Geography and You

The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) is the only institute in the country working on technology for the oceans. In the quarter century of its existence, the achievements are truly remarkable. Technology development has been taken up from shallow water depths to deep waters. The areas of activity encompass societal benefits, strategic needs, technology […]

भारत में मानसूनी वर्षा 2020 भारतीय मौसम विज्ञान विभाग (आईएमडी) के अनुसार 1 जून से 30 सितंबर के बीच वर्ष 2020 का अखिल भारतीय मानसून मौसमी वर्षा सामान्य से अधिक रही है। आईएमडी 1961 से 2010 के बीच वर्षा के औसत को दीर्घावधिक औसत यानी एलपीए (Long Period Average-LPA) मानता है जो कि 88 सेंटीमीटर […]

The Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory (BGRL) situated in Karad, Maharashtra is a first of a kind and the only laboratory in India that has been helping scientists to study earth’s deep secrets for nearly five years now (Fig 1). Set up in 2014, BGRL has enabled scientists to get access to a variety of samples […]

There have been numerous efforts to conserve terrestrial forests and habitats. However, the same cannot be said for our oceans and seascapes. In recent years, coastal zones have been under increasing pressure due to population growth, unplanned developmental activities, increase in infrastructural growth, coastal lighting, tourism and other related issues often leading to the destruction […]

G’nY. How can agroecology or nature based solutions help transform agriculture in the South Asian region? What we have had previously in the Green Revolution was a strong technology-oriented fertiliser-pesticide-irrigation combined agricultural productivity increase. This was successful to some extent. But on the other hand, it caused problems with preserving natural conditions. Going forward, we […]