According to ISRO's National Remote Sensing Centre data, 10 out of the 30 most landslide-prone districts in India are in Kerala, with Wayanad ranked 13th
As climate warms, researchers cautioned that the invisible, unpredictable form of air turbulence is expected to occur more often in most northern mid-latitude regions, thereby impacting aviation.
The unique monsoon onset forecast can provide valuable insights that the government can leverage for strategic planning and disaster response, it adds.
Summer time relative humidity has increased by 5-10 per cent this decade leading to excessive heat stress in Hyderabad and other metros. This increase is nullifying the drop in night temperatures in Hydeabad and Delhi too, a study by the Centre for Science and Environment says.
She was working under the supervision of Dr. Rani Ratna Prabha, presented a research paper on ‘Women as Ecological Caretakers: Transformation of Gender Roles through Haritha Karma Sena (HKS) in Kerala’
The KNP in Assam, a corridor for immigration of members of the Indo-Malayan fauna into the Indian sub-region, is a critical reserve for tropical species, having served as a gene reservoir for these taxa during glacial periods.