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December 12, 2022
Why farmers are not adopting crop insurance in India?
Study looks at behavioral biases in crop insurance adoption
Adoption rate of crop insurance low in India despite government efforts (Image: PxHere, CC0 Public Domain)
September 13, 2022
Chaos in a concrete jungle
Heavy rains and floods have battered Bengaluru yet again. Uncontrolled and unregulated development and concretisation of the city that pays no heed to the ecology and hydrology of the region needs to stop!
Urban flooding in Bangalore (Image Source: Thejas via Wikimedia Commons)
August 11, 2022
India’s rivers in trouble due to high fertilizer load and heavy monsoons
This could lead to water quality crisis reinforcing the need for basin-specific management strategies
Around the world, more than a fifth of nitrogen released by human activity ends up in aquatic ecosystems (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
May 24, 2022
Droughts reduce India's GDP by 5 percent in twenty years
News this fortnight
India, vulnerable to droughts (Image: Pixabay; hbieser)
May 14, 2022
Assessment of climate change over the Indian region
Climate change is real. What are its implications for India? This book presents a first of its kind national forecast on the impact of global warming on climate in India.
Climate change is real. What does it mean for India? (Image Source: Robert Hensley/Wikimedia Commons)
March 29, 2022
India, in the hot seat!
The intensity and duration of heat waves is predicted to increase in India and human induced anthropogenic changes are to blame.
A man sits under the scorching heat of the sun in front of Amer fort in Jaipur (Picture courtesy: Prabhu B Doss, Flickr Commons: CC-By-NC-ND-2.0)
Patkhori's water solutions - A case study from the work of SM Sehgal Foundation in Mewat, Haryana
Patkhori is a village in Mewat District, Haryana, having 646 households and a population of 4000 (IRRAD Demographic Survey 2009).
S M Sehgal Foundation
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 05:27 PM


Community water tankCommunity water tank
Long range forecast for 2011 South-west Monsoon season rainfall - Press release by IMD
India Meteorological Department (IMD) follows a two-stage strategy for long range forecasting of the south-west monsoon rainfall over the country
Indian Meteorological Department
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 03:39 PM

 The Long Period Average (LPA) of the south-west monsoon season rainfall over the country as a whole for the period 1951-2000 is 89cm. The first long range forecast for the south-west monsoon season (June-September) rainfall is issued in April and the forecast update is issued in June.
350.org is looking for two interns at Hyderabad - Apply by 15th June, 2011
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 01:29 PM

350.org350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries.

350.org is looking for two interns to join its India campaign based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. 350.org works with multiple organizations in India and with a South Asian focus, aims to raise public awareness about the climate crisis and strengthen the region’s environmental movements.

‘A Scientists-People Partnership’ - National conference on science of climate change and earth’s sustainability: Issues and challenges, The Society of Earth Scientists, 12th – 14th September, 2011, Lucknow
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 03:18 PM

The Society of Earth Scientists

Organizer: The Society of Earth Scientists

Venue: Lucknow

Topics:

  • Science of earth’s climate system and related process
  • Human impacts and natural resource management
  • Sustainable agricultural productivity, energy management
NIDM calls for applications for online course on 'Climate-change and disaster management', 20th June - 15th July, 2011
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 02:21 PM

The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) is one of the pioneer institutes under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India which has been mandated to promote capacity building interventions in Disaster Risk Management (DRM).

Hydrological impacts of rainwater harvesting in the catchment of the Arvari river, Rajasthan - Case study from the Agricultural Water Management Journal
These two case studies describe a study that explored the hydrological impacts of rainwater harvesting in the Arvari river catchment in Rajasthan.
C.J. Glendenninga
R.W. Vervoort
Posted on 11 Jun, 2011 04:11 PM

Monsoon 2011 onset over Kerala - A meteorological analysis by IMD
The meteorological analysis of various features of Monsoon 2011 vis-a-vis the criteria is given in the attached file.
Indian Meteorological Department
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 05:39 PM


Advance of southwest monsoon 2011India Meteorological Department has objective criteria for declaring the onset of monsoon over Kerala.

Samuchit lifestyle workshop-'Turn a green leaf in your life', Samuchit Enviro-Tech, 18th June, 2011, Pune
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 05:27 PM

Samuchit Enviro-Tech Private Limited (SET)

Organizers:

  • Samuchit Enviro-Tech Private Limited (SET)
  • Petroleum Conservation Research Association

Venue: Samuchit Envirotech, 6, Ekta Park Co-operative Society, Law College Road Behind Nirmitee Showroom, Pune

YGL conference on Indo-Pak cooperation - ‘Climate change and disaster risk reduction: Managing risks, creating benefits’, Young Global Leaders, 8th – 9th July, 2011, Lahore
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 04:32 PM

An Initiative of the forum of Young Global Leaders

Organizer: Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum

Venue:  Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan

Topics:

  • Current best practice in climate change, natural resources and disaster management - Pakistani and Indian context
First-of-its-kind map depicts global forest heights - Update from NASA
Using NASA satellite data, scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map that details the height of the world’s forests.
Adam Voiland
Posted on 08 Jun, 2011 10:54 AM


European Beech. Photo: Forestryimages.org/University of West Hungary/Norbert FrankEuropean Beech
Photo: Forestryimages.org/University of West Hungary/Norbert Frank

 Although there are other local-and regional-scale forest canopy maps, the new map is the first that spans the entire globe based on one uniform method.

The work - based on data collected by NASA's ICESat, Terra, and Aqua satellites - should help scientists build an inventory of how much carbon the world’s forests store and how fast that carbon cycles through ecosystems and back into the atmosphere. Michael Lefsky of the Colorado State University described his results in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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