrological Department (IMD) has forecasted severe cold wave conditions in some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, north Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

With typhoon Hinnamnor and another tropical storm called Gardo, meteorologists observed a phenomenon called the Fujiwhara Effect.

A volcano is likely erupting deep beneath the Pacific Ocean in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Recently, a study conducted by UNESCO in partnership with IUCN has found that 1/3 of the glaciers on the UNESCO World Heritage list is under threat, regardless of efforts to limit temperature increases.

Bangladesh has been devastated by Cyclone Sitrang, which slammed into densely-populated, low-lying areas.

Acidity levels increasing 3 to 4 times faster in western region of the Arctic Ocean than ocean waters elsewhere – A study.

Finnish Meteorological Institute researchers published their study in the  Communications Earth & Environment journal, concluding that the Arctic is heating four times faster than the rest of the planet.

According to a new study, the earth’s continents were formed by massive meteorite impacts that were prevalent during the first billion years of our planet’s four and a half billion-year history.

Science article in The Hindu – Many life forms in Madagascar have affinities to lineages found in India (3,800 km away) rather than Africa (413 km).

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has declared a red alert in 11 districts of Kerala, warning of extreme heavy rainfall.