Lest mountain slips

Wireless sensor network to predict landslides

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 …

Glaciers beating retreat

Himalayan glaciers, source of water for the innumerable rivers that flow across the Indo-Gangetic plains, are receding. And that too at a …

African mountains are feeling the heat of climate change

Changing patterns of snowfall have big implications for mountain heat budgets

Flood fury

Floods claim hundreds of lives across India besides causing large-scale destruction, Bihar is the worst-affected

Joshimath sinking: Landslides in region not a new problem, says GSI report

Part 3: Clean chit to the Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project for water leakages, landslides not occurred in areas with low population density

How climate resilient is Shimla? Not much, shows city’s ground situation

A third of Shimla is at high risk for landslides; more open spaces and green cover needed

Heavy rain triggered 10,000 landslides in Maharashtra in July 2021: Study

Report bats for early warning system to minimise losses to life, property    

Droughts after deluges

As the glaciers recede, the frequency of natural hazards such as floods and cloudbursts will increase

Floods and fury: How multiple weather systems caused by climate change are at play

More than 80 people have died in Kerala and Uttarakhand floods

High and dry in Nepal

Country’s most-arid region is getting less rain than it did before, forcing villages to relocate

On road to recovery

Nepal has banned new constructions till it formulates a fresh building code. Emerging threat of landslides compounds its troubles

Nature's wrath

Even flash floods cannot refresh the authorities' understanding of the dynamic and fragile ecosystem of the Himalaya

Uttarakhand floods: more rains predicted

Light to moderate rain forecast from June 24; will impede ongoing rescue operations

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

Risky slope: What makes Dharamshala vulnerable to landslides

Anthropogenic pressure adds to high risk of earthquakes in this Himachal city

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

Reservoirs losing capacity

Floods hit power projects in Himalayan states; plans for more raise safety concerns

ISRO data shows Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag and Tehri Gharwal most prone to landslides in India

Mizoram saw 12,385 landslides from 1988-2022, the highest; followed by 11,219 in Uttarakhand and 8,070 in Tripura

Power Point

Experts have given conflicting reports on the Tehri dam

Deluge

Typhoon Phanfone batters Japan

One US airman killed; hundreds of flights disrupted

Passive neighbour

India remains indifferent as China builds dams on upper reaches of Brahmaputra  

Pindar’s last gush

Dam proposed on the last unrestricted tributary of Alaknanda stirs valley residents

Worst La Nina in 40 years

Hits Australia, Brazil, Sri Lanka