Human activities and behaviour of climate change are contributing to an increasing number of disasters around the world, threatening the lives of millions of people, as well as all social and economic benefits, according to a UN report released on Tuesday. The Global Assessment Report (GAR2022), published by the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Forest fires India; Experiencing a wildfire up close is a dangerous and terrifying experience, but due to climate change these uncontrollable and devastating fires are becoming an inescapable part of our seasonal calendars. And it is that, currently, forest fires occur on all continents except Antarctica and most regions experience … Read more
Union Minister of State for Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh in the Lok Sabha said that studies related to melting glaciers in the Himalayan region of India are being conducted continuously. The government also maintains its figures. The glaciers are monitored through studies carried out by different institutions, universities, the Geological Survey of India … Read more
Himalayan medicinal plant species are threatened by climate change, new research shows that requires a review of current conservation strategies, including protected parks in mountain ranges. The study covers a portion of the Eastern Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspots. The study, published in the journal Science Direct, found that medicinal plants of the Himalayas are at risk due to … Read more
In 2021, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 432 disastrous events related to natural hazards around the world and 38 lakh people have affected in India alone due to natural disasters. Overall, these accounted for 10,492 deaths, affected 101.8 million people, and caused approximately US$252.1 billion in economic loss. In 2021, 435 catastrophic natural disasters were … Read more
Since 1903 we have not stopped marvelling at ourselves. Aviation has revolutionized the world in all possible areas. In fact, it is something so important to us that, in the last 100 years, it is one of the sciences that have evolved the most. In fact, only 24 years elapsed between the Hindenburg disaster and the first human being … Read more
Due to climate change, sea-level rise is increasing in coastal areas of India, An area of 2,318 km of the east and west, West Bengal with 323.07 km coastline, has lost 60.5 per cent by erosion, Jitendra Singh said in Lok Sabha. In response to a question from Aparajita Sarangi, Minister of State (Independent Charge) … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Many mountain populations depend on glacial freshwater not only to drink but also to generate energy or irrigate crops. A group of researchers from the IGE (Institute of Environmental Geosciences) and Dartmouth College have reviewed the first atlas that measured the movement and thickness of these ice giants to update … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: India climate change; The impacts of climate change have to do with variable and extreme heat and rainfall, and both at the same time have a direct correlation with the water cycle, the expert pointed out. Therefore, the mitigation of the phenomenon must be related to water and its management, … Read more
Spring climate change; Arriving late or too early is usually not good. You go to the party when the food is gone and people are leaving, or you wait in vain for the event to start and waste time that could be spent on something better. That is exactly what many species are experiencing with … Read more
