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Nature 436, 161 (14 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/436161a; Published online 13 July 2005

Rival monsoon forecasts banned

K. S. Jayaraman

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Storm over India's restrictions on rainfall predictions.

Researchers at a climate institute in India have voiced concern at what they see as attempts by the government to curb their scientific freedom after they were forced to remove monsoon forecasts from their website. The government says the move is necessary to stop the public being confused by conflicting forecasts.