Noting nearly half the world’s population was already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts, the United Nations climate science report called for drastic action on a huge scale, reports Asian…
Methane dissipates faster than carbon dioxide (CO2) but is a much more powerful greenhouse gas during its short lifespan, meaning that cutting methane emissions would have a rapid effect on…
As many as 10 major rivers of the Indian sub-continent originate from the Himalayas and India’s 45 per cent population is directly or indirectly dependent on Himalayas….reports Asian Lite News…
These madhis are peppered across the Malwa region that includes Bathinda, Mansa, Barnala, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Ludhiana, Moga, Muktsar, Patiala, Sangrur and Fazilka….writes Amarpal Singh Verma You see them peppered across…
It was necessary insertion as the rich nations, the principal polluters and high energy consumers, wanted just the coal to phase out leaving other energy sources in the fossil fuel…
According to Chaudhary, the other threats to the park include agriculture, traditional grazing and hydropower development…reports VISHAL GULATI Like other park rangers, Roshan Chaudhary normally leaves for patrolling in the…
Herds of wild tuskers damaged huge quantities of crops, homesteads, residential homes and destroyed various other properties besides eating food stored in the homes of the villagers…reports Sujit Chakraborty With…
Yet in addition to the financial cost, these extreme weather events have caused severe human suffering from food insecurity, drought and extreme weather events, causing mass displacements and loss of…
South-easterlies become southwest (summer) monsoon winds after crossing the equator, therefore, a strong correlation between them is expected…writes Nivedita Khandekar Identifying several occurrences of interchanging intense and weak monsoon circulation…
She also noted that “as the climate heats up, it is likely that swathes of land will be submerged, water-related extremes will re-shape industry and famine will revisit the country.”…
