What will be the climate impact on Indo-Gangetic plain

Climate change projections and impacts in a region with 432.5 million population

The plot thickens

Winter haze caused by thermal plants, not biomass burning

North India can tackle smog using eco-friendly farm practices from the South, say experts

Mulching, nitrogen-fixing have waned in the Indo-Gangetic Plain; but they are still being used in the Cauvery basin, according to scientists  

Brickbats for farmlands

Kilns reduce soil nutrition, stunt vegetation

Aerial threat to Ganga basin

Significant ozone depletion

Expressway on sliding sand

Monsoon earlyburly

Bitter harvest: farmers kill selves

Freak weather destroys crops across India

Power corrupts

Coal-based power plants caus haze over Indo-Gangetic plains

India’s first National Dolphin Research Centre finally a reality

Plan in works for a decade but faced several delays; institute in Patna to research the endangered freshwater mammals

Shifting to millets increases groundwater recharge more than drip irrigation in India’s northern plains: Study

Switching from rice to millets such as pearl millet & sorghum during the Kharif season and shifting from wheat to sorghum in the Rabi season …

Indo-Gangetic Plain drying up? Water storage declined, ‘stream flow’ rose in Ganga, Indus basins last year, says WMO

Half a billion people live in the Indo-Gangetic Plain across Pakistan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh  

How tiny pests traverse long distance to attack mustard crops

Researchers from the Kolkata-based Bose Institute have retraced the aerial path these marauders of mustard take

Haze may be contributing to warming in South Asia: study

The warming, in turn, could be the reason behind the reduction in the monsoon in the past few decades

Haryana’s Rors brought Western flavour to the Indus Valley

New genetic study claims that the Rors came to the Indus Valley when it was flourishing during the Bronze Age and inducted West Eurasian genetic …

By 2050, 115 million may face food insecurity due to reduced water level in Ganga

In the summers of 2015 and 2017, domestic water supply in the northern Indian plains was severely affected because of low water level in Ganga

Blazing India: The Himachal hills feel the heat too, but in different ways

As the plains scorch, residents head for the hills in the thousands, posing a threat to their fragile ecology

India’s very own Dust Bowl

Rising temperatures, changing weather patterns, depleting groundwater, unsustainable agriculture and deforestation are turning large parts of …

Mapping climate change in India

India is the 13th most vulnerable country to climate change. Since more than 60 per cent of its agriculture is rainfed and it hosts 33 per cent …

Fine particulate air pollution shortens average Indian’s life by 5.3 years: University of Chicago

Nearly 40% of India’s population concentrated in Indo-Gangetic Plain to be affected most due to air pollution  

Study paints grim picture for northwest India if emissions keep increasing

Research suggests deadly heat stress in northwest India, Delhi to face high thermal discomfort

Work on India’s first dolphin research centre to start in Patna post-monsoon

The National Dolphin Research Centre would boost conservation efforts for river dolphins and would provide an opportunity for in-depth research …

Scientists in Bihar identify bacteria that can naturally treat arsenic in groundwater

The two types of bacteria identified break down a toxic form of arsenic to a less hazardous form

CSE releases latest analysis of air quality data for Delhi-NCR, as winter sets in

CSE says 2021 winter season starting with much cleaner threshold compared to the previous three years

Monsoon 2023: Two weather phenomena to decide fate of agriculture in Indo-Gangetic belt

Agriculture in dry regions to suffer if rainfall deficit continues; Indian Ocean Dipole and El Nino huge factors