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Research Papers
How to increase climate resilience in semi-arid farming systems
Posted on 07 Jul, 2023 07:31 PMResearchers from the Netherlands' Wageningen University and the W-CReS (WOTR Centre For Resilience Studies) have undertaken a thorough investigation that has revealed key insights for improving climate resilience in semi-arid farming systems.
![The study by WOTR and Wageningen University researchers emphasizes the need to prioritize adaptive capacities alongside agricultural productivity (Image: WallpaperFlare)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-07/india-countryside-dry-central-india.jpg?itok=tOjKSk3g)
Study of Earth’s stratosphere reduces uncertainty in future climate change
Posted on 28 Jun, 2023 07:19 PMNew research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) reduces uncertainty in future climate change linked to the stratosphere, with important implications for life on Earth.
Man-made climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing us today, but uncertainty in the exact magnitude of global change hampers effective policy responses.
![Clouds in the stratosphere (Image: Kaushik Panchal, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/1200px-Clouds_in_the_stratosphere_%28Unsplash%29.jpg?itok=ZYYHqvf4)
Changing farming practices to prevent land degradation and desertification in India
Posted on 28 Jun, 2023 11:41 AMLand degradation and desertification (LDD) pose a major threat to environmental and human survival and sustainability. Nearly 33 percent of total land area is affected by land degradation globally.
![Increasing desertification is a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/desertification.jpg?itok=v3aGIPcJ)
Impacts of disappearing snow and ice in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
Posted on 21 Jun, 2023 01:57 PMAccording to a significant new assessment report from an eight-nation body called the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the changes to the glaciers, snow, and permafrost of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region brought on by global warming are "unprecedented and largely irreversible."
![Building weather station on Yala glacier in Nepal which collects meteorological data that helps ICIMOD researchers model glacial melt and accumulation. (Image: Jitendra Raj Bajracharya/ICIMOD)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/45813710174_61ec3b6b15_o.jpg?itok=jeLMdoL_)
How to be prepared before landslides?
Posted on 19 Jun, 2023 11:10 AMCome monsoons and reports of landslide events start appearing from different parts of India including Maharashtra. Indeed, an exponential rise in the occurrence of landslides and mudslides in Western Maharashtra is being reported in recent years. And these can unleash massive destruction, lead to loss of lives and damage infrastructure and property.
![Landslides in Western Maharashtra (Image Source: ACWADAM)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/Landslide%20acwadam_2.jpg?itok=YElE3LFb)
Spatial pattern and clustering of open defecation in India
Posted on 12 Jun, 2023 11:15 AMThe prevalence of open defecation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including India, is one of the main barriers to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG-6) by 2030. In South and Central Asia, India is found to practise open defecation at a high rate (16%) compared to both the regional average (12%) and the global average (6%).
![Due to the lack of water supply, this community toilet complex is left to rot in the village Sanarpudur (Image: IWP Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/9063590659_f62e79cd14_o.jpg?itok=1hl0BW81)
Kodagu landslide survivors' experiences
Posted on 11 Jun, 2023 10:59 PMKodagu, a picturesque hill station nestled in the western ghats of India, faced catastrophic landslides in 2018. The cumulative rainfall in Kodagu district was 3464 mm from January 1 to August 31, 2018. It was 32% more than the average annual rainfall over the last 20 years.
![Landslides have become an annual occurrence and have spread to other districts of the Western Ghats range (Image: Ashish Gupta; (CC BY 2.0))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/Landslide_%2815339626638%29.jpg?itok=Y_tKoiQ3)
Lived experiences of sanitation and hygiene access
Posted on 02 Jun, 2023 09:18 PMHighlights from the study:
![Children pose outside a toilet (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/9063610653_80935f0e36_o.jpg?itok=kF0r3RL4)
Conservation and collection practices in the sacred Thal Kedar forest of Uttarakhand
Posted on 20 May, 2023 06:57 PMForests are a primary source of food, water, medicine, fruits, shelter, bedding materials, fuel, fodder, and appliances for agriculture in rural areas, globally. The ‘sacred natural forest sites’ in the Himalayan mountains are a common center of different cultures, social groups, traditions, and beliefs.
![The sacred Thal Kedar forest is a common sacred center for people of different cultures, traditions, and beliefs (Image: Mini Mehta, eUttaranchal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-05/thal-kedar-mini-mehta.jpg?itok=8x8Qi400)