Ladakh, India's cold desert, is getting more monsoon rain than normal - for the fifth year in a row

India, July 16 -- Ladakh has recorded 65% more rainfall than normal this monsoon, the highest rainfall excess of any state or Union Territory in India as of July 15. The cold desert has received abov... Read More

Sea of plastic: Fisherfolk cannot manage fishing-related litter without disposal sites and technology, says Manju Lekshmi

India, July 16 -- Fishing-related plastic makes up a smaller share of marine litter than land-based waste, yet abandoned nets and fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) boats cause severe ecological damage. ... Read More

Sea of plastic: India cannot rely only on western studies to understand marine litter, says A Biju Kumar

India, July 10 -- India's marine debris database remains scattered, making it difficult to identify true hotspots and frame effective policy, says KUFOS Vice Chancellor A Biju Kumar. Kumar says India... Read More

Sea of plastic: Mumbai's flood risk cannot be managed without treating sewage and stormwater, says Shankar Deshpande

India, July 9 -- Mumbai's 2005 floods led to the creation of the Mithi River Development and Protection Authority to manage river flow, flooding, encroachment and waste. MRDPA chief Shankar Deshpande... Read More

Sea of plastic: Plastic has to become less toxic before it becomes less problematic as marine litter, says Satish Sinha

India, July 8 -- Marine litter has become a global concern because untreated solid and liquid waste increasingly ends up in the oceans, says Satish Sinha of Toxics Link. Sinha says plastics, hazardou... Read More

Known unknowns: Recycled ocean plastic has value only when society is willing to pay for it, says Grinson George

India, July 7 -- Marine litter along India's coastline is influenced by tides, currents, wind, shipping, tourism, industry and land-based waste, says CMFRI Director Grinson George. CMFRI surveys acro... Read More

Known unknowns

India, July 2 -- Peter, 63, is trying to catch fish with his dip net near the Munambam beach in Kerala's Kochi district since 6:30 am. But for almost seven hours, he catches only litter, mostly plasti... Read More

Spring heatwaves in the United Kingdom and Western Europe break records

India, May 27 -- Record breaking spring season heatwaves have engulfed the United Kingdom and many parts of western and central Europe due to a heat dome situated over the continent. Scientists from I... Read More

Explosive winds in the deadly Uttar Pradesh storms a symptom of warming

India, May 15 -- The devastating storms in Uttar Pradesh on May 13 and May 14 that have killed more than 117 people were caused by the interaction of multiple weather systems with wind speeds similar ... Read More

Super El Niño impact: Will India see a weak monsoon?

India, May 1 -- The latter half of India's southwest monsoon season this year could be affected by the super El Niño developing in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, according to the long range foreca... Read More

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