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भूगोल और आप मौसम की उग्र परिस्थितियों के लिए विशेष पूर्वानुमान

<p>भारतीय कृषि जिन चुनौतियों का मुकाबला कर रही है उनमें लगातार वृद्धि हो रही है। वैश्विक जलवायु परिवर्तन की वर्तमान बहस में, मौजूदा प्रौद्योगिकियों का इस्तेमाल करने वाली गहन कृषि की धारणीयता पर सवाल खड़े किए जा रहे हैं।</p>

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RENEWABLE ENERGY PV Efficiency Grounds India’s Solar Ambitions

India is fast emerging as the largest market for low cost and poor quality solar photovoltaics (PV) modules— a compounding hazardous waste, especially threatening in the absence of adequate quality control.

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DISASTER Successful Cyclone Prediction Evokes Spectre of Climate Change

<p>The successful prediction of the recent cyclones in the Arabian Sea by Princeton University researchers along with the NOAA using climate models with temperature rise and atmospheric pollutants as variables raises poignant questions over climate change.</p>

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CLIMATE CHANGE Foraminifera Fossils Indicate Sea Level Change in Lothal

<p>Foraminifera are sea organisms which have been widely used in palaeoceanography. The organisms indicate sea level changes and have played a significant role in identifying the oldest dockyard at Lothal in Gujarat.</p>

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ARCTIC Geopolitics of the Poles in the Anthropocene Age

We need to realise that climate change under the Anthropocene, the present era of human civilization, may have long ranging impacts on the two Polar regions and therefore make some essential policy changes accordingly.

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CLIMATE CHANGE Warming Temperatures and Arctic’s Dwindling Sea Ice

The Arctic amplification—as it has been termed, is resulting in a perceptible shift of this region to a new environment which is warmer, wetter and more variable than ever before.

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GLACIERS The Glaciers of the Himalaya

In the central and eastern Himalayas, a general negative mass balance has been reported, whereas in the glaciers of the Karakoram Range in the northwestern Himalaya, heterogeneous behaviour is depicted.

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GLACIERS Himalaya Seeking a Coordinated Approach in Glacier Research

Himalaya has been warming at a rate much higher than the global average. The results of studies on the glaciers of three basins - Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra conducted over three decades are discussed.

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SCIENCE Climate Change and the Glacial Realms

The cryosphere acts as sensitive thermometers recording the fluctuations in the climate. The Antarctic, the Arctic and the Himalaya are all showing signs of increasing ice mass loss on a decadal scale as a consequence of average rise of 0.8 oC in global temperatures since 1880 (IPCC, 2013). The meteorological observatories in the Arctic, the Antarctic and Tibet—demonstrate a rise in temperature over the last three decades.

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भूगोल और आप ज्वालामुखी से अक्सर प्रभावित होती हैं भूकम्पीय गतिविधियां

<p>किसी ज्वालामुखी की परिभाषा शंकुकार अथवा गुंबद आकार की संरचना के रूप में दी जा सकती है, जो एक छिद्र के माध्यम से पृथ्वी के सतह पर निकले मैग्मा के परिणामस्वरूप निर्मित होती है। ज्वालामुखी सपाट ढालाकार से लेकर लम्बे और ढालू अलग-अलग आकारों के हो सकते हैं,</p>

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