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A cloudburst is an extreme amount of precipitation, sometimes with hail and thunder, which normally lasts no longer than a few minutes but is capable of creating flood conditions. Colloquially, the term cloudburst may be used to describe any sudden heavy, brief, and usually unforecastable rainfall. Rainfall rate equal to or greater than 100 mm […]
Lightning is a large spark produced by an abrupt discontinuous discharge of electricity through the air, resulting most often from the creation and separation of electric charge in cumulonimbus clouds and also the difference between ground charge and base of the cloud. To buy our online courses: Click Here During lightning, the path is illuminated and […]
What are Flash Droughts The climate of India is fascinating in many ways. It gives life to agriculture, festivals, diverse lifestyles with its seasonal rhythm. However, India also witnesses all grades of disasters brought about by extremes of these seasons- by the virtue of nature or due to human interferences. One such less-researched and lesser-known […]
Puy-de-Dôme in the Auvergne : France In the heart of the Massif Central in France, is a range of about 80 extinct volcanoes, the Puys or Dômes, which testify to the recent volcanic activity (15000 years ago) of the region. They have also been described as “textbook volcanoes,” being remarkably well preserved with well-defined summit […]
What is Stubble Burning? Stubble burning refers to the practice of burning the kharif crop of paddy’s residue to prepare the field for the Rabi crop. Stubble burning has been a cause of severe air pollution in the month of September-October in Delhi NCR Region. Majority of the stubble burning takes place in the states […]
GTAM: Green Term Ahead Market Q.Explain Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM)? Union Power Minister RK Singh recently launched the ‘Green Term Ahead Market’ (GTAM) in the power sector. GTAM is an alternative model intended to provide renewable energy producers the facility to sell electricity in the open market without a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA). […]
Bhutan Climate Change: The threat of climate change is getting more real as the days pass. It is not a new observation that there are certain countries, particular places and communities which are directly facing the threat. Among the countries in the Himalayan abode- Bhutan is seriously at the changing climate and its consequences. It […]
Land Reforms Ownership & the way forward India is the seventh largest country in the World in terms of landmass although not everyone in the country has access to land. Even if one has access, our complex land ownership rules make things difficult. Since the British Raj, people like small farmers, labourers have just suffered […]
Dholes are extincting : Human beings have made a lot of progress in the past decades. Consequently our equation with the environment has also changed. However, this change has not been so progressive. Since industrial times, humans have led the world to achieve massive growth of industries, even agricultural development resulting in tremendous food production […]