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#SciSimplified by @MrigDixit ⤵️

👉What is Monsoon?

👉Why Kerala Receives First Rain?

👉When Does IMD Declare Onset?

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(📸: Jipson Sikhera/TOI, BCCL, Kochi)
@MrigDixit For centuries, winds have played a crucial role in almost all voyages navigating long distances through rough seas. One such seasonal wind that sailors historically used to reach India was the #Monsoon.
@MrigDixit As it implies from its likely origin from the Arabic word Mawsim, the monsoon is nothing but a periodic seasonal wind. It is the dominant feature of India’s climate, which brings around 80% of the total precipitation across the country.

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#SciSimplified: Here’s How Dust from the #MiddleEast Can Shape Our Experience of #Monsoons

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(📸: Rajtilak Naik/BCCL)

By Poorvasha Kar
A new study from the University of Kansas has offered some crucial insight into the mechanisms behind the world's most powerful monsoon systems: Indian summer monsoon or the southwest monsoon.

#Monsoon
The study showcases that the Indian monsoon is intensified by atmospheric dust particles swept up by the winds from deserts in the #MiddleEast.

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