Environment

Renewable energy for climate change mitigation and sustainable development.

Renewable energy for climate change mitigation and sustainable development. Ashwani Kumar ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 15 2011 - 3:38am

Climate change impacts on river basins in semi arid areas in India.

Climate change impacts on river basins in semi arid areas in India. In a joint initiative taken by Bioforsk Norway and IIT Delhi studies have been undertaken to study likely impacts of climate change on water resources. Climate variability affects water re ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 16 2011 - 8:34am

Mass Wildlife Deaths: A Possible Pattern

Three main interpretations have arisen regarding the recent mass wildlife deaths throughout the world. The first set of reasons given as to why these mass animal and fish deaths are occurring is unique to each event: cows and birds were poisoned, fireworks ...

Blog Post - Charles Johnson - Feb 16 2011 - 8:54am

Less Consumption Is Better- If It's For Someone Else

Results of a survey in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy titled "How Much Is Enough? Examining the Public’s Beliefs About Consumption" showed no huge surprise, people think we should consume less, but how the authors interpret the resul ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 19 2011 - 10:03pm

Yamuna (Popularly called Kalindi or Jamuna)flows through holy towns of Vrindavan and Mathura before reaching city of Taj Mahal is dying.

Yamuna (Popularly called Kalindi or Jamuna)flows through holy towns of Vrindavan and Mathura before reaching city of Taj Mahal is dying. After its origin in Jamnotri in Himalayas the holy river flows through Saharanpur, Gaziabad, Noida and Yamunanagar of H ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 21 2011 - 10:37pm

Rivers are a "living system"

Rivers have been worshipped as "mata " like "Jamuna mata" "Ganga mata" i.e. (mata = mother)and cosidered as a living entity in ancient scriptures. RIVERS ARE actually lifeline OF a nation. Once the rivers dry up a nation may f ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 22 2011 - 11:05am

Ensuring sustainable local development through innovative waste and wastewater treatment solutions.

Fast urban development, rapid population growth, and industrialization are turning cities in nightmares of traffic jams and pollution levels of air, water and groundwater are alarming. From West Bengal (Arsenic levels), to Rajasthan (Fluoride levels and se ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 23 2011 - 9:20am

Climate change and global interests.

Climate change is permanent change in climatic conditions of a region generally associated with altered rainfall, agricultural pattern, temperature conditions, droughts, floods, snow or high heat or low heat levels. In general it is assumed that green hou ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 24 2011 - 10:09am

Climate change a local phenomenon causing global change.

Population is increasing in third world. Resources are decreasing in third world. Same amount of land, water, food, and clothing and shelter has to be shared by greater number of persons. More people means more garbage human waste, solid waste. Advancing c ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 27 2011 - 12:35am

Fluoride levels are increasing in Niwari Tehsil of Jaipur

Fluoride levels in ground water of Niwai tehsil adjacent to Sanganer tehsil are increasing day by day. They have reached from 0.5 ppp to 6 ppm levels which is very harmful for human consumption. Storage of water in earthen pots and treatment with alum has ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 28 2011 - 7:02pm