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Is La Nina the reason behind rainfall in (August-September)?

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In simpler terms, La Nina means girl child. It is an event just opposite to El Nino, describing the cold event along the South American coast off equatorial Pacific ocean. Here, trade winds get stronger than usual, pushing warm water towards Asia and neighboring regions resulting, increase amount of rainfall and flood in one region, while, drought in other parts of the world. It may lasts from one to three years, unlike El-Nino, which lasts hardly for a year.  El Nino is associated with drought or weak monsoon while La Nina is associated with strong monsoon and above average rains and colder winters . It further results early arrival of cold and harsh winters as well. Like the last year, winters arrived in November.  But, when asked by IMD Expert, he said that Indian Ocean Dipole ( The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is defined by the difference in sea surface temperature between two areas (or poles, hence a dipole) – a western pole in the Arabian Sea (western Indian Ocean) and an ...

5 Places Where Burning Never Stops

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 From last 10 years, forest fires, volcanic eruptions and the destruction caused by them, have been in the watch. Apart from that, global warming and climate change also took their positions in changing the planet Earth.  Along with this, our resources are depleting rapidly. In search of oil, gas, coal, we have willingly or unwillingly explored the unexplored places hidden beneath and above the Earth.    "Resources are not, they become"- Zimmerman (An Economist). When we make most out of the limited available things, that is called creating Resources. Therefore, today we are going to discuss remarkable burnings the world has ever seen or heard with the ability of becoming a Resource. 1) Darvaza Gas Crater (Turkmenistan) It is located in mid of the Karakum desert. Also knowns by different names: Door to Hell or Gate of Hell. The beauty of this pit can be seen from miles at night. It has been burning from more than 50 years. It is like a fire pit or even as many people...

Vitamin B12 Deficiency

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Vitamin B12 is the largest and the most complicated nutrient required by our body. It helps to maintain our nerve cells, as well as transporting oxygen throughout the body with the help of RBCs (Red Blood cells).  

Increasing forest fires: An emergency for India to look into

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Forest fire in simple term means burning (acres of land) of forest, bushland, vegetation and agricultural land killing thousands of animals and birds along with their living habitat. It is also known as wildfires. It could be human-made as well as natural (due to scorching heat and temperature). In India, According to Global Forest Watch , there have been  t he peak fire season typically begins in  early March  and lasts around  9  weeks.    There were  24,058   VIIRS  fire alerts reported between  4th of May 2020  and  26th of April 2021   considering  high confidence alerts  only VIIRS - (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) , it has the latest fire monitoring product called FIRMS (Fire Information For Resource Management System), which further provides near real time images. In other words, it is specialized in detecting fire worldwide. It includes the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging...

Ladies: Are you ignoring Dysmenorrhea?

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I n simple terms, Painful menstrual cycle called Dysmenorrhea . Now, we all of us must be aware of the fact that during menstruation, in our uterus, there is a thin line , which sheds away once in a month , therefore, some contraction of nerves takes place which results in pain, cramps or some sort of discomfort (I mean mood swings here).  But when, this pain becomes so problematic that you misses your school, college or workplace , then this issue becomes serious. Before going deeper, let us find out its types: It is of 2 types: Primary and Secondary . Primary Dysmenorrhea - Some women starts feeling the pain 2-3 days before the arrival of menses. This generally occurs due to the release of prostaglandins (chemicals made by the body causes contraction of uterus). This is also known as PMS (Pre-Menstrual Syndrome) . This release of chemical is at its peak during the first day of menses, as the bleeding continues, the lining of uterus gets thinner or sheds away. The pain fades awa...

Earth Day: For Celebration OR For Action?

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I. HISTORY

Is curfew a sign of early arrival of Monsoon?

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Since, the imposition of weekend curfew in New Delhi, the weather has changed its appearance. From Saturday, capital witnessed dust storms resultant, falling of trees and traffic jams . Apart from that, light showers also called as drizzle  (having diameter of 0.2-0.5mm) or maybe less than that,   also took place.  The cloudy weather brought the mercury down slightly, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The wind speed was 50 km per hour particularly, in South-West Delhi . In the last year 2020 also, when we were all under lockdown, improved side of the nature came into existence. Which further proves that human has more likely to do with the nature and its retaliation.  As per the Report of 2020, given by Statista Research Department , the registered motor vehicles (cars, vans, trucks, motorbike) in Delhi were 11.89 millions , obviously, the numbers must have gone up in 2021.  Coming back to the topic, with the imposition of 1 week total curf...