A prolonged dry spell in Himachal Pradesh is threatening wheat, barley, and mustard along with citrus fruits amid the rainfall deficit. Himachal Pradesh is experiencing a post-monsoon rainfall deficit with a 23 percent drop in precipitation 63.9 percent more than the usual 82.9 mm rainfall
From his village Sai in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district of Himachal, a farmer has begun a foot march to the state’s capital Shimla in hopes to meet the chief minister. The farmer, Layak Ram, is walking to Shimla with a plough over his shoulder,
Good news comes along with the New Year, the population of endangered snow leopards has increased. This first-time study, by Himachal Pradesh’s forest department in association with the Mysore-based Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF), puts the number of snow leopards between 52 and 73. The study
Climate change has become a cause for so many disruptions in numerous ecosystems, especially the oceans. Ocean acidification, coral bleaching, melting sea ice, and rising sea levels are only a handful among the long list of adverse impacts of rapidly changing climate. In another blow
The US is experiencing massive amounts of snow and sub-freezing temperatures since Sunday, which has obstructed holiday travels. The deep freeze was caused by the arctic bomb cyclone that made its way through the country. A bomb cyclone forms when a mass of low-pressure air
English illustrator and painter Frederick Barnard once said, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” But I think nothing beats a picture and a thousand words. If we are going to relive the best and the worst moments of 2022, perhaps we need both of these
Let’s make a New Year’s resolution: NO MORE WAR. Well, the thought of world peace is more of a wish than a promise but why can’t we make that resolve and direct our lives to that purpose? I guess it’s going to take a lot
The presence of harmful materials on our planet is known as pollution. These harmful materials called pollutants can be natural, such as volcanic ash, or man-made, such as garbage, industrial runoff and vehicular emissions. Pollution causes adverse changes in the natural environment through chemical substances
I noticed two things in the video of a rhino being hit by a truck in Kaziranga, Assam. While the incident was unfortunate, the truck was going on a road that was constructed for transportation and the poor animal was trying to traverse its fragmented
Climate change-triggered forest fires are wreaking havoc across the world, from California and Chile to Spain and France, fires are everywhere. However, there have been instances of arson creating infernos that devoured forests and natural heritage in the blink of an eye. In Chile, a