Drought reduces forest’s capacity to absorb carbon

The new study focused on the Amazon Basin finds reduction in tree growth after drought

‘Human influence behind warmer and bigger Indo-Pacific warm pool'

A new study shows that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions have led to the warming of the Indo-Pacific warm pool which can cause changes in …

Delay sowing of seeds, IMD tells Maharashtra farmers

The advisory was issued to help drought-hit farmers avoid further agricultural losses due to a delay in the onset of monsoon

Bundelkhand's bravehearts

For villages that survived recurring droughts, the economic-ecological connection makes more sense

Only 21% live storage left in country's 91 reservoirs, reveals CWC report

Thirteen reservoirs have less than 20 per cent storage with respect to last year

Bombay High Court slams cricket associations on 'criminal waste of water' for IPL

Are people more important or IPL, Court asks associations of drought-hit Maharashtra and Mumbai

Crash in maize production may hit over a million people in Zimbabwe

The entire sub-Saharan African region will be hit hard as maize is the most important cereal crop in here

Disaster intimation

जलवायु परिवर्तन के चलते दक्षिण भारत में होगी भारी बारिश

इस बदलाव के चलते एक ओर जहां दक्षिण भारत में भारी बारिश होगी और बाढ़ का खतरा बढ़ जाएगा 

जलवायु परिवर्तन और जैव विविधता के नुकसान से पहाड़ों पर बढ़ी भुखमरी

जहां वर्ष 2000 में विकासशील देशों के पहाड़ी इलाकों में रहने वाले 24.3 करोड़ लोग भुखमरी का सामना कर रहे थे वो, संख्या 2017 ...

Writing on the wall: Infrastructure projects are destroying Western Ghats

The time to put off the inevitable question about human relationship to nature is long past. Our assumption that we can control and modify nature …

जेनेटिक मॉडिफाइड गेहूं की खपत को मंजूरी देने वाला पहला देश बना अर्जेंटीना

अर्जेंटीना ने जिस जीएम गेहूं की फसल को मंजूरी दी है उसे एचबी 4 नाम दिया है| इसे अर्जेंटीना की बायोटेक्नोलॉजी कंपनी बायोसीरस ने ...

Karnataka pinning hopes on unseasonal rain to tide over drought, water crisis

The state is staring at a severe drought for second consecutive year with coastal Karnataka experiencing a shortfall in southwest and northeast …

Two successive fires in Bandipur National Park; officials suspect role of tribals

The residents of a small tribal village are known for setting dried elephant dung on fire which might have caused the flame to spread

Analysing climate change in 2016

Last year was bad for our planet. Here’s a round-up of things that jeopardised us

मिट्टी की नमी से सूखे क्षेत्रों में पानी की उपलब्धता पर बुरा असर पड़ता है: अध्ययन

अध्ययनकर्ताओं ने बताया कि शुष्क क्षेत्रों की मिट्टी की नमी में जलवायु परिवर्तन के कारण पर्याप्त गिरावट आने का अनुमान है

क्या राजनीतिक छत्रछाया में पल रहा चीनी उद्योग पर्यावरण, खाद्य सुरक्षा और स्वास्थ्य के लिए भी है फायदेमंद?

स्टैनफोर्ड यूनिवर्सिटी ने भारत के चीनी उद्योग का व्यापक विश्लेषण किया है, जो बेहद रोचक है

Adaptation finance for agriculture is the need of the hour

Efforts for adaptation finance will have to be multiplied greatly as the needs of today are not being met, leave alone the needs of a more …

Supreme Court issues directive for implementing MGNREGA, food security Act to tackle drought

In a bid to provide relief to households in drought-hit areas, the apex court directed the Centre to release funds to states for providing …

Stalled monsoon to make little progress before June 25

In spite of unfavourable conditions, IMD expects a major progress of the monsoon in Central India

Dousing flames

The Uttarakhand forest fires that lasted for over 100 days should come as a warning to the rest of India since half of its forests are vulnerable …

Reaping organic

Karnataka was the first state to adopt a policy on organic farming in 2004. Since then, several initiatives have helped farmers fight drought, …

Will El Nino strike?

Australian Met department says climatic indicators for the phenomenon have eased

Digging their Destinies

Villages in arid areas of Vidarbha and Marathwada fight back drought by reviving natural depressions along stream beds

As wetlands in Kenya dry up, locals opt for alternative livelihood options

Under Ramsar Convention, Kenya is obligated to ensure wise use of wetlands by including wetland conservation considerations in national …