Assam
Slow disaster: Political ecology of hazards and everyday life in the Brahmaputra valley, Assam
Posted on 30 Oct, 2022 07:19 PMThe accumulation of capital and misery go hand in hand, concentrated in space.
― David Harvey, The Limits to Capital, 2006 [1982]: 418
UN's Human Development Report calls for a shift in direction
Posted on 15 Sep, 2022 02:17 PMGlobal Human Development Index declines for two years in a row: UN Report
Floods – a boon than a bane!
Posted on 21 Aug, 2022 11:15 PMFloods are often perceived as a destructive force in Assam and other parts of India.
Heavy metal contamination in the sediments of the Brahmaputra river
Posted on 16 Aug, 2022 10:11 AMThe river Brahmaputra carries around 73 million tons of dissolved material annually, which accounts for approximately 4% of the total dissolved flux into the oceans (Singh et al., 2005). The dissolved chemical load and sediment flux of the Brahmaputra River has significantly higher rates of physical and chemical weathering than other large Himalayan catchments.
Transitioning from risk to resilience with SDG localisation
Posted on 25 Jul, 2022 11:52 PMFloods are a recurring phenomenon in Bangladesh and the adjoining state of Assam, India. The ongoing large-scale flooding here is not an exception. Floods often trigger landslides and large-scale river-bank erosion.
Assam: Technology used to map historical ponds of Darrang
Posted on 27 Jan, 2022 10:54 PMSmaller water bodies, such as ponds, are important not only for biodiversity (Oertli, Céréghino, Hull, & Miracle, 2009) but al
Climate change: A look through a gender lens
Posted on 06 Jan, 2021 02:51 PMClimate change vulnerability is a multi-layered and multi-faceted phenomenon. “It’s a justice issue determined by both biophysical and socio-economic factors.
Think, before you have your cup of tea!
Posted on 19 Aug, 2020 06:58 PMIndia is the second largest tea producer in the world, with production at 1.2 million metric tons
Groundwater extraction: NGT gets strict with commercial entities
Posted on 12 Aug, 2020 08:41 AMNGT bans granting general permissions for groundwater extraction to commercial entities
Interspecies love in a flood-ravaged Assam village
Posted on 08 Aug, 2020 03:51 PMSalmora in Majuli river island in Assam is not any ordinary village. Located on the southeastern corner of the island, surrounded by the mighty Brahmaputra on three sides, this village is remarkable in many ways.