Myriad Challenges of the Coasts of India
Monitoring from space, aerial and in situ platforms in coastal regions will help develop models for interactions between ecological and anthropogenic processes, helping sustainable management of coast...
Our Fragile Coasts: Scientific Approaches and Solutions
The Indian coasts hold diverse geomorphological features—mudflats, rocky shores, cliffs, sandy beaches and deltaic reaches that shelter unique ecosystems. However, significant sections of the coastlin...
Need of Flood Warning System for Coastal Metropolis
Integrated Flood Warning System (IFLOWS) is an integrated GIS-based decision support system developed for Chennai and Mumbai that provides flood inundation scenarios and helps state governments to put...
IMPACT ARTICLES
Pink Rainbows Appear in the United Kingdom
<p>A pink rainbow was observed from parts of Western England on August 7, 2017 which is a rare occurrence. Pink rainbows occur as optical effects depending on how we view phenomena and is caused by th...
EARTH SCIENCE, ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, SCIENCE
Wind Types | Why They are Not the Same at all Times
<p>World wind types Ascertaining wind types is important to understand disaster’s. On May 30, 2017, a severe cyclonic storm ‘Mora’ crossed the Bangladesh coast in the forenoon, with a peak surfa...
EARTH SCIENCE, ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, SCIENCE
Stunning Limestone caverns | Debating how they were ever formed
<p>Have you ever visited the Son Doong Cave in the forests of Vietnam. It is among the largest and most spectacular limestone caverns in the world, measuring 5.5 miles in length, with some of its larg...
ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, EARTH SCIENCE
Illegal Mining monitoring by Indian Space Research Organization
<p>Illegal mining and its control has always been troublesome for India. Mining activity is illegal if it is done without licenses or outside the permitted leased areas. Even extraction above the perm...
More from earth-science
Pink Rainbows Appear in the United Kingdom
<p>A pink rainbow was observed from parts of Western England on August 7, 2017 which is a rare occurrence. Pink rainbows occur as optical effects depending on how we view phenomena and is caused by the refraction of sunlight from a reddish evening sun by droplets of water in the Earth’s atmosphere.</p>
EARTH SCIENCE, ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, SCIENCE
Wind Types | Why They are Not the Same at all Times
<p>World wind types Ascertaining wind types is important to understand disaster’s. On May 30, 2017, a severe cyclonic storm ‘Mora’ crossed the Bangladesh coast in the forenoon, with a peak surface wind speed of 130 kmph (IMD, 2017).]</p>
EARTH SCIENCE, ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, SCIENCE
Stunning Limestone caverns | Debating how they were ever formed
<p>Have you ever visited the Son Doong Cave in the forests of Vietnam. It is among the largest and most spectacular limestone caverns in the world, measuring 5.5 miles in length, with some of its largest caverns high enough to house a 40 storey building.</p>