U R Rao on measures to save the Antarctic

The two-week long 30th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting concluded on May 11 in New Delhi. Among other resolutions, India's proposal to set …

On road to recovery

Nepal has banned new constructions till it formulates a fresh building code. Emerging threat of landslides compounds its troubles

Teesta dams: A recipe for disaster?

The Gujarat 2001 earthquake drove home the point that cities built on river alluvium and sand are likely to suffer maximum damage from an …

Odisha’s soil leads to landmark discovery about early life evolution

A paleosol from India is telling us that there was a short-lived pulse of atmospheric oxygenation and this occurred considerably earlier than …

After 7.9 shock

The earthquake that shook Nepal and northern India underscores the urgency to understand the seismicity of the Himalayas and to improve the …

The southern connection

Building up of ice sheets in the far north might be due to strong currents in the South Atlantic

Within the Earth's guts

The answers to puzzling climatic phenomena may lie inside the Earth and not just in the atmosphere and the sea

Crossroad

nitin sethi visits Arunachal Pradesh and finds the Apatani grappling with stereotypes and change

On the trail of tsunami

Since the 2004 tsunami, scientists have moved closer to understanding and predicting its trigger, the tectonic earthquake. Are governments …

Rebuilding Uttarakhand: experts deliberate action plan

Participants at a workshop emphasise on implementation of recommendations while framing future development policy for the state; earlier expert …

Passive neighbour

India remains indifferent as China builds dams on upper reaches of Brahmaputra  

Himalaya's human face

HIMALAYA LIFE ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD·David Zurick and P P Karan·John Hopkins University Press Baltimore and London·1999&…

The cold rush

What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus

Brace for more extreme weather events in Himalayas, warn experts

Maximum temperatures in mountain region may rise by 0.5°C to 2.5°C, says state action plan on climate change

Myth of power

Nourisher of an ancient civilization, the Ganga could be gasping for its survival. Every few kilometres the water of its tributaries will be …

Reservoir of dams

Arunachal Pradesh is awarding hydroelectric projects to private companies at the breakneck speed of one every nine days without proper scrutiny. …

Mining effect: Aravalli gets new lakes

Deep digging in the mountain range for minerals has ruptured aquifers that now water mining pits

MoEF clears mining in 36 new sand reaches in Andhra

Move effectively overrules high court stay; approved sand reaches fall in districts acutely affected by overexploitation of river sand

When mining interests prevail over SC order

Uttar Pradesh where IAS officer Durga Shakti got suspended after taking on politicians involved in sand mining is not the only state to bypass …

Magnetism of Himalayan rocks reveals the mountains’ complex tectonic history

The tectonic collision that formed the world’s largest mountain range was actually a complex, multi-stage process — and not a …

Time of our life

Oxygen bubbled 100 million years earlier than thought

Oldest feast

Tidal stress linked to strong earthquakes, says study

The odds of large earthquakes occurring are higher during large tidal stress periods

Deadly impact

A series of comet collisions with the Earth may have led to the extinction of many species

Of ups and downs

Shifts in the Earth's rotational axis caused changes in sea level