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Arid Western India
Land Degradation and Climate Change The vulnerability of drylands is now markedly visible with acres of cropped land degraded. The 1977 Landsat MSS image, shows Ghaggar Diversion Channel bringing exc...
Paleoclimate the history of climate change
Present discussions on climate change are based on data that is gathered from studies conducted on coral cores, ice cores, tree rings, pollen, sediment from oceans and lakes, varves, pack rat middens...
Climate Change Theories
Few natural phenomena have been amalgamated into so many scientific fields as has the issue of climate change. The possibility that different causes are active at different time scales adds to the cha...
Land Degradation
Land is degraded when it suffers a decline in its capabilities or loses its productive capacity. Soil is the non renewable natural resource which supports life on earth. It is estimated that one-sixth...
Impact of Tsunami on Soils of South Andaman
The 2004 tsunami in coastal areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands has not only devastated lives but also ecosystems rendering the soil and water resources salt affected. Periodical soil and water sampl...
Sustainable Land Managements
India accounts for about 2.4 per cent of the world’s geographical area but supports about 17 per cent of the world’s human population and 15 per cent of the livestock.
Crafting Anecdotes
Nestled amidst the mountain ranges of Mekal, Sihava and Ramgiri and watered by numerous rivers - Mahanadi, Shivnath, Indravati, Hasdo and Kharun – Chhattisgarh owns an ancient cultural heritage that b...
Climate Change and Rural Construction–issues and imperatives
The Pucca construction is the first indication of economic mobility of a family. Also for every one crore rupees of investment in housing, nearly 290 industries in the building material sector get act...
Chhattisgarh Tribes
The State of Chhattisgarh is transforming and contrary to the older generation where tribal or non-tribal status impacted the way people would access amenities such as literacy, the disparities in the...
Teesta Inside Tunnels: River strapped under the ground
Chained in tunnels the Teesta River may no longer inspire poetry and exponents like Bhupen Hazarika may no longer find it relevant to sing his ode chanchala, as the boisterous flow of the tumultuous r...