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Why in News Recently, cyclone Yaas made landfall south of Balasore in Odisha. Earlier, another cyclonic storm named ‘Cyclone Tauktae’...
29 May 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Total Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon
Why in News Two celestial events - Total Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon - together coincide on 26th May 2021. Key Points Supermoon: A supermoon...
26 May 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Why in News Recently, Cyclone Tauktae made landfall in Gujarat. The cyclone has left a trail of destruction as it swept through the coastal...
18 May 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Climate Change Causing Shift in Earth’s Axis
Why in News A study published in Geophysical Research Letters of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) says that due to the significant melting of...
03 May 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Sulphur Dioxide Emissions from Caribbean Volcano
Why in News The Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) emissions from a volcanic eruption in the Caribbean (La Soufriere Volcano) have reached India, sparking fear...
20 Apr 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Why in News Recently, a study details how the Indian monsoon gets influenced by the atmospheric dust particles swept up by winds from deserts in the...
05 Apr 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Why in News Recently, Ecuador’s Sangay volcano erupted. Key Points About Sangay Volcano: Sangay volcano is one of the highest active...
13 Mar 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Declining Rainfall in Cherrapunji
Why in News A recent study that looked at the rainfall pattern in the past 119 years found a decreasing trend at Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) and nearby...
22 Feb 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Deglaciation Glaciers, ice caps and continental ice sheets cover some 10% of the earth’s land surface at the present time, whereas during...
22 Feb 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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About A glacier is a large, perennial accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, sediment, and water that originates on land and moves down...
15 Feb 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Mapping Seismic Hazard of Eastern Himalaya
Why in News Recently, scientists have found the first geological evidence of an earthquake on the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, documented...
09 Feb 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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The Ring of Fire, also referred to as the Circum-Pacific Belt, is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent...
08 Feb 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Tectonic Plates A tectonic plate (also called lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly-shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both...
01 Feb 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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El Nino and La Nina are complex weather patterns resulting from variations in ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific Region. They are...
18 Jan 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Why in News Recently, Semeru volcano erupted in Indonesia’s East Java province. Other volcanoes, such as the Merapi volcano (Java) and...
18 Jan 2021 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Why in News 21st December or the Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The same day marks the Summer...
22 Dec 2020 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Why in News In a recent study by Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (CAOS), it has been found...
14 Dec 2020 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Why in News Recently cyclone Burevi has made a landfall on Sri Lanka’s Northern and Eastern provinces, before heading towards south...
04 Dec 2020 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Provisional Report on the State of the Global Climate 2020: WMO
Why in News According to the latest State of the Global Climate provisional report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the year 2020 is...
04 Dec 2020 Important Geophysical Phenomena
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Why in News Rainfall over the southern peninsular region has been deficient so far, indicating that the northeast monsoon has remained subdued this...
26 Nov 2020 Important Geophysical Phenomena
