As temperatures soar, what should India do to adapt to changing conditions to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change? Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 days 11 hours ago
This study found that mainstreaming climate adaptation practices/strategies helped farmers build resilience against droughts by increasing production, and raising incomes and livelihood opportunities equitably. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 4 days 14 hours ago
What needs to be done to save the tropical riverine grasslands of the Brahmaputra floodplains? A study finds out.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 1 week ago
This study proposes a novel method to determine optimum freshwater release from the Sardar Sarovar Dam to minimise the negative impact on hilsa fish migration in downstream estuaries.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 1 week 5 days ago
This study found that irrigation, mainly surface irrigation played an important role in improving farm efficiency, but was only accessible to farmers living in the plains.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 weeks 5 days ago
Mapping groundwater potential zones (GWPZ) can greatly help in efficient groundwater management through careful use and identifying areas for construction of recharge structures to improve groundwater resources in the region.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 weeks 6 days ago
Despite the large dependence of the increasing population on Himalayan lakes, information on the lakes continues to be limited thus hindering their sustainable management.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 1 month ago
A recent study finds that climate change induced extreme weather events such as droughts can increase the vulnerability of women to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 1 month ago
This study finds that heat stress can increase the risk of salt pan workers to a number of health hazards. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 1 month 1 week ago
A study that examined the contribution of tanks in groundwater recharge in urban Bengaluru found that presence of more impermeable surfaces in the city led to some amount of groundwater recharge from tanks, but was influenced by location, area concerned, water level fluctuations and alternative recharge sources available. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 1 month 2 weeks ago
As cities such as Bangalore grapple with the water crisis, understanding the value of conserving groundwater to prevent this from happening in the future is urgently needed!Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 1 month 2 weeks ago
As urban areas continue to expand - rivers, lakes, streams crucial for survival of cities are dying. Aggressive developmental projects are further worsening the situation. However, citizens, scientists, experts, activists in cities such as Pune are now acting to save their rivers. We bring you the story of one such water warrior from Pune, Shailaja Deshpande on Women's Day.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 1 month 3 weeks ago
While encroachment, siltation, poor maintenance of traditional irrigation tanks limit farmers in Andhra Pradesh from accessing water in the command areas, strengthening WUAs shows a promising way forward to ensure maintenance of tanks at the community level and ensure water security for farmers. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 months ago
This study predicts that sewage will become the dominant source of nitrogen pollution in rivers due to urbanisation and insufficient wastewater treatment technologies and infrastructure in worse case scenario projections in countries such as India.Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 months 1 week ago