India to have new supercomputer for weather forecasting by year end: Earth Sciences Minister RijijuIndia will unveil its new 18 petaflop supercomputer for weather forecasting institutes later this year, Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren...
Govt extends ability of existing air quality early warning system to have decision-making capabilityA dedicated website has also been created to deliver quantitative information about the contribution of emissions from Delhi and surroundin...
Pune's particulate pollution load increases by more than 60% in past 7 years, says IITM studyAn increase of 70% and 61% has been found in PM2.5 and PM10 pollutants respectively during 2012-13 to 2019-20 in the emission inventory cam...
IITM's Green Skill Development Program trains its second batch"First batch of Emission inventory and Pollution monitoring courses has been completed successfully in 2018 and empowered 24 participants. ...
Air quality to worsen during New Year clebrations: SAFAR director BeigDelhi government is contemplating keeping the schools closed during the first half of January to protect school children from the health ri...
IMD, IITM to monitor New Delhi's fog for better forecastsIMD and Pune-based IIITM will set up instruments at the Indira Gandhi International Airport and at Pusa Institute for starting observations...
- International climate office to be set up in Pune
An International Climate Variability and Predictability project office would be set up in Pune for implementation of intra-seasonal, season...
Monsoon to cover India by end of June, except North-West: IITMThe Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) expects the monsoon to cover most parts of India by end of June, except North-West Indi...
Monsoon to weaken in second half of August: IITM ForecastRainfall will be restricted to the peninsular and north east India in the second half of Aug, says the forecast issued for about 25 days.
Indian Meteorological Department forecasts August rain at 96%Claiming that progress of monsoon is almost on predicted lines, Union ministry of earth sciences is expecting August rainfall to be close t...
CBI claims to have detected recruitment scam in IITM, PuneCBI has registered a case against Chabi Bardhan, the then Private Secretary to the Director and now working as Advisor at the Institute, Sa...
Weathermen decode Indian hailstorm mysteryThe recent hailstorms are different from the normal pre-monsoon hailstorm in their frequency, size, duration of fall and melting time.
- IITM working on new weather prediction model
The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, is working on a Monsoon Mission (MM) project under which it plans to design a ne...
2 supercomputers from Pune in world's fastest 100Two of the four supercomputers in the country that feature in the top 100 in the list of 500 fastest supercomputers in the world, are from ...
Puneites can now get weather forecast alerts via SMS, e-mailThe IVR will give the citizens current and 24 hour advance information on air quality and weather just by dialing a toll free number.
- Weak monsoon: States bet on cloud-seeding to induce rains
With the monsoon below normal this year, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra are exploring cloud-seeding options to bring rains.
Fewer rainy days in future: StudyAccording to a study, climate change will alter the pattern of monsoon in the country in the next 50 years, reducing the number of rainy da...