Aarti Dhar

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Environment and Forests will bring out a white paper on the current state of scientific knowledge on the Himalayan glaciers.

It will establish an institutional mechanism to monitor the trends and variability of glaciers and study the impact of changes on the hydrological regime in the region.

Climatic changes are generating most intense cyclones in the Arabian Sea thus disturbing the food and water availability of the country, say scientists.
According to a study the number of intense cyclones in the Arabian Sea has increased five fold in past 12 years due to sea warming, which in turn would likely jeopardise the food and water security of the country.

Sujatha Byravan and Sudhir Chella Rajan

Global warming has posed a serious challenge before the farmers of Assam as the water bodies started drying up and the ground water level is also going down sharply over the years, said Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma.

Sea levels rising between 3mm and 5mm a year; tidal surges will intensify say scientists a steady stream of people can be seen making their way to the main jetty in Chotomollakhali island in the Sunderbans these days. On an average, about 200 of them leave for the mainland each day with their belongings and livestock. The migration has increased threefold since Aila struck on May

The biggest single report to look at the future of the planet has said that due to climate change,

Manipur Opposition leader O Joy of Manipur People