Sentences with phrase «by monsoon»

But a new discussion paper, «The role of glaciers in stream flow from the Nepal Himalaya,» (Alford and Armstrong, The Cryosphere Discuss., 4, 469 - 494, 2010) concludes that glacial runoff contributes only about 4 % to the total annual stream flow of the Ganges system; the great majority is contributed by monsoon rains.

In India a marked seasonal alternation of rainfall and drought, caused by the monsoon, extends northward into latitudes where distinct temperature seasons also exist.

On the Indian subcontinent, in China, and in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural productivity is closely linked to and limited by monsoon rainfall.

Lets forget Duerst's measurements that are strongly influenced by the forests at Berne (evening wave of CO2 > 150ppm) or Misra strongly influenced by monsoon and vegeation.

Moderate and weak rain events decreased over the past 50 years, leaving the total amount of rain deposited by the monsoon roughly constant.

Unfortunately for you, your plans are ruined by a monsoon that quite simply sink down your ship (talk about a fresh start!).

Unfortunately, the weather has different plans, as your ship is hit by a monsoon, and goes down!

During their voyage, their ship is hit by a monsoon and goes down.

Sunfish, sharks and other large pelagics are best spotted between June and September which is also the time when seas might be both disturbed and enriched by the monsoon winds.

Winter is coming and soon Goa wake up from the slumber inflicted by Monsoon and will spread its exuberance.

The region is generally unaffected by the monsoon seasons which affect other places in this part of South East Asia, although sporadic heavy rains can come down during the rainy season from December to March.

Not all beaches will be open this time of year for swimming due to the dangerous conditions caused by the monsoon weather.

The coastal areas are tropical, with particularly high humidity in April and May, but tempered by monsoon winds.

Abundant with sunshine and warm weather, Malaysia makes for an excellent tropical getaway destination that is suitable to be visited all - year - round, except for beachside areas directly affected by monsoon winds like island destinations such as Tioman and Redang.

It has been made much worse lately by the monsoon season we have been experiencing — great for the crops, terrible for dog owners.

With the all - wheel - drive and those all - weather Potenza radial tires, the WRX was simply unfazed by monsoon conditions.

Scripted by Monsoon Wedding - scribe Sabrina Dhawan, the 9/11 story is based on the actual plight of the Hamdani family, whose son Salman disappeared on 9/11.

The cute bridesmaids outfits were also made by the dressmaker and were inspired by a Monsoon design that Kathryn spotted in an old magazine!

We found a beautiful rendition of the chevron in a maxi skirt by Monsoon that's absolutely perfect for summer.

Similarly, many dragonflies attempt to migrate 3,500 kilometers or more across the Indian Ocean from India to east Africa and back each year, breeding in temporary ponds created by monsoon rains.

Massive torrents of water from the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers fed by these monsoon rains eventually met the Indus at Rajanpur district in southern Punjab.

In fact, by the time Marco Polo set out to explore East Asia in the 13th century, communities across Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean had been exchanging their wares for thousands of years in a vast network driven by the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean.

But Kristjánsson said their result could be explained by a monsoon circulation that shifts to land when only ocean areas get cooled down.

Samaritan's Purse medical staff are preparing for disease caused by the monsoon season in Bangladesh... More

India still is hammered by monsoons but rainfall amounts are no different than in the past.

Despite already being bombarded by monsoons, and having adapted quite well to them, Bangladesh can not but be negatively affected by an increase in their occurrence.

Not exact matches

A young girl from Uganda becomes a world chess champion in this movie that's directed by Mira Nair («Monsoon Wedding») and stars Lupita Nyong» o and David Oyelowo.

• AVORA, a London - based machine learning firm, raised # 1.5 million ($ 2 million) led by Crane Venture Partners, and was joined by investors including Peter Simon, founder of retailer Monsoon, and Steve Garnett, former chairman of Salesforce EMEA.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

On the spending side of the ledger, the priorities have been agriculture support (after two weak monsoons), rural development spending, infrastructure investments and a massive structural shift to direct benefit transfers deposited in the bank accounts of beneficiaries — made possible by the extraordinary biometric identity card program (Aadhaar) covering 950 million people, and the impressive financial inclusion initiative which has opened over 200 million new bank accounts for impoverished families.

By: Ajoy K Das 23rd April 2018 India's Coal Ministry has requested thermal power generation companies to increase plant level coal stocks to about 30 - million tons, from 16.5 - million tons at present, ahead of the monsoon season starting in June.

Moreover, the discovery of the direction of the monsoon winds by Hippalus in AD 45 helped the trade by sea immensely.

It is a naturally moist variety with a wonderful aroma and sweet taste, influenced by the soil, monsoon rains and native climate.

By collaborating on a wide scope of research, including development of better rice varieties, strengthening of rice - based farming systems, and improvement of crop cultivation practices, Bangladesh continues to raise its level of rice production and minimize the intensity of food insecurity during major flooding and monsoons.

Newcastle were forced to share the points at home to Aston Villa last Saturday in a monsoon whilst Everton were beaten 3 - 2 at home by table topping Leicester.

Tropical monsoons in Indonesia and floods in the United States are both provoked by the Madden - Julian Oscillation (MJO), a process that results in pulses of clouds and precipitation moving eastward around the globe at about 5 meters per second.

Statistical analysis revealed a pattern: Each documented introduction of plague in Europe was preceded by a significant climate event in Asia, such as a sudden shift in the annual monsoon pattern in the mid-14th century, which pushed the northern border of activity from China to Siberia.

During this time, rainfall was affected by the African monsoon which strengthened and weakened on a 23,000 year cycle driven by the precession of the equinoxes.

Formed by spring and early - summer monsoons, the transient ponds frequented by the spadefoots are often little more than puddles, and as such they can evaporate quite suddenly in the hot, dry environment of southeastern Arizona.

Look at Pakistan, which was ravaged by the worst monsoon - induced floods in its history last August.

The Tibetan Plateau in China experiences the strongest monsoon system on Earth, with powerful winds — and accompanying intense rains in the summer months — caused by a complex system of global air circulation patterns and differences in surface temperatures between land and oceans.

At present, such Indian Ocean Dipole events are typically cut off by the end of the monsoon season, as the monsoon winds die down so too does the cooling near the coast of Sumatra.

A new study by an international team of scientists reveals the exact timing of the onset of the modern monsoon pattern in the Maldives 12.9 million years ago, and its connection to past climate changes and coral reefs in the region.

India's science, from its ancient stepwells that gathered monsoon waters to the bureaucratic and algorithmic marvel that is today's tiffin tin - based lunch delivery system, has been driven by the complex needs of a massive population making a living.

In India, more than 2000 people died in a heatwave caused by a delayed monsoon — an effect of El Niño.

They live in isolated villages days from any town on foot, or hours away by jeep or motorbike, down rutted dirt roads that become impassable in the monsoon rains.

A disaster seen from space This summer's catastrophe was continuously fed by rainstorms that hit the nation sporadically until around mid-September, though Pakistanis say their monsoon season typically concludes at the end of August.

As the monsoons were headed for Pakistan's northwest, from July 25 to Aug. 5 a portion of the jet stream was forced farther south than usual for this time of year by a system of blocking air that mysteriously developed over western China.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's perfect storm was followed on its heels by a second wave of weather that dropped heavy monsoon rains over the Punjab watershed from Aug. 2 to 9, Khan said.

«Ancient Egyptians depended almost exclusively on Nile summer flooding brought by the summer monsoon in east Africa to grow their crops.