Climate change is expected to modify rainfall, temperature and catchment hydrological responses across the world, and adapting to these water-related changes is a pressing challenge. This paper reviews
With rains having failed once again last year for the third successive time, many parts of Karnataka state are reeling under drought, and Hassan is no exception to this. Lakes and small ponds have
Ganga, Yamuna No Cleaner Now Than 20 Years Ago: Ramesh PTI NEW DELHI IN A frank admission, the Centre on Friday said in the Lok Sabha that Ganga and Yamuna were
The Madurantakam lake does not even have enough water to serve the irrigation needs for standing crops in the region, let alone supplying water to Chennai, the experts team formed to study the level
Despite great progress made in the past 25 years, acid deposition continues to cause widespread damage to the environment in Europe and eastern North America. Legislation to limit emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds in Europe is now under revision. The most recent protocol was based in part on the critical loads concept.
WILDLIFE officials fear that migratory birds will not come to the Sultanpur National Park, Haryana, because the lake that supports the park is rapidly drying up and even the artificial sources of
Udaipur: When Jennifer took the non-stop flight from New York to New Delhi, there was a place she
The WEPA Outlook is the flagship publication of WEPA which includes basic information on the water environment and its management in each WEPA partner country. The Outlook 2012 consists of three main chapters.
As part of the series that turns the spotlight on our decaying hill resorts, TOI takes a look at Nainital
Whereas, the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jamshedpur lies between Latitudes 22°46'30" and 22°57' N and Longitudes 86°3' 15" and 86°26'30" E in the East Singhbhum and Sariakela- Kharsawan districts of Jharkhand
Murders are taking place over water in Madhya Pradesh, including the capital Bhopal, once known as the 'city of lakes' Even as blood is being spilled over water here, parched Madhya Pradesh seeks divine help for rainfall with people trying every trick in their book to please the rain gods.
We quantified the wholesale transformation of the boreal landscape by open-pit oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada to evaluate its effect on carbon storage and sequestration. Contrary to claims made in
In this study, water samples collected from various ground water sources (bore wells, open wells etc) and surface water (rivers, lakes, etc) and treated water in urban and rural areas and analysed for its nitrate contents. Over 500 samples were analysed for nitrate contents so as to find out the source of contamination and the mechanism of its formation in waters.
The efforts of the Wildlife Department to slow down the "aging process' of the shrinking Renuka Lake in Sirmaur district have started yielding results. The removal of weeds and measures taken over
Victoria's sickly Gippsland Lakes will be given a health boost, with more than $3 million State Government funding set aside to reduce pollution. Acting Premier John Thwaites said that the Gippsland
One of Delhi's biggest parks, and perhaps the most neglected, is Sanjay Lake Park in east Delhi. Set in green area owned by the Delhi Development Authority, the park, at present, lies mute witness to
Pakistan North West Frontier Province (NWFP) minister for irrigation, Bashir Bilour said in Peshawar recently that the construction of the Kalabagh dam could not be allowed at any cost as it
A U.S. federal appeals court said this week that national wildlife rules bar the stocking of salmon in a protected Alaskan lake, even if little harm comes from multiplying the fish. For nearly 20
Hundreds of young and old eco-activists turned up at the Yamuna ghats in this Taj city on Sunday morning to pick up trash, mostly polythene bags, to mark the start of World Water Week March 18-25. Programme coordinator Shravan Kumar Singh said: "UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is known for his love for environmental and nature conservation programme. Through our clean up exercise today (Sunday) we have sent out a strong message - that we want the cleaning up of Yamuna to be taken up at the earliest and on war-footing."
Kerala is rich in water resources with ponds, lakes, tanks and wells. However, Kasargod district at the northern tip of Kerala cannot depend directly on surface water. Human ingenuity, though,
