Children have been swept away by floodwaters and others killed in landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains across south Asia as the death toll passed 250 Wednesday, with authorities bracing for worse weather in some regions.
Environment
Jul 17, 2019
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Survivors scrambled for higher ground as torrential monsoon rains swept away homes and triggered landslides across South Asia Tuesday, with millions of people affected and at least 180 dead, officials said.
Earth Sciences
Jul 16, 2019
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Floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 50 people across Nepal while dozens more are missing, officials said Sunday.
Environment
Jul 14, 2019
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The Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL) is located at twelve to 18 kilometers height above the Middle East and Asia. This accumulation of aerosols in the Asian monsoon was discovered first in 2011. Its composition and effect, ...
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Jul 11, 2019
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Chinese scientists have made significant progress on the influence of the Northern Hemisphere mid-high latitudes on East Asian climate, according to Prof. Jianping Li, from the Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography-Institute ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 9, 2019
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Heavy rains flooded parts of India's financial capital of Mumbai on Monday, as the country's four-month summer monsoon swung into full force.
Environment
Jul 1, 2019
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Fireworks atop "A" Mountain on July 4 commemorate Independence Day, but also usually mark the start of monsoon thunderstorms, according to local wisdom.
Environment
Jun 26, 2019
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As Gajanand Dukre parks the water tanker in a drought-stricken Indian village, dozens of locals—mostly women in saris—come running with jerry cans, buckets and stainless steel pots.
Environment
Jun 12, 2019
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Monsoon and arid climates are two climate types commonly seen in mid- and low-latitudes of the Earth. These climate types have sculpted the corresponding landforms, ecosystems and the living environments of human society. ...
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2019
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Our oceans and the complex "conveyer belt" system of currents that connects them play an important role in regulating global climate. The oceans store heat from the Sun, and ocean currents transport that heat from the tropics ...
Earth Sciences
May 20, 2019
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