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Identifying Water Quality with Insects
Testing pollution levels in natural water bodies can require a considerable amount of gear and instrumentation. However, there is another much simpler solution. Observing the species of insects that l...
Himalaya Seeking a Coordinated Approach in Glacier Research
Himalaya has been warming at a rate much higher than the global average. The results of studies on the glaciers of three basins - Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra conducted over three decades are discusse...
PV Efficiency Grounds India’s Solar Ambitions
India is fast emerging as the largest market for low cost and poor quality solar photovoltaics (PV) modules— a compounding hazardous waste, especially threatening in the absence of adequate quality co...
सर्विसिंग कौशल का विकास : नियोक्ताओं द्वारा और अधिक प्रयास किए जाने की आवश्यकता
आज की स्थिति में दक्षता संबंधी पहलों से संबंधित नीति के तभी लागू होने की संभावना है जब संभावित नियोक्ता दक्ष मानव शक्ति की मांग करें। उनकी भागीदारी के बिना लक्षित उद्देश्य को कभी प्राप्त नहीं किया जा...
Geopolitics of the Poles in the Anthropocene Age
We need to realise that climate change under the Anthropocene, the present era of human civilization, may have long ranging impacts on the two Polar regions and therefore make some essential policy ch...
Warming Temperatures and Arctic’s Dwindling Sea Ice
The Arctic amplification—as it has been termed, is resulting in a perceptible shift of this region to a new environment which is warmer, wetter and more variable than ever before.
Revisiting Traditional Gender Identities in Disaster Response
It is now widely acknowledged that when disasters occur, not all members of the ‘affected community’ are affected the same way. The earlier literature on gender and disasters over-emphasized women’s v...