September rains to be better: Agri Secy

Last Updated: Sunday, August 26, 2012, 11:07

Early this month, IMD had pegged below normal monsoon in September due to likely warming of the Pacific Ocean, popularly known as the El Nino phenomenon.

Climate change suspended coral reef growth for centuries

Last Updated: Saturday, July 7, 2012, 10:19

Intense climate change drove coral reefs to a total ecosystem collapse lasting thousands of years, a study has revealed.

Will El Nino hit monsoon in second half of 2012?

Last Updated: Monday, June 11, 2012, 12:21

El Nino and ENSO Neutral conditions have equal likelihood to hit during July, August and September thus raising hope for the agriculture sector.

`El Nino effect on monsoon to be known by June’

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 20:49

The effect of `El Nino` phenomenon that could negatively impact the monsoon rainfall, would be known only by the third week of June.

Study links El Nino climate to civil wars, unrest

Last Updated: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 14:21

El Nino is a regular climatic event that tends to warm up and dry out tropical regions.

Is El Nino causing ice to melt at South Pole?

Last Updated: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 14:36

Scientists believe that the climate phenomenon El Nino may be causing ice at the South Pole to melt.

Floods kill 70 in southern China

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 12:10

Torrential rains caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon have swept across parts of southern China, toppling homes, destroying crops and killing at least 70 people, state media reported Tuesday. More flooding was expected.

Indian Ocean clues to predict El Nino: Study

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 10:21

Tracking Indian Ocean climate patterns could improve early-warning systems for the El Nino phenomenon, helping save lives and billions of dollars lost each year to the severe weather it causes.

El Nino causes wildfires in Venezuela

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 14:18

Over 4,000 hectares of woodland have been destroyed by wildfires in Sierra de Perija, in the Venezuelan state of Zulia, as a result of a prolonged drought, which specailists say is probably due to El Nino climate phenomenon.

Pacific El Nino equals Atlantic hurricane calm: Experts

Last Updated: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 10:02

The Pacific`s El Nino ocean-warming phenomenon has resulted in an especially calm Atlantic hurricane season - a welcome respite for Caribbean and southeastern US residents still smarting from a 2008 pounding.

Deadlier form of El Nino to wreak more havoc on Asia

Last Updated: Friday, September 25, 2009, 10:29

Global warming periodically shifts El Nino thousands of miles to the west, potentially intensifying Asian droughts and weakening its dampening effect on Atlantic hurricanes, reports a study published on Thursday.