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Heat Dome

For Prelims: Heat Dome, Jet Stream, Climate Change For Mains: Important Geophysical Phenomena Why in News? Several countries in Europe...

05 Jan 2023 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Tectonic Plates

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10 Dec 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Cyclone Mandous

For Prelims: Cyclone Mandous, Types of Cyclones, Nomenclature of Cyclone For Mains: Types of Cyclones, Nomenclature of Cyclone Why in...

07 Dec 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Ring of Fire

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06 Dec 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Semeru Volcano of Indonesia

Why in News? Recently, Semeru volcano erupted in Indonesia’s Eastern Java Island. What is Semeru Volcano? Semeru - also known as "The...

06 Dec 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

El Nino and La Nina

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25 Nov 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

ENSO

Infographics: El Nino and La...

24 Nov 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Severe Climate Disasters of 2022 and COP27

For Prelims: Climate Disasters, malaria, diarrhoea, cyclones, droughts, heat waves, lightning, floods, landslides For Mains: Climate Change and...

22 Nov 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Types of Eclipses

For Prelims: Lunar Eclipse, Solar Eclipse, Full Moon, Reyleigh Scattering. For Mains: Total Lunar Eclipse. Why in News? Recently, a Total...

09 Nov 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Rainbow & Climate Change

For Prelims: Rainbow Formation For Mains: Rainbow Formation and it’s linkage with Climate Change Why in News? Recently, a research has...

04 Nov 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Impact of Heatwaves on Children: UNICEF

For Prelims: UNICEF, COP-27, Heatwaves, Climate Change, UNFCCC. For Mains: Impact of Heatwaves on Children. Why in News? Recently, UNICEF...

28 Oct 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Cyclone

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26 Oct 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Impact of Climate Change on Indian Monsoon

For Prelims: Climate Change, Flooding, Droughts, Indian Ocean Dipole, Monsoon depression. For Mains: Impact of Climate Change on Indian...

19 Sep 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Pakistan’s Devastating Floods

For Prelims: Geographical Phenomena, Flood, Trade between India and Pakistan. For Mains: Causes of floods, Impact on life and economy. Why in...

30 Aug 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Third Consecutive La Nina Event

For Prelims: La Niña, El Nino, El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), India Meteorological India (IMD). For Mains: Impacts of El Nino and La...

29 Aug 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Drought in Europe

For Prelims: Drought, Heat waves, Land degradation, Climate Change For Mains: Drought - Impacts, Causes and Ways to tackle it Why in...

25 Aug 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Formation of Continents

For Prelims: Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics Theory For Mains: Continent Formation, Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Theory Why in...

16 Aug 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Flood Situation in Kerala

For Prelims: Flood, Landslides, Chalakudy River, Madhav Gadgil Committee, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) For Mains: Urban Flooding,...

05 Aug 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Aridity Anomaly Outlook Index: IMD

For Prelims: IMD, Drought, Kharif Season For Mains: Aridity Anomaly Outlook Index and its Significance Why in News? Recently, Indian...

02 Aug 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena

Heat Waves in India

This editorial is based on “A Robust Plan to Tackle Heightened Heat Stress” which was published in Hindustan Times on 20/07/2022. It...

21 Jul 2022 Important Geophysical Phenomena