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Climate and Weather
Global warming can spell doom for India's freshwater fish!
Posted on 24 Sep, 2021 11:12 PMFreshwater ecosystems such as rivers, lakes, ponds cover only 0.8 percent of the Earth’s surface, but are incredibly biodiverse. They harbour around ~15,000 fish species, corresponding to approximately half of the global known fish.
Human activities such as water abstraction, diversion, damming, and pollution are posing a threat to the survival of fish.
![Fish in the Tunga river at Sringeri (Image Source: Dineshkannambadi via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/Fishes_in_the_Tunga_river_at_Sringeri.jpg?itok=PMSW0GQW)
Northeastern states witness highest rates of desertification
Posted on 08 Sep, 2021 09:35 PMDesertification is accelerating in several northeastern Indian states
![Loss of green cover is increasing in the country (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-09/12879229323_98d8a58afa_c.jpg?itok=hCaLN_sm)
Urban inequalities and heat risks in Delhi
Posted on 18 Aug, 2021 02:58 PMThe sixth assessment report by the United Nation's Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change released this week has issued dire warnings that have major implications for India.
![An aerial view of Delhi, August 2016. (Image Source: Sumita Roy Dutta via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/Urban%20heat%20islands.jpg?itok=4BZ3tc3A)
IPCC: Net zero plans needed if we are to stop warming
Posted on 09 Aug, 2021 05:02 PMThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) met virtually to consider the contribution of Working Group 1 (WG1) to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), for two weeks from 26th July to 6th August, 2021.
![India will face irreversible impacts of climate crisis, says IPCC report (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/gw.jpg?itok=QIc-eZU0)
Report identifies 15 high-potential actions for cities to adapt to climate risks
Posted on 04 Aug, 2021 01:56 PMAs cities around the world face a growing climate crisis, McKinsey Sustainability and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group has released a new report called
![Cities are a key contributor to climate change and are responsible for 75 percent of global CO2 emissions (Image: The Digital Artist, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/climate-change-4775186_960_720.jpg?itok=z8h-ggfT)
Odisha's Puri becomes first city in the country to have safe water under Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban)
Posted on 28 Jul, 2021 07:48 AMOdisha’s Puri first city in the country to provide safe drinking water while
![Functional tap water supply to end rural water woes (Image source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/13941593042_c98a9e40aa_c.jpg?itok=LfhLAcwi)
Lakshadweep Islands: Rising sea levels may inundate some islands
Posted on 24 Jun, 2021 10:47 AMRising global sea levels as a consequence of climate change is likely to permanently inundate many small islands in future.
![Coastal protection measures need to be taken now (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/lakswadeep.jpg?itok=EPJIR_N3)
Harnessing runoff to cope with droughts in South India
Posted on 01 Jun, 2021 11:54 AMThe years 2016 to 2018 saw a major drought in the South of India due to low winter rainfall from the northeast monsoon – rainfall crucial for water availability, agriculture and livelihoods for the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
![The scramble to collect water: Can it be prevented? (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Water%20shortage.jpg?itok=v6uojg0X)
The lessons learnt from Cyclone Yaas
Posted on 31 May, 2021 11:03 PMOn May 26, Cyclone Yaas from the Bay of Bengal hit the coast in Bhadrak district near the Bahanaga block north of Dhamra port
![Cyclone Yaas slammed into the north Odisha coast near Balasore on May 26, 2021 (Image: NASA Earth Observatory)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/cycloneyaas_tmo_2021-NASA%E2%80%99s%20Earth%20Observatory.jpg?itok=HDQijEGf)
Amidst Covid-19 second wave, two cyclones hit the Indian coasts
Posted on 27 May, 2021 09:26 PMCyclone Tauktae hit the west coast, while Yaas batters the east coast
![Fallen lampost and trees lay sprawled across the road after a cyclone (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/30813818684_62a38a1623_c.jpg?itok=6dGfX3JV)