World Wetlands Day today
Local communities working for the protection of wetlands will gather at the Sambar lake, some 100 km from Jaipur to mark World Wetlands Day on 2nd Feb. Sambhar, one of the six Ramsar wetlands in
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Call to preserve Loktak lake, Keibul park
A three-day workshop on the "management of phumdis in Loktak lake" was formally inaugurated by the Governor Ved Marwah. Speaking on the occasion, the Governor expressed the need to develop Loktak
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2 more units to be set up at Karnafuli hydro power plant
The Bangladesh government is actively considering to set up two more units at Karnafuli Hydro Power Plant to generate about 100MW additional electricity with optimum use of water of the Kaptai Lake.
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Reduced North Atlantic deep water coeval with the glacial lake Agassiz freshwater outburst
An outstanding climate anomaly 8200 years before the present (B.P.) in the North Atlantic is commonly postulated to be the result of weakened overturning circulation triggered by a freshwater outburst. New stable isotopic and sedimentological records from a northwest Atlantic sediment core reveal that the most prominent Holocene anomaly in bottom water chemistry and flow speed in the deep limb of the Atlantic overturning circulation begins at '8.38 thousand years B.P., coeval with the catastrophic drainage of Lake Agassiz.
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Evaluation of biomonitoring approach to study lake contamination by accumulation of trace element in selected aquatic macrophyte
A biomonitoring study was carried out at Kanewal reservoir, an internationally important wetland listed in Asian Directory of Wetlands, designated as a "Wetland of National Importance' and a proposed community reserve of Gujarat State, India, to ascertain the degree of trace element contamination. The study focused on assessment of trace element contamination in certain aquatic
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Terrestrial essential climate variables for climate change assessment, mitigation and adaptation
This report reviews the terrestrial Essential Climate Variables (ECVs), which are endorsed by the UNFCCC and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). Details are provided on why these observations are needed to understand the causes of climate change, analyse the potential impacts, evaluate the adaptation options and enable characterization of extreme events such as floods, droughts and heat waves.
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In desperation
Chennai must incessantly seek water
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Lake, dam levels raise hope on water supply
Residents of the Madhya Pradesh state capital can heave a sigh of relief as the level of Upper Lake has increased by two feet in just one day and has risen to 1657 feet on Friday from 1655 feet on
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38 lakes to quench our thirst
The Andhra Pradesh State government has decided to tap 38 fresh water lakes in and around the city to augment drinking water supply to the twin cities and surrounding municipalities. The 38 were
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Kankaria, Chandola to be filled with Narmada waters
The historic Kankaria lake and 200 other water bodies, including the Chandola, will be filled with Narmada waters. "We have started releasing water through the Daskroi channel to fill the Chandola
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Restoration of tanks
While the Bangalore Lake Development Authority has attracted much attention, a bigger project, the World Bank-aided Jala Samvardhana Yojane Sangha (JSYS), is quietly progressing. Indeed, the JSYS can
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Death by Development
The Ahmedabad lesson: wipe out lakes and you will face water scarcity and seasonal floods
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Lake levels close to optimum
With the water supply level of Modak Sagar, one of the six natural lakes that supply water to the Mumbai city and its suburbs, now rising to its brim, a wave of optimism has swept across the civic
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25,000 gallons of water wasted daily
The salt lake Municipality wastes at least 25,000 gallons of water daily due to lack of a reservoir in the added areas. This continues even as the municipality plans to impose taxes for buying water
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Conservation award for Chilika lake
Wetlands have always been a vital issue, with greens accusing the authorities of not protecting them. But this time, it is a happy story, with Orissa's Chilika lake winning the international Ramsar
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Chilka lake bags international award
Chilka lake in Orissa has been chosen for this year's prestigious international Ramsar Conservation Award for what the award committee has called as "the outstanding work in the field of restoration
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A silent emergency
By the year 2015, Delhi is expected to run out of groundwater, at current usage rates. Lake Chad in Africa, which supplies water to 20 million people in six countries, has shrunk by 95 per cent in
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Water for Salt lake to flow at a higher price
Salt Lake municipality is planning to restructure the water supply and water treatment project int he township with the help of V Vandi Waters a French company. The company has been told to submit
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Bangalore lakes to get new lease of life
Over a year ago, the snow like formation that rose out of the Belandur lake for several days caused some concern and sensation in Bangalore. It later turned out to be an unscrupulously huge dump of
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Cut to remain if lake not filled
Bhopal Municipal Corporation has decided to supply water daily from Sept 9. The corporation, however, said if the Upper Lake does not fill up completely some cut in water supply would continue. This