Snow
Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water throughout its life cycle, starting when, under suitable conditions, the ice crystals form in the atmosphere, increase to millimeter size, precipitate and accumulate on surfaces, then metamorphose in place, and ultimately melt, slide or sublimate away. Snowstorms organize and develop by feeding on sources of atmospheric moisture and cold air. Snowflakes nucleate around particles in the atmosphere by attracting supercooled water droplets, which freeze in hexagonal-shaped crystals. Snowflakes take …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
IQAir, a Switzerland-based company working on air quality technology, released this report on March 19, 2024. It gives an overview of population weighted air quality data for the year 2023 …
glaciers, will increase regional glacial melt through snow pollution and that mining dust will severely harm …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 28 November 2023 English
This report published on November 28, 2023, by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and magazine Down to Earth (DTE), sheds light on extreme weather patterns in India. It …
is a hydrological hazard where a large amount of snow can affect transport, crops and people. The “Annual … is a hydrological hazard where a large amount of snow can affect transport, crops and people. Annual …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English
First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important historical ideas, the series has been sponsored …
The remoteness of the terrain, natural calamities, snow-and-rain, and other such things have often determined …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 September 2023 English
In the summer of 2023, as Jammu heated up, pastoralists readied to move up into the higher Himalayas. But unusually cold weather in those grazing grounds held them back. While …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 13 July 2023 English
The Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) is an ongoing project of the Government of India that aims to document and study how languages have changed in the country over the …
Himachal means “snowy slopes” (Sanskrit: hima, “snow”; acal, “slopes”), and Pradesh means “state”. Himachal …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 25 April 2023 English
The Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti released this first volume of the Water Bodies – First Census Report on April 25, 2023. …
of 83,743 square kilometres. It stretches from snow-capped mountains in the north to the plains of …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 17 April 2023 English
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, released the first volume of the EnviStats – India 2023 on April 17, 2023. The EnviStats were first published in …
Approach to International Chemicals Management SASE Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment SDG Sustainable …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023
This report has been published by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in April 2023. This edition of the yearly publication, the first of which was released in the year 1978, …
Eschenbaecher, Michael Herrmann, Sandile Simelane, Rachel Snow COMMISSIONED ORIGINAL ARTWORK Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 March 2023 English
Released on March 20, 2023, the Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report concludes the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report was …
(medium confidence). {4.3} 34 Permafrost, seasonal snow cover, glaciers, the Greenland and Antarctic Ice …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 3 November 2022 English
The climate is changing at 14,500 feet, and herders in Langza say that there is not enough grass for their livestock at high altitudes anymore
from this region “About 30 years ago it used to snow heavily in Spiti. It was greener and the grass was …
