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...
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...
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...
Studies show that 35 per cent of Ladakh’s glaciers will have disappeared in two decades. Nothing reflects the dismal situation more clearly than the rising water scarcity that is affecting the lives o...
Drought is a normal climatic phenomenon that occurs in all climatic zones, but its intensity and frequency usually increases towards drier climatic zones. In weather terms, drought occurs when rainfal...
Studies show that 35 per cent of Ladakh’s glaciers will have disappeared in two decades. Nothing reflects the dismal situation more clearly than the rising water scarcity that is affecting the lives of every inhabitant of the region.
Drought is a normal climatic phenomenon that occurs in all climatic zones, but its intensity and frequency usually increases towards drier climatic zones. In weather terms, drought occurs when rainfall received is a certain percentage lower than the long term average for the area. Drought is not a disaster in the sense an earthquake, a cyclone, or a landslide is, because it does not strike with th...
