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Dengue expands with climate change in India
Posted on 26 Sep, 2022 12:20 PMDengue is witnessing an alarming rise in India in recent years and the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (2020) data shows a five fold increase in cases of dengue from 28,066 cases in 2010 to 157,315 cases in 2019.
Dengue and climate change
![Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, beginning its blood-meal (Image Source: James Gathany, CDC via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/Mosquito.jpg?itok=6MtMcb3T)
Deteriorating landscapes and threatened ecosystems of Jammu and Kashmir
Posted on 26 Sep, 2022 12:19 PMLandscapes are important features and shape the economy and survival of a region. However, developmental activities in recent years are not only threatening landscape features, but also affecting landscape ecosystems and livelihoods of people who depend on it.
![Deteriorating ecosystems of Jammu and Kashmir, India (Image Source: tkohli at Flickr via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/Kashmir_Valley%20India.jpg?itok=-9--EaRO)
Harnessing energy from wind
Posted on 20 Sep, 2022 10:58 PMIndia’s ever-increasing energy demand is putting a heavy load on energy generating agencies. Shifting towards renewable energy entails a series of judicious steps in consultation with the government bodies, energy developers, market valuation, and consumers.
![Over 23% of India's energy production comes through renewable energy sources (Image: Eric Wilde, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/wind.jpg?itok=xSnaImCI)
Renewable energy sector financing must go up to $600bn to meet 2030 goals
Posted on 20 Sep, 2022 08:16 PMIndia is amidst a monumental energy transition—with global consequences. India's population is primed to continuously grow, industrialize, urbanize, and electrify their lives.
![RE tariffs will be determined by PV module costs and financing costs. (Image: ODT, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/lead_0_0.jpg?itok=LLfaA3MV)
New landslide reporting tool uses social media and artificial intelligence
Posted on 16 Sep, 2022 11:38 AMWhen landslides occur, their impacts are usually not discovered immediately beyond the attention of first responders or government agencies. Reliable spatial data becomes available to users based on the satellite return path and the route that it takes, image quality and processing time.
![Social media data has great potential for near-real-time reporting of landslide events and their associated impacts (Image: Eurico Zimbres, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/1280px-Landslide%20%281%29.jpg?itok=uErENK3N)
Climate change and disappearing forests
Posted on 09 Sep, 2022 04:44 PMForests are being destroyed at an alarming rate world over with tropical forests - hot spots of biodiversity experiencing the largest declines.
![Threatened forests of India (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/Forestsa.jpg?itok=NINZWaCF)
Fishing turns fishy as climate change plays truant
Posted on 29 Aug, 2022 02:58 PMInland aquatic fisheries form an important source of livelihood for a significant proportion of population in India. Climate change is projected to have a huge impact on inland aquatic ecosystems and the fisheries sector in India. While there are a number of studies on the impacts of climate change on freshwater ecosystems and fish, most of these are from the temperate countries.
![Fish in the Tunga river at Sringeri (Image Source: Dineshkannambadi via Wikimedia Commons) Li](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/Fishes_in_the_Tunga_river_at_Sringeri.jpg?itok=y4XKZddz)
Himalayan lakes can potentially become long-term sinks of microplastics
Posted on 27 Aug, 2022 03:36 PMMicroplastic pollution is a growing environmental concern. Microplastics are plastic particles with sizes ranging from 1 μm to 5 mm. However, a clear consensus on the definition of microplastics is lacking and even the lower size limit varies among different studies.
![(Vinay Goel, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/tso-moriri-vinay-goel.jpg?itok=cZvmOKCT)
Heavy metals being discharged into coastal waters
Posted on 22 Aug, 2022 12:26 AMIn recent years, the impact of the wastes discharged in the Bay of Bengal has been significant due to high effluent inflow from secured sources. It was observed that the heavy metal concentrations in the Bay coast sediments were considerately high and varied among sampling points.
![Heavy metal contamination causes significant harm to marine ecology and aquatic life, including humans (Image: Priyadarshi Chaudhuri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/rishikonda.jpg?itok=6CiDj7h3)
Floods – a boon than a bane!
Posted on 21 Aug, 2022 11:15 PMFloods are often perceived as a destructive force in Assam and other parts of India.
![The Majuli island, a haven for fish (Image Source: Usha Dewani, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/Majuli.jpg?itok=fwxwW7M3)