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Record Crops in India
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Record Crops in India

Published May 2, 2008

Drought

Reservoirs Down in India
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Reservoirs Down in India

Surface water supplies are diminished after several years of underwhelming monsoons and oppressive heat.

Published Jun 17, 2016

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Unusual Monsoon Season Causes Flooding in India
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Unusual Monsoon Season Causes Flooding in India

2019 has brought exceptional rain to some areas, and the monsoon is retreating later than any season in recent memory.

Published Oct 7, 2019

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Heatwave in India
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Heatwave in India

Extreme temperatures baked northern cities for nearly three weeks.

Published Jun 12, 2019

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Under the Surface of El Niño
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Under the Surface of El Niño

With its own forms of underwater weather, the ocean has fronts and circulation patterns that move heat and nutrients around its basins. Changes near the surface often start with changes in the depths.

Published Mar 21, 2017

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Monsoon Brings Below-Average Rain to Much of India, Bangladesh
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Monsoon Brings Below-Average Rain to Much of India, Bangladesh

Most of India and Bangladesh are brown, showing that less rain fell than average during the week of July 14-20, when monsoon rains should have been falling.

Published Jul 25, 2009

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Unusually Intense Monsoon Rains
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Unusually Intense Monsoon Rains

Intense monsoon rain triggered destructive floods and landslides across Asia. This image shows unusually heavy rainfall over Pakistan, India, and parts of China during the first week of August 2010.

Published Aug 12, 2010

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El Niño Conditions Are Growing Stronger
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El Niño Conditions Are Growing Stronger

Weakening trade winds are allowing warm water to move east across the Pacific in a telltale pattern.

Published Aug 5, 2015

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Asian Heatwave Precedes Monsoon
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Asian Heatwave Precedes Monsoon

India and Tibet were sweltering in early June, though the arrival of the monsoon provides some relief.

Published Jun 22, 2014

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Monsoon Flooding in India
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Monsoon Flooding in India

Published Aug 8, 2005

Floods

Monsoon Rains Flood Cambodia
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Monsoon Rains Flood Cambodia

Published Jul 10, 2006

Floods

Groundwater Gains in India
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Groundwater Gains in India

The water stored naturally underground appears to be rebounding in the western and southern parts of India.

Published Sep 22, 2017

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Monsoon Flooding in India
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Monsoon Flooding in India

Published Sep 8, 2005

Floods

Pacific Decadal Oscillation
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Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Published Jun 26, 2001

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Monsoon Floods in India
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Monsoon Floods in India

Published Jun 5, 2006

Floods

La Nina and Pacific Decadal Oscillation Cool the Pacific
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La Nina and Pacific Decadal Oscillation Cool the Pacific

The cool water anomaly in the center of the image shows the lingering effect of the year-old La Niña. However, the much broader area of cooler-than-average water off the coast of North America from Alaska (top center) to the equator is a classic feature of the cool phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO).

Published Apr 29, 2008

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