Research Papers
Gender in hydropower development: A long way to go
posted 1 year 7 months agoLarge dams, back in the game?

Adequate water most important for plant diversity
posted 1 year 7 months agoNew Delhi, July 9 (India Science Wire): India has a total geographical area of nearly 329 million hectares. The climate varies from the north to the south and east to west. However, in spite of this diversity, little is known about how climate affects the diversity of plants that grow in a particular area.

Cultivating more millets to make food production climate resilient in India
posted 1 year 7 months agoCrop production is highly influenced by the sensitivity of crops to variations in climate and can have major implications for food supply and rural livelihoods. The effects of climate change are increasing in India, where extreme rainfall events have become more frequent and spatially more variable.

Is it all downhill from here for Leh?
posted 1 year 7 months agoAcross South Asia, small and medium-sized towns are rapidly expanding. Urbanisation has made inroads into the entire Himalayan region. Mountain urbanisation poses a need for assessments of emerging risks and vulnerabilities in environmentally sensitive regions.

Glacier melt threatens water reserves in Satluj basin
posted 1 year 7 months agoRiver Satluj, the powerhouse of the Himalayas

Urbanization, changing cropping patterns contributing to temperature rise
posted 1 year 8 months agoNew Delhi, July 3 (India Science Wire): Warming induced by changes in land use and land cover is contributing to rise in temperature in Eastern India, according to a new study.

Digging deeper to cope with droughts
posted 1 year 8 months agoIndia is witnessing the second driest pre-monsoon season in the last 65 years. As the country eagerly eyes the monsoon clouds, the delay so far has now widened the rain deficit to 43%.

Women hold the key to water for food security and nutrition
posted 1 year 8 months agoThe water sector remains male dominated at different scales, from engineers and technocrats responsible for designing irrigation systems, to upper caste and upper class men who decide on the location of canals, borewells, tanks, and other water systems at the grassroots level.

Temperatures in India becoming more extreme
posted 1 year 8 months agoThe frequency and severity of heatwaves have risen considerably in India. Our cities are facing periods of ‘extreme’ weather as urbanization continues to modify the landscape.

From water to agriculture, well-being and beyond
posted 1 year 8 months agoSustainable development, still an unfinished agenda
