Rapid visual screening technique has been resorted to for assessing seismic vulnerability and risk in the Himalayan township of Mussoorie that falls in Zone IV of the Earthquake Zoning Map of India.
Sedimentological and stable isotopic characteristics of sediments have been studied in a core from the south-eastern Arabian Sea containing records of the past 70 ka.
Water is an essential natural resource for human and living organisms. We use water for various purposes like drinking, cleaning, agriculture practices, transportation, etc. It is the prime resource for the
hydel power station, providing electricity for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes.
Bacteria are amongst the most adaptable organisms on Earth. Long evolutionary timescales, extremely short generation times, exposure to the most diverse and often hostile environments, together with the remarkable power of natural selection have made microorganisms the most resilient of life forms on this planet.
Uranium from ores mined at the three mines - Jaduguda, Bhatin and Narwapahar (Jharkhand) - is processed in the mill and the waste emerges as tailings. The recorded radioactivity level in these tailings is very low, but to avoid any long-term effect of these tailings on the atmosphere, humans, cattle as well as native flora and fauna, the tailings are covered with 30 cm layer of soil.
Solidification/stabilization (S/S) technology was applied to a simulated sludge containing chromium. Leaching tests such as toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP), ANS 16.1 and multiple TCLP tests conducted on stabilized blocks showed that chromium was immobilized by the binder studied.
Soil quality (SQ) is the capacity of a specific kind of a soil to function, within natural and managed ecosystem boundaries, to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality, and support human health and habitation.
Several studies on the functions and nature of ecosystems, particularly in the tropical rainforest, highlighting rich diversity with high deforestation rates have been found in the global carbon literature. The tropical forests of India and its vulnerable carbon stocks have been inadequately studied.
