Aerosol coming from outside was not adding to the pollution already seen in the cities that are referred to as urban aerosol clean islands. Instead, these cities in northwest and in the northern Indo-Gangetic Plain region were stopping or diverting the incoming aerosol and moving it around the city
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Inspired by Ahmedabad’s success, over 130 cities and 23 States across India have developed their own Heat Action Plans. Alongside Heat Action Plans, a variety of heat-mitigation solutions have been implemented. Despite a variety of solutions implemented, significant challenges remain in addressing heatwave-related problems.
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Storms interacting with Chennai’s urban environment consistently deposited their peak rainfall 16-20 km inland, whereas storms over rural areas peaked closer to the coast, within 8-12 km. Urbanisation thus plays a decisive role in altering the spatial distribution of rainfall, particularly by shifting the zone of heaviest precipitation farther inland
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Russell’s viper venom show variations based on biogeography. So, antivenom efficacy is low for Russell’s viper in North India. Studies carried out in mice have demonstrated that two approved drugs were effective in countering systemic and lethal effects of the venom either individually or in combination from across India.
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The peak time of maximum rainfall in the Indo-Gangetic Plain has advanced by two-four hours during 2011-2020, the peak time
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A study published in the journal Nature Communications has investigated the sources and health impacts of PM2.5 in Northern India, particularly in
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The amount of biomass burned in Punjab and Haryana does not always determine the air quality of heavily urbanised Delhi-NCR
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While samples were collected and measured for maximum radius of 30 km of each nuclear plant, the concentrations of fission
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The approximate cost of producing water through cloud seeding was 18 paisa per litre; the cost will drop by more
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In a short span of about a week, a region about 40 km from Herat, Afghanistan was struck by four
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The first shallow focus earthquake of 6.3 magnitude, which occurred near the far western terminus of the Hindu Kush Mountain
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The intensity and frequency of extreme precipitation events is expected to increase as global warming continues to affect the planet
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It is essential to know the ground condition to be able to forecast floods one or three days in advance. Information culled from tweets provide this information
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