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Sikkim at risk of devastating floods from glacial lake outbursts

State drags its feet over installing early warning systems

Science and Technology - Briefs

Sniffing out the killers

They are tiny and remote-controlled. And these sniffer planes will soon fly into biowarfare danger zones

Smoke from Punjab fires added to Delhi’s deadly air cocktail

Data captured by MODIS Aqua/Terra with active fire points marked as red dots Aqua images are at approximately 10.30 am and Terra at 1.30 pm …

Adding a new dimension to medical imaging

A new computer software that converts a two-dimensional image into a three-dimensional one is expected to radically transform medical science.

How digital revolution in farming systems can boost productivity

Adopting precision farming techniques could be a paradigm shift in farmer’s perception from production to productivity and to profitability

Market for agriculture drones to expand 7.4 times by 2022

Inexpensive sensors, cloud computing and intelligent software will drive the market ahead

The eye in the sky

India is one of the few developing countries to have its own space satellite systems. And, now Indian planners are depending increasingly on …

Space age

SPACE ’99·Organised by the Indian Space Research Organisation and Exhibitions India Private Limited, New Delhi

Novel use of satellite data is helping Africa cope with natural disasters

Scientists have been able to identify rainfall declines and specify precisely how bad a bad season is

Rate of sea level rise likely to be detected in 10 years

A new study shows the role played by a volcanic eruption in detecting future trends in global sea level rise

Arabian Sea is suffocating due to toxic algae bloom, and it is going to get worse

The extent and frequency of harmful algae bloom increases, thanks to ocean warming and higher levels of water pollution due to human activities

Arctic warming at least twice as fast as rest of the world: NOAA report

Persistent warming and loss of sea ice in Arctic is triggering release of trapped carbon into atmosphere

Insure farmers to ensure future

Let’s leave for the moment the questions why these extreme weather events are happening in our world with greater frequency and intensity. …

Tracking India's wealth

India has come out with maps of its biodiversity-rich regions, one of the first countries to do so in the world. It was the fruit of a five-year …

'River regulation responsible for decline in water bird population in Australia'

Kate Brandis, joint research fellow at the Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW and Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation

Drones help track wildfires, count wildlife and map plants

After learning how to operate a drone safely, users can acquire a variety of scientific data

Community management of ponds has been a success'

Mohit Kumar Ray, convener of Kolkata-based non-profit Vasundhara Foundation, says the city has been losing nearly 200 ponds each year for the …

Maharashtra forest department to go hi-tech

Satellite images and information technology will be used to check poaching, tree felling

Remote sensing can resolve food crisis

It can help understand time-varying meteorological parameters for sustainable use in irrigation and crop management in the Indo-Gangetic basin