Climate Change
Saving glacial lakes by mapping them
Posted on 17 Nov, 2017 01:20 PMBursting of glacial lakes is a major cause of concern in the context of climate change. The retreat of glaciers is expected to increase the number of glacial lakes and also expand the size of existing ones, posing threats for catastrophic floods.
Can Bundelkhand farmers weather the drought?
Posted on 16 Nov, 2017 03:28 PMOn October 22, 35-year-old Lallu Yadav was celebrating Govardhan Pooja, a Hindu festival celebrated after Diwali, in Panchkurha village, almost 22 kms from the district headquarters of Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Delhi enveloped in smog again
Posted on 14 Nov, 2017 12:56 PMYet again, North India shrouded in heavy smog
India Industry Water Conclave on Nov 28, 2017 at FICCI, New ??Delhi
Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 10:12 AMThe theme for the Conclave this year is “Water Use Efficiency: An Imperative for India” to highlight the imperative of water use efficiency in the industry, agriculture and urban contexts.
New tool to know tsunami better
Posted on 06 Nov, 2017 11:51 AMDisaster management authorities are all set to get a new tool to handle tsunamis. They will be able to know how far the waves will move into the land at different places along the Indian coast.
Thermal power plants can now use more water
Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 09:04 PMNorms relaxed to allow thermal power plants to use more water
NCR water bodies disappearing due to urbanisation: Study
Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 08:42 PMStudy says 40 percent of NCR's water bodies lost to urbanisation in 42 years
Huge dam proposed in Arunachal
Posted on 25 Oct, 2017 09:48 AMNiti Aayog proposes 300-metre high dam in Arunachal Pradesh
Weather weary, Western Ghats need cover
Posted on 06 Oct, 2017 05:43 AMThe Western Ghats in India is one of the many mega biodiversity regions in the world. Covering six states namely, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the Western Ghats has a wide range of vegetation and topographical features.
Blame Arabian sea for unexpected showers
Posted on 05 Oct, 2017 11:19 AMEvents of heavy downpour over a short span of time have become a regular occurrence leading to frequent floods in many Indian cities, as it happened in Hyderabad this week. A new study has not only established that such events are definitely on the rise but has also found a cause for it--increasing warming of the Arabian sea.