Today on #NationalScienceDay, the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) hosted at @iitmpune was launched by the Hon'ble Minister, @moesgoi, @DrJitendraSingh.
Read more : pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa… IMPO would serve as a global hub for monsoon research in India,fostered under the leadership of @moesgoi, the World Climate Research Programme & World Weather Research Programme of @WMO.

@Indiametdept has published Statement on Climate of India during 2020.

🔸Annual mean land surface air temp averaged over India in 2020 was 0.29ºC above (1981-2010 period) average.
🔹Annual rainfall over India as a whole in 2020 was 109% of its Long Period Average for 1961-2010. 🔸With a +0.29ºC anomaly 2020 was India's 8th warmest year on record since 1901

🔹2016 (+0.71ºC) has been warmest on record

🔸2011-2020 was India's warmest decade on record with a +0.34ºC anomaly

🔹Global mean surface temp anomaly during 2020 (Jan to Oct as per WMO) is +1.2ºC

(1/7) A @ncaor_goa study: Glacier research is so treacherous at the “3rd Pole-the largest mass of ice & glaciers outside the #polar region”. Scientists in the Indian Himalayas [6Kft -17Kft] live on low oxygen, zip lines & paths blocked by giant boulder. bit.ly/3dfgsGC (2/7)
1/3 of the glaciers of the Hindu Kush #Himalayas [2175 mile long] are in danger. “We haven’t even scratched the surface in understanding how fast the glaciers are melting & what happens next” says Sharma, a glaciologist with @ncaor_goa bit.ly/3dfgsGC