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Uttarakhand High Court declares river Ganga ‘first living entity of India’

Ganga has been recognised as the 'first living entity of India'. In first of its kind decision, Uttarakhand High Court on Monday recognised river Ganga as the ‘first living entity of India’. Along with

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Scientists find out why Chennai was deluged in 2015

Study links extreme El Nino conditions and warming of Bay of Bengal to very heavy rainfall during the northeast monsoon The extreme El Nino conditions in 2015 and the warming trend in the Bay of Bengal

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Temporal variation of phytoplankton assemblage in estuarine waters:...

Physical forcing of cyclonic phenomenon on water quality often exerts stress on marine and estuarine ecosystems due to their unpredictability. The post-cyclonic changes in phytoplankton biomass have

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Impact of climate change on marine plankton with special reference to Indian...

The seas surrounding India, namely Arabian Sea (AS) and Bay of Bengal (BoB) with their associated coastal embayments form one of the highly productive areas and biodiversity hotspots in the tropics

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Decadal surface temperature trends in India based on a new high-resolution...

A new comprehensive surface temperature data set for India is used to document changes in Indian temperature over seven decades, in order to examine the patterns and possible effects of global warming.

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Improving lead time for tropical cyclone forecasting: review of operational...

The main objectives of this report are to: assess the current state-of-the-art tools and operational practices in tropical cyclone and storm surge forecasting, assess existing operational practices at

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Storms are the new normal

The fact is that the storms of this year hold a mirror to our future Over 50 storms in 16 states of India have killed more than 500 people and destroyed acres of crops in two months — April to May this

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Differential upper ocean response depicted in moored buoy observations during...

The pre-monsoon cyclone Viyaru in the Bay of Bengal during May 2013 traversed a long track from 5°N to 22°N over 7 days with basin-wide response, which was well captured by the time series observations

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution by discharge of...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Meenavargal Membattu Sangam Vs The Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai and Others dated 11/06/2020 regarding discharge of pollutants

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Climate security in the Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal (BoB) region is emerging as an important focal point for climate security risks. This is largely due to a multi-layered interplay of geopolitical, geostrategic, and climate-related...

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