Monsoon breaks Subject: Geography Context: Revival of the monsoon on Thursday will bring down rain intensity and distribution over the North-Eastern States in a known swing of fortunes as the monsoon emerges out of a “break” phase Concept: The monsoon has tendency to have ‘breaks’ in rainfall,during which very less or no rainfall […]
UAE’s Hope spacecraft has captured images of discrete auroras Subject : Geography Context : Recently, the UAE’s Hope spacecraft has captured images of glowing atmospheric lights in the Red Planet’s night sky, known as discrete auroras. Concept : Phenomena of Auroras on Earth The Auroras are caused when charged particles ejected from the […]
Chamoli disaster due to avalanche Subject : Geography Context : The flash flood on February 7 in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, that claimed at least 72 lives with at least 200 missing was due to a large mass of snow, ice and rock avalanche along with a hanging mass of rock crashing into the […]
Association of Cloud Bursts with Forest Fires Subject : Geography Context : Recently, the scientists from Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna (HNB) Garhwal University and IIT Kanpur jointly measured the association of cloud bursts with forest fires. Concept : The study has found a connection between the formation of the tiny particles, the size of […]
Monsoon pours it down over Cherrapunji Mawsynram Subject : Geography Context :Two of India’s best-known stations for spectacular monsoon downpour lived up to its their names during the 24 hours ending on Tuesday morning. Concept : Mawsynram Mawsynram is a town in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in northeastern India, […]