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.
Murmu also launched a first-of-its-kind venture capital fund aimed at promoting entrepreneurship among the STs by providing concessional finance.
She said tribal entrepreneurs would benefit from the scheme and contribute to India's self-reliance.
As many as 718 snow leopards were reported as part of the first-ever scientific exercise that was carried out by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII).
Summer temperatures are rising in many parts of the globe. Hotter regions predicted to get hotter with changing climate. Therefore, by 2050, about 75% of world’s population could depend on air conditioners