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Rainfall and other forms of Precipitation
Adequate water most important for plant diversity
Posted on 09 Jul, 2019 03:58 PMNew Delhi, July 9 (India Science Wire): India has a total geographical area of nearly 329 million hectares. The climate varies from the north to the south and east to west. However, in spite of this diversity, little is known about how climate affects the diversity of plants that grow in a particular area.
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Cultivating more millets to make food production climate resilient in India
Posted on 09 Jul, 2019 02:32 PMCrop production is highly influenced by the sensitivity of crops to variations in climate and can have major implications for food supply and rural livelihoods. The effects of climate change are increasing in India, where extreme rainfall events have become more frequent and spatially more variable.
![A millet crop ready for harvest in rural India (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/millets_india.jpg?itok=7eqh--AG)
Glacier melt threatens water reserves in Satluj basin
Posted on 08 Jul, 2019 12:28 PMRiver Satluj, the powerhouse of the Himalayas
![The Sutlej, from Bilaspur (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sutlej_from_bilaspur.jpg?itok=B1YG5VcT)
How can forecasting of extreme rainfall events be improved?
Posted on 05 Jul, 2019 12:00 AMMumbai, July 5 (India Science Wire): On July 2, the Maharashtra government decided to close private and public schools in Mumbai based on IMD’s rainfall forecast which predicted "intermittent rain in city and suburbs, with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places for the next 24 hours." The 24-hour period from 8:30 am of July 1 to July 2 saw a total of 375 mm of rain and it
![Villages under water which gushed in as Cyclone Aila struck south 24 Parganas. Image credit: Anil Gulati from IWP Flickr. Image used for representational purposes only.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3582509644_ef64b6998f_z.jpg?itok=z1vVMt_1)
Urbanization, changing cropping patterns contributing to temperature rise
Posted on 03 Jul, 2019 02:51 PMNew Delhi, July 3 (India Science Wire): Warming induced by changes in land use and land cover is contributing to rise in temperature in Eastern India, according to a new study.
![Image credit: Sourabh Phadke from India Water Portal on Flickr](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8357660792_7a1400afb9_z_2.jpg?itok=2Rh8EVpu)
Combating water crisis needs people's participation: PM Modi
Posted on 03 Jul, 2019 01:06 AMPrime Minister Modi pitches for a collective effort to overcome water crisis in the country
![A rainwater harvesting set up in a school in Chickmangalur district (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3864313130_d643fc8d6e_z.jpg?itok=ZlDNjffT)
Government launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan to tackle water crisis
Posted on 02 Jul, 2019 04:59 PMCentre launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan
![Jal Shakti Abhiyan launched to battle water crisis (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/17285080046_69d2e8c3d3_z_2.jpg?itok=oruylkkc)
Digging deeper to cope with droughts
Posted on 01 Jul, 2019 09:14 PMIndia is witnessing the second driest pre-monsoon season in the last 65 years. As the country eagerly eyes the monsoon clouds, the delay so far has now widened the rain deficit to 43%.
![Coping with droughts, a challenge for farmers (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/droughts_a_0.jpg?itok=yYAVyVoF)
Economics of land degradation: India’s new environment targets
Posted on 28 Jun, 2019 09:38 AMManaging natural resources, the sustainable way
![Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar with representatives of UNCCD, IUCN and other panelists at the June 17th meeting. (Photo: DD News Hindi)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/desertificaion1.jpg?itok=RB1KmjKq)
Temperatures in India becoming more extreme
Posted on 26 Jun, 2019 03:51 PMThe frequency and severity of heatwaves have risen considerably in India. Our cities are facing periods of ‘extreme’ weather as urbanization continues to modify the landscape.
![The stretch below the Koyna dam in Satara district looks parched at the end of the summer of 2014 as the reservoirs went dry (Image: Ashwin Arun Yadav, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/summer_heat.jpg?itok=pjtkIGxb)