Forests, often referred to as the "lungs of the planet," play a crucial role in regulating the Earth’s climate and sequestering carbon dioxide. To understand the effects of climate change and formulate mitigation measures, it is important to know how climate change affects the biogeochemical cycles of forest, especially carbon and water cycles that sustain life on our planet. In Continue Reading »

Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Yogesh Kant and D. Mitra Cyclone Dana was a strong tropical cyclone formed over the Bay of Bengal in October 2024. It was the first cyclone in the post-monsoon cyclone season 2024. Cyclone Dana originated as a low-pressure area over the East Central Bay of Bengal and the adjoining North Andaman Sea on October 21, 2024. On Continue Reading »

Remote sensing has become an indispensable tool for various applications, including environmental monitoring, urban planning, and disaster management, and many more. With the increasing availability of high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, there is a pressing need for advanced image analysis techniques. Traditionally, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have dominated the field of computer vision; however, vision transformers (ViTs) have emerged as Continue Reading »

Multi temporal NDVI composite help in distinction of rice and sugarcane dominated regional patterns in northern India Agriculture is important for the Indian society due to its importance in economy, employment, food security,  national self reliance and general well being. Generation of crop statistics in India dates back to historical Mauryan ( Kautilya’s Arthasastra)  as well as Moghul era (Todarmal Continue Reading »

Floods in Bihar are a common phenomenon during monsoon seasons starting from June to September. From the analysis of long term in-situ gauge data and historical satellite based observations it is well observed that June marks the onset of flooding which progressively increases in July and August months followed by a declining and progressive recession in flooding from mid-September. Gauge Continue Reading »