Inside this issue
Survey Report
We know it as the ubiquitous babul. Used extensively by the rural and urban poor for firewood, few can distinguish the non endemic vilayati variety from the native type. ...
Pollution
Energy India
With the ethanol industry pushing up crop prices, perhaps the day won’t be far away when the poor, world over, are unable to buy food. The food economy and an energy economy – two separate entities are beginning to merge.
Monsoon
In western media the advent of a dedicated weather channel saw a system of continuous monitoring of weather systems, hour by hour sometimes minute by minute (local severe stormas) and even live tracking (tornadoes). Now that MoES is planning to revamp the observing network in the country, launching an Indian weather channel at this juncture would allow the country to experience the benefits of these developments.
First Person
Without a national programme to make CFL disposal easy for the average consumer, millions of CFLs reaching the end of their life will silently release mercury–a deadly toxin, into India’s waste stream.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has always considered geography as a separate and independent subject in the school. ....
Cut off in Orissa
The beautiful forests of highland Orissa, dark and green, are standing embittered and scanty today. The overall ecosystem of the State is under threat.
Conserving Water
Models based on the ensemble multiple linear regression and projection pursuit regression techniques are being used presently to forecast the Indian southwest monsoon rains.
Modern scientific devices and tools can assist in harvesting large quantities of rainwater without any compromise on its quality. With the habitual failure of centralised drinking water schemes, rainwater harvesting can prove to be a viable option.
Humans record a distinct pattern of resource usage at various stages of development. Seen in the context of a raging debate on use and abuse of natural resources, this assumes importance.
In Conversation
New facets of the year old Ministry of Earth Sciences was revealed by Kapil Sibal, Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences in conversation with the Editor, Geography and You.
