Environment/Science

Tropical fires fuel elevated Ozone levels over western pacific ocean

New York, Feb 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS) A diverse team of atmospheric chemists, meteorologists and modelers, including scientists from NASA, has traced the origins of mysterious pockets of high ozone concentrations and low water vapor in the air above the western Pacific Ocean near Guam to fires burning in Southeast Asia and in Africa, half a world away. more

NASA partners on air quality study in East Asia

California, Feb 25 (IBNS) NASA and the Republic of Korea are developing plans for a cooperative field study of air quality in May and June to advance the ability to monitor air pollution acc ...

NASA Global Hawk flies Pacific storm mission

California, Feb 23 (IBNS) Extreme weather predictions on the West Coast could become more accurate with help from NASA's remotely piloted Global Hawk. Flights to look at Pacific storms as th ...

NASA sees category 5 Southern Pacific Tropical Cyclone hit Fiji

California, Feb 23 (IBNS) NASA satellites provided data on Tropical Cyclone Winston before and after it made an historic landfall in eastern Fiji.

Harsh Vardhan, Y.S. Chowdary release Seismic Microzonation reports for Delhi , Kolkata

New Delhi, Feb 22 (IBNS) Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan released Seismic microzonation reports for Delhi and Kolkata in New Delhi on Monday.

Fiji: UNICEF on stand-by with supplies and personnel in wake of Cyclone Winston

New York, Feb 22 (Just Earth News/IBNS) In the wake of Tropical Cyclone Winston that struck the island nation of Fiji Saturday night, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said it is o ...

El Niño passed peak, but UN weather agency warns ‘not to lower guard’ as impacts continue

New York, Feb 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The 2015-2016 El Niño, one of the strongest on record, has passed its peak, but its humanitarian and economic impacts will continue for many months ...

‘Our task is not over,’ says Ban, urging action on Paris climate pledges ahead of signing ceremony

New York, Feb 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS) While the international community has provided a solid foundation for the world’s response to climate change by adopting the Paris Agreement this ...

El Niño set to have a devastating impact on southern Africa's harvests and food security

New York, Feb 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS)Over the coming year, humanitarian partners should prepare for food insecurity levels and food insecure population numbers in southern Africa to be at ...

Climate outlook ‘particularly concerning’ in southern Africa due to El Nino - UN agency

New York, Feb 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS) El Niño conditions have caused the lowest recorded rainfall between October and December across many regions of Southern Africa in at least 35 year ...