PNNL researchers found that pollution from sources like motorcycles and coal - fired power plants
reduce monsoon rainfall.
As more vegetation was removed by the introduction of livestock, it increased the albedo (the amount of sunlight that reflects off the earth's surface) of the land, which in turn influenced atmospheric conditions sufficiently to
reduce monsoon rainfall.
Studies of historical records in India suggest that
reduced monsoon rainfall in central India has occurred when the sea surface temperatures in specific regions of the Pacific Ocean were warmer than normal.
Not exact matches
The very humid
monsoon season lasts from October to March, when daily
rainfall and low cloud can
reduce all visibility for prolonged periods — not great for sightseeing!
Rice cultivation regions show
reduced warming as they are concentrated where
monsoon rainfall is projected to intensify, although projections are influenced by Asian aerosol loading in climate mitigation scenarios.
The Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology, which has a centre for climate change, has found that
monsoon rainfall has
reduced in states such as Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala whereas it has increased in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Jammu amd Kashmir.