Context Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will monitor and issue operational forecast alerts of rip currents. What are Rip currents? ∙ Rip currents are strong, narrow, seaward flows of water that extend from close to the shoreline to outside of the surf zone. ∙ They are […]
Geography
Context: Indian Meteorological Department(IMD) has predicted a fresh western disturbance is likely to cause isolated to scattered rainfall and snowfall over the Western Himalayan Region on the 17th and 18th February 2024. About: ∙ It also predicts a gradual rise in minimum temperatures by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius over Northwest India during the next
Context ∙ South Korea is on high Alert as North Korea has launched Multiple Cruise Missiles into the Sea of Japan. Sea of Japan ∙ Sea of Japan, marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean ∙ It is bounded by the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East.
CONTEXT Recent studies show that the AMOC could collapse between 2025 and 2095 due to the impact of anthropogenic emissions. About the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) ∙ It is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic Ocean, bringing warm water north and cold water south and is part of a