India, Oct. 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

A new study has found that Indian Summer Monsoon fluctuations have, through the years, controlled lake hydrology, sediment transport, vegetation, sedimentary organic matter, microbial activity, and early farming adaptation in the Central Ganga Plain.

This could help strengthen climate and agricultural adaptation, guide water security and wetland conservation, enhance disaster risk reduction and advance understanding of human-climate interactions.

Scientists have been trying to address the long-standing question of how past climatic extremes influenced the evolution of human societies in the Indian subcontinent. The rise and decline of the Indus Valley Civilization have been ...