Contents: Preface. 1. Global environmental challenges. 2. Global air pollution and health hazards. 3. Water and soil pollution and their impacts. 4. Depletion of ozone layer and its consequences. 5. Greenhouse effect and global warming. 6. Global warming and climate change. 7. Global warming and cyclones. 8. Frontal weather systems. 9. Winter weather systems and rabi crops. 10. Indian monsoon system and agriculture. 11. Factors affecting monsoon system. 12. Impact of monsoon variability on agriculture. 13. Weather forecasting techniques. 14. Types of weather forecast. 15. Practical weather forecasting. 16. Disasters and risk management in agriculture. Index.
