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Aerosol pollution can worsen droughts
The combined effect of El Niño and aerosols reduces rainfall markedly over the sub-continent and intensifies the severity of droughts by as much as 17 per cent, as compared to the individual effect of a warm ocean current Aerosols, tiny solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in the atmosphere, are rapidly...
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Crying need for environmental research
05 September 2019 | Kota Sriraj -
Fire in world’s lungs a cause for worry
29 August 2019 | Kota Sriraj -
An overlooked solution to climate crisis
22 August 2019 | Kota Sriraj -
On the edge of a fauna loss
16 August 2019 | Kota Sriraj -
Sine qua non for disaster management
08 August 2019 | Kota Sriraj -
Climate change hits the oceans
01 August 2019 | Kota Sriraj -
A missed opportunity
25 July 2019 | Kota Sriraj
Curtains for city-based industries
With this step of expressly restricting industries in the already critical zones, the NGT may have prevented an apocalypse not just in the NCR but also elsewhere in India where urban industrialisation is rife and has become a bane In a welcome step, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the...
Rainwater not harvested is wasted
India’s culture has evolved and progressively omitted and excluded the ancient art of rainwater harvesting. This needs to be re-inculcated if India has to be liberated from water shortages and droughts The drought situation in some parts of the country, in times when pre-monsoon showers are expected, shows that worsening climate...
It’s apocalypse now in Mumbai
Mud flats, wetlands, flood plains, mangroves and wooded vegetation once slowed down the flow of the storm water in the city. But these are non-existent now. Besides, the mud flats helped in retaining rainwater, letting it sink into aquifers It’s that time of the year when Mumbaikars roll up their sleeves...
Brace up to the new normal
Term it climate change or global warming, the fact is that India and the rest of the world are at the receiving end of natural disasters and extreme weather events. Map sensitive geographical areas and codify a step-by-step action plan Natural disasters, primarily extreme weather events, triggered the displacement of nearly...
Closer to a future without water
The unprecedented scarcity in Chennai is a result of poor urban planning and the lack of political will in finding radical solutions. Unless we devise sustainable solutions, this precarious crisis can well hold all our metropolises to ransom Chennai is an apt example of all that is wrong with environment in...
Searing hot conditions the new normal
Heat waves are not uncommon but increasingly, they are being attributed to global warming and climate change. The world lost more than five lakh people to such events in the last 20 years along with an economic loss of $3.47 trillion As early as December 2018, it was predicted that the...
Checkmate air pollution
China is a good example of how it has balanced environmental protection and economic growth. India must learn from Beijing to tackle air pollution Air pollution has become an unwitting part of our daily lives along with its health and economic consequences. This, despite the tremendous efforts being made to...
