During an intense heat wave in July 1995 in Chicago, USA, 726 people died during a four-day period due to heat stress. Heat stress is a condition in which the body is unable to adjust to the external
The prolonged dry spell and the history of forest fires were clear warnings that went unheeded. And thousands of hectares of forests were charred in the hills of Uttarakhand
Two women from the villages of Kola and Jameri in district Pauri Garhwal died while trying to fight the forest fires, according to Sachchidanand Bharati of the Doodhatoli Lok Vikas Sansthan (DLVS), a
"During the period March- June, when temperatures are generally high over the Indian subcontinent, any further rise in temperature becomes a matter of concern to all the people. Such spells of high
Melting Himalayan glaciers are threatening to unleash a torrent of floods into mountain valleys, and ultimately dry up rivers across South Asia. A new study, due to be presented in July to the International Commission on Snow and Ice (ICSI), predicts that most of the glaciers in the region will vanish within 40 years as a result of global warming.
The zooplankton community of the salt pans of Bhayandar and Thane was studied based on the contribution of microzooplankton and meso-macrozooplankton. Population of microzooplankton was about 4 times more in Bhayandar as compared to Thane salt pan.
The thirst for diesel in India is growing. Diesel mania grips the Indian automobile industry and the customers with more and more companies going for diesel variants. What most people are ignorant of or prefer to ignore is the fact that diesel fumes are h
It was a unique way of celebrating Women's Day. Women in the Uttarakhand region of Uttar Pradesh dedicated March 8, 1999, to "Save the Forests'. Chanting slogans such as " jungle bachyega, desh
