Loss of greenery combined with expanding concrete jungle has resulted in the sharp increase in urban temperature in the city of lakes. Bhopal: An ominous climate change may be knocking at the doors
For the first time, all 12 Himalayan states will use a common framework resulting in the production of comparable vulnerability maps, which will help prioritise resource allocation. Last week, IIT Guwahati,
In Bellandur’s buffer zone, amount of built-up area shot up from 0.5% to 45% in 2016. As the State government challenges the 75 metre buffer limit around lakes set by the National Green Tribunal (NGT),
The Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, is organising a Climate and Environment Science Quiz for college students on September 11. According to a press release,
Dr T V Ramachandra, lead scientist at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), who had warned the government in 2015 of the dangers of supplying poorly treated water, to Kolar insists that it is politicians
Estimate that, if ‘business as usual’ continues, CO2 emission from vehicles will increase by nearly 24 times If the air around the city looks hazy now, imagine what it will be like in a little more
Under the programme, a dominant female elephant will be identified. “After she is tranquilised, we will put a radio collar on her. She will then be released back to her herd. The radio will send a signal
In their search for new drugs against tuberculosis which is increasingly becoming resistant to presently available drugs, researchers are exploring all options. Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science
The recent downpour in Bengaluru may have broken all the past records but that has done little to arrest the plummeting groundwater table in the city. Experts attribute this predicament to increasing concretization
Vehicles to emit 1.89 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030’ If public transport is encouraged and private vehicles dissuaded, the city can see a staggering reduction in noxious gases by more than 84% in a
