Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
R. Ramachandran New Delhi: The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has proposed a National Mission on monsoon towards developing reliable dynamic models for forecasting the monsoon over the next three to five-year period through a multi-institutional effort. Though the focus will chiefly be on seasonal forecast, the mission will include …
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Monday stated that the Ministry of Earth and Science (MoES) has assured to study the environmental impact of River Princess on the coast of Goa. Kamat was speaking during the 10th Foundation Day celebration of National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) at Headland …
KOLKATA, 18 March: The ministry of Earth Sciences is sending a team to the Arctic region for conducting a study on climate change next week. The change of climate in the Arctic region will affect the monsoon pattern of India adversely which in turn will affect the food resources in …
Much research has now been conducted into the representation of climate change in the media. Specifically, the communication of climate change from scientists and policy-makers to the public via the mass media has been a subject of major interest because of its implications for creating national variation in public understanding …
If a scientist of Indian School of Mines (ISM) here is successful in his mission, disaster managers will be able to predict earthquakes and thus mitigate their impact. Paresh Nath Singha Roy, an assistant professor at the department of applied geophysics, is busy working on a research project that seeks …
P. Sunderarajan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The India Meteorological Department is set to introduce an additional feature to its forecasts during monsoon. Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, said here on Tuesday that from this year, farmers would also get forecasts of active and break phases of monsoon 10-15 days in advance. …
There is an alarming rise in sea level along the Indian coast since 2004, said Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences. Addressing the Indian Science Congress session on
P. Venugopal THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the problem of climate change now turning into an increasing reality, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is working on the development of a model that can forecast the subtleties of the phenomenon with a fair degree of accuracy into the next five or 10 years, according …
Some worrying incidents of climate change: By 2050, the per capita share of water will reduce from 2290 to 1550 cubic metre per person in India, marking the country with all its water resources as a water scarce country. A thousand miles away from Copenhagen, climate change experts in Delhi …
Vibha Sharma Scarcity of potable water could soon be a thing of the past, at least in coastal and island states. The Low Temperature Thermal Desalination System (LTTD) converts saline seawater into potable water - that too for six to seven paise a litre! The first plant set up at …
Amid concerns over the adverse impact of unchecked construction activities in the ecologically sensitive coastal zones of the country, the Environment Ministry on Tuesday came out with a new set of
On India Meteorological Department using statistical models instead of dynamical ones for forecasting Tell me which dynamical model has given correct forecasts for India? The forecasts for Indian monsoons given by the US, UK and Europe in April this year (using dynamical models) threw up different predictions. None of them …
Admitting that there are some "knowledgeable gaps" when it comes to the issue of climate change and its effect on ecosystem including marine ecosystem, earth sciences minister Prithviraj Chavan, clarified that country's development cannot be capped in the name of reducing greenhouse gases. Mr Chavan said climate change is the …
For the first time, environmental violations along the coast may be tracked via satellite imagery. In a move which is likely to check the development of industries along the country
New Delhi: With the delay in monsoon raising concerns over farm output, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked officials to monitor the situation closely on a daily basis. The seasonal rain, which ought to have covered most parts of the country by now, has stopped in its tracks near Mumbai. …
An International Symposium on Snow and Avalanches (ISSA-2009), jointly organised by the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) and International Glaciological Society (IGS), Cambridge, UK, which will begin from April 6 to 10 at the Siachen Auditorium, SASE complex, about 4 km from here. The five-day symposium is sponsored by …
LUCKNOW: Reducing carbon emissions, planting trees and switching over to alternate sources of energy are the means for environmental conservation. "Efforts to save environment have begun,'' said Rasik Ravindra, director, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, ministry of earth sciences, GoI. Several scientists from national research institutes and professors …
CUDDALORE: The Centre is setting up a third research station, Bharathi, on the Antarctica at an estimated cost of Rs.140 crore, and it will become operational in 2011, Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, said on Wednesday. Mr. Nayak, who visited the Centre of Advanced Study in Marine …
