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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Polluted water, hitchhiking microbes and the hidden threat of cholera in India
Posted on 19 Aug, 2022 11:33 PMCholera outbreaks are frequent and steadily increasing in India, shows recent surveillance data.
Heavy metal contamination in the sediments of the Brahmaputra river
Posted on 16 Aug, 2022 10:11 AMThe river Brahmaputra carries around 73 million tons of dissolved material annually, which accounts for approximately 4% of the total dissolved flux into the oceans (Singh et al., 2005). The dissolved chemical load and sediment flux of the Brahmaputra River has significantly higher rates of physical and chemical weathering than other large Himalayan catchments.