Multiple climate hazards hitting India together
Besides rising temperatures and sea levels, climate change is increasingly leading to extreme rainfall, floods and cyclones to occur at the same time in India, says a new study
Besides rising temperatures and sea levels, climate change is increasingly leading to extreme rainfall, floods and cyclones to occur at the same time in India, says a new study
Even as India grapples with high levels of air pollution, especially of particulate matter and noxious gases, latest research indicates that even unborn babies are not spared from its ill effects
The rise in sea levels due to climate change is likely to turn the soil more saline in large parts of the Sundarbans region in India and Bangladesh, making cultivation unviable and forcing mass migration
Warmer winters and fluctuating rainfall in Chilika Lake are proving to be major disruptors for the large population of migratory birds in this famous lagoon on India’s eastern coast
It is only February but noon temperatures are already simmering at 34 degrees Celsius in the coastal state of Odisha. On its vast Chilika lagoon, most of the 0.9 million birds that wintered here…Read More
On World Wetlands Day, it is heartening to note that Chilika Lake has been transformed into one of the healthiest wetlands in India, but local fishers are facing a livelihoods crisis