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Rewiring the Tsunami Early Warning System
The authors are scientist C, scientist F, scientist B and director, respectively, at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad and secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences. sriniva...
M V Sunanda T Srinivasa Kumar Dipankar Saikia S S C Shenoi Shailesh Nayak
Ecosystem Services from Marine Living Resources
The role of marine organisms as providers of ecosystem services in the South-East and North-East Arabian Sea upwelling systems is elucidated in this essay. Services such as primary production, fish pr...
Geographical Knowledge through Quantitative Methods
Quantitative methods in geography and its broad distinctions have been discussed in the ESSAY—with a focus on the mapping of geographical distribution.
Kanchenjunga Cheated Me
Sunrise at Tiger Hill, 13 km from Darjeeling was an experience to remember—for all the wrong reasons...
Bloody Plastics
Sanitary napkins are indeed hygienic—eliminating a plethora of diseases for the user. However, it is a little known fact that these products are largely plastics in various synthetic combinations. As...
CNG and Pollution
With 1.1 million vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG), India has the 5th largest fleet of CNG vehicles in the world. However, CNG use only manages to reduce the particulate matter (PM) em...
PM2.5 Vs PM10 What is a better measure
The problematic particles are 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter, not 10, which result in health deficits. In developing countries, there is a lack of surface- based air pollution sensors which make...
Poison Air
With an estimated 620,000 deaths in a year and a six fold increase in premature deaths since 2000, India has the worst air pollution in the world.
The Dirty Ten
The ten topmost cities of India with unbelievable levels of air pollution have been laid bare by the ‘Urban outdoor air pollution database’, September 2011, by the Department of Public Health and Envi...