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Preventing floods through grassland conservation

This study found that replacing natural grasslands and forests by exotic species increased the likelihood of flooding during extreme rainfall events in the Nilgiris.

Rajat Ramakant Nayak

Srinivas Vaidyanathan

Nick A. Chappell

Ravinder Singh Bhalla

Posted on 21 Jan, 2023 02:54 PM

Erratic rainfall patterns and the risk of floods in mountain landscapes

Grasslands interspersed with pockets of montane Shola forests in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (Image Source: Anand Osuri via Wikimedia Commons)

Balancing water security with saving biodiversity in the river Beas

Will it be possible to achieve tradeoffs between meeting water needs of people and retaining river waters to sustain the rare and beautiful, but endangered Indus River Dolphin in the Beas river?

Posted on 25 Oct, 2021 02:22 PM

Ensuring water security Vs conserving biodiversity: The challenge

Beas river at Kullu, Himachal Pradesh (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Waterways spell disaster for Gangetic dolphins

A study shows that noise pollution due to industrial transportation and recreational waterways over the Ganga can spell doom for dolphins by affecting their feeding habits and social behaviours.

Mayukh Dey

Tadamichi Morisaka

Nachiket Kelkar

Posted on 10 Feb, 2020 02:50 PM

Noise pollution, a rising threat

The Gangetic dolphin (Image Source: Arati Kumar Rao)

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