-PTI/ TheWire.in * Odisha received only 661.1 mm of rain between June 1 and August 31 this year, against a normal of 935.8 mm. * Rainfall over the state during August was 204.9 mm, against a normal of 366.4 mm – a difference of 44%. * The India Meteorological Department has forecast that the state will receive normal rainfall, of 226.6 mm, in September 2021. Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded its highest rainfall deficiency this monsoon...
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Low rain spurred 10% of 1970-2000 migration increase: Report -Madhumita Paul
-Down to Earth Water shocks affect not only the number of people who move but also the skills they bring with them Rainfall variability is expected to be one of the contributing forces in migration, according to a new World Bank report released 23 August, 2021. Rainfall deficit is linked to approximately 10 per cent of the increase in global migration between 1970 and 2000, the report said. Water shocks affect not only the...
More »Drought scare looms large over a fifth of India -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth Till 2020, 7.86% of India’s land was under Drought-like conditions Over a fifth of India’s land area (21.06 per cent) is facing Drought-like conditions, according to recent data released by Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), a real-time Drought-monitoring platform. This is 62 per cent more than the area under Drought during the same period last year, which was 7.86 per cent. The 21.06 per cent area is under different degrees...
More »Sparse monsoon 2021: Should Gujarat prepare for Drought? -Jumana Shah
-Down to Earth Amid a derailing COVID-19 pandemic, after Cyclone Tauktae devastation, comes a deep deficit in rainfall Farmers in Gujarat are staring a possible Drought after the failure of the southwest monsoon in the state this year. This, even as people in the state have already suffered nearly two years of economic difficulties due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and it has been three months since Cyclone Tauktae. Please click...
More »Genome of salt-secreting mangrove species identified
-The Hindu The findings will play a key role in developing Drought and salt-tolerant food crops for the 7,500 km long Indian coastline. CUDDALORE: A group of researchers from the Department of Genetic Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai; Centre for Advanced Studies in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University and Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, have for the first time identified a reference-grade whole genome sequence of...
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