Environment/Geography-Approaches for Landslide Mitigation !!!
Why landslide mitigation is important:- […]
Enviroment-The Environment and Atomic Policy of the United Nations !!!
Changes in Global Atomic Policy The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Mohamed El Baradei in lieu of their work in preventing military use of nuclear energy and for their efforts towards the safest possible standards of the use of nuclear [...]
Environment-Black Carbon as an Important Climate Change Challenge !!!
Black carbon is a substance responsible for up to 40 per cent of the effects of global warming till date (Philadelphia Tribune, 2017), most of it made up of soot. Black carbon is a form of particulate matter that can be airborne and can be suspended in the atmosphere and [...]
Geography- How data can heal our oceans
How data can heal our oceans […]
Environment-A sixth mass extinction is underway !!!
The disappearance of the dinosaurs is probably the world’s most famous example of a mass extinction, but it’s certainly not the only one. […]
Environment-The age of Anthropocene !!!
Upcoming geological periods With climate change ruling the environment discourse, the sudden warming of the Earth in contemporary times prompted an official expert group to present a recommendation to the International Geological Congress to declare the geological period beginning since 1950 as the Anthropocene epoch. Since 2009, the Working Group [...]
Environment-Understanding ecosystem services and ecological niche !!!
Demystifying ecosystem services […]
Environment-GLOF threats to the Indian Subcontinent and its Monitoring !!!
Climate change has led to increased temperatures, sea level rise, increased natural hazards, etc. Glaciers are the very sensitive to climate change and its affects can be seen in glaciated zones around the globe. […]
Environment-Acid Mine Drainage and its Environmental Repercussions !!!
Water is considered mining’s biggest casualty of all time given the huge scale at which mining of different types are advancing in today’s world. Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the largest repercussions of mining on water resources. It is a risk associated with all kinds of hardrock [...]
Environment-Earth Overshoot Day !!!
Humanity will have used up its allowance of planetary resources such as water, soil, and clean air for all of 2017 by 2 Aug 22017, a report said. […]