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Adapting to the Monsoon's New Normal

This editorial is based on “Learning to live with shifts in monsoon” which was published in Hindustan Times on 25/06/2024. The article...

28 Jun 2024 Physical Geography

Summer Solstice 2024

Source: IE Why in News? Recently, 21st June has been marked as the day of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere of the world. The...

21 Jun 2024 Physical Geography

Earth Habitable 4 Billion Years Ago

Source: DTE Why in News? Recently, analyses of ancient rocks and minerals revealed that Earth may have had the necessary conditions to support life...

07 Jun 2024 Physical Geography

Tonga Volcano Impacting Weather

For Prelims: Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, Pinatubo, Krakatoa, Tambora, Samalas, Greenhouse Gases, El - Nino, Paris Agreement, IPCC, Cooling credits,...

05 Jun 2024 Physical Geography

India to Import Wheat After 6 years

For Prelims: Food inflation, Wheat, Food Crops, Buffers Stocks, Minimum Support Prices. For Mains: Effects of Weather in Food Production,...

01 Jun 2024 Physical Geography

Cyclone Remal

Source: IE Why in News? The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning for a potential severe cyclonic storm, named Cyclone Remal,...

25 May 2024 Physical Geography

Influence of Wind Shear on Hurricanes

For Prelims: Wind Shear, Hurricane, Jet streams, Temperature Inversion, Doppler Radar, LIDAR, El Nino and La Lina. For Mains: Important...

25 May 2024 Physical Geography

Land Subsidence in Chenab Valley

For Prelims: Land subsidence, Himalayas, Earthquakes, Landslides, Joshimath, Land Subsidence For Mains: Reasons for Land subsidence, and Measures...

10 May 2024 Physical Geography

Expanding Glacial Lakes in the Himalayas

For Prelims: Glacial Lake Outburst Flood, Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra River, Indian Himalayan Region, Climate change, National Disaster Management...

04 May 2024 Physical Geography

Climatic Regions of World: Part-III

For Prelims: British type climate, Siberian climate, Laurentian, Arctic or Polar Climate, Distribution, Temperature, Precipitation, Natural...

03 May 2024 Physical Geography

INCOIS Study on Indian Ocean Floor Mapping

Source: TH Why in News? Recently, scientists at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) conducted a study on the mapping...

03 May 2024 Physical Geography

Earth's Ancient Magnetic Field

Source: TH Why in News? Recently, a study in the Journal of Geophysical Research by geologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and...

30 Apr 2024 Physical Geography

Climatic Regions of World: Part-II

For Prelims: Location, Distribution, Temperature, Precipitation, Natural Vegetation and Economy of different climatic regions of the world. For...

26 Apr 2024 Physical Geography

Massive Floods in Dubai

For Prelims: Rainfall, Drainage System, Climate Change, Cyclones, Tornados. For Mains: Impacts of Climate Change in India and World, Disaster...

25 Apr 2024 Physical Geography

Volcanism

For Prelims: Types of Volcanoes, Distribution of Volcanoes, Pacific Ring of Fire, Circum-Pacific Belt, Subduction Zones For Mains: Distribution,...

18 Apr 2024 Physical Geography

Taiwan Earthquake and Pacific Ring of Fire

For Prelims: Pacific Ring of Fire, Circum-Pacific Belt, Subduction, Tsunami, Earthquake. For Mains: Ring of Fire, Features and Causes of Frequent...

10 Apr 2024 Physical Geography

Magnetic Fossils in Bay of Bengal

For Prelims: Magento Fossils, Magnetotactic bacteria, Earth's magnetic field, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum, Bay...

05 Apr 2024 Physical Geography

Africa's Afar Triangle: Birthplace of a Potential New Ocean

Source: TOI Why in News? Recent geological findings suggest that Africa's Afar Triangle could be the birthplace of a new ocean in 5 to 10 million...

02 Apr 2024 Physical Geography

India Joins Sri Lanka in Seabed Mining Race

For Prelims: Indian Ocean Seabed, Cobalt-Rich Afanasy Nikitin Seamount (AN Seamount), International Seabed Authority (ISBA), United Nations...

29 Mar 2024 Physical Geography

Black Sea

Source: TH Why in News? Russia appointed Admiral Alexander Moiseev as the new acting head of its Navy following a series of successful Ukrainian...

26 Mar 2024 Physical Geography