जलवायु परिवर्तन के चलते बढ़ जाएगी उष्णकटिबंधीय चक्रवातों की तीव्रता: अध्ययन
2100 तक दुनिया का तापमान 2 डिग्री सेल्सियस बढ़ जाता है तो चक्रवाती हवा की अधिकतम गति में 5 फीसदी की वृद्धि हो सकती ...
As told to Parliament (March 19, 2021): No special plan for children under 15 impacted by pandemic
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Chamoli disaster: What lesson can Himachal learn
More than a dozen organizations from the hill state have come together to highlight dangers of climate change, exacerbated by exploitation of land,…
Char Dham project: Is development equal to disaster?
A significant portion of the project falls under dry deciduous biome along dry slopes of rivers. Ruthless harvesting can be perilious for&…
भारतीय इतिहास का आठवां सबसे गर्म वर्ष रहा 2020
2020 में तापमान सामान्य से 0.29 डिग्री सेल्सियस अधिक रिकॉर्ड किया गया जबकि जलवायु से जुडी आपदाओं के चलते देश भर में 1,500 से ...
India bore maximum brunt of extreme weather events in 2020: Report
As many as 2,067 lives lost to floods in India through the year, the highest in the world due to climate change-induced events
पेरिस समझौते के 5 साल: भारत के 75 फीसदी से ज्यादा जिलों पर मंडरा रहा है जलवायु परिवर्तन का खतरा
देश का करीब 12 फीसदी हिस्सा बाढ़ और 68 फीसदी हिस्सा सूखे की जद में है। इसी तरह देश की करीब 80 फीसदी तटरेखा ...
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 …
मसूरी और उसके आसपास के इलाकों पर मंडरा रहा है बड़े भूस्खलन का खतरा
शोध के अनुसार मसूरी के आसपास का 15 फीसदी हिस्सा भूस्खलन की दृष्टि से अतिसंवेदनशील है, जबकि 56 फीसदी हिस्से में बहुत बड़े स्तर ...
Beyond conservation, why our natural ecosystems need restoration
Significant strides have been made in both the science and practice of restoration over the last three decades, with specialisation across …
Risky slope: What makes Dharamshala vulnerable to landslides
Anthropogenic pressure adds to high risk of earthquakes in this Himachal city
Floods, earthquakes, landslides: Why Arunachal’s Etalin hydel project can be a worry
Formation of glacial lakes driven by climate change and sesimic risks pose threat to nature and life; project’s environmental …
पर्यावरण और उत्तराखंड के लोगों के लिए खतरा हैं भागीरथी नदी पर बन रहे बांध
जिस तरह से भागीरथी घाटी में बांध और जलविद्युत परियोजनाओं का निर्माण किया जा रहा है वो इस इलाके के लोगों और पर्यावरण के ...
Why Jammu-Srinagar national highway is so landslide prone
Most of the hills around Jammu-Srinagar highway were rocky and barren and any disturbance — natural or anthropogenic (man-made) — …
Rebuilding lives and livelihoods in Karnataka’s Kodagu
The district received unprecedented rain last year, followed by landslides in nearly 40 villages; nine months later, lives of the affected …
Reality check: 2017 hurricanes wreaked the most havoc in 48 years
Limiting temperature rise 1.5-2°C may cut down number of tropical cyclones but not their severity
Heavy rains in north India; rivers swell to dangerous levels
Heavy rainfall is expected in eastern Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and across the north-eastern states in the coming days
Cloudburst in Uttarakhand: 30 killed, many missing
All the major rivers in the region have swollen following heavy rains; Mandakini and Alaknanda have crossed their danger marks
Remembering 2013 Uttarakhand Floods
In June 2013, flashfloods in Uttarakhand wiped out settlements and decimated lives. Here’s a throwback to our investigation into the …
Lok Sabha discusses losses due to natural calamities since 2012
Only 59 per cent of the funds allocated for relief operations were actually released in 2015 as compared to 77 per cent in 2012
High and dry in Nepal
Country’s most-arid region is getting less rain than it did before, forcing villages to relocate
Moody monsoon floods Bihar, Northeast, keeps rest of India dry
The erratic nature of the monsoon coupled with the faulty methodology of presenting rainfall statistics are misleading people
Ready for only tourists
Uttarakhand government has carried out rehabilitation projects only in tourist circles and ignored other areas that were hit by floods last year
Typhoon Phanfone batters Japan
One US airman killed; hundreds of flights disrupted
Wind farm threat to forests
Blasting causes animals and birds to abandon the area
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