Snow cover plays an important role both globally and regionally as it reflects a large portion of the insolation, therefore keeping the Earth’s radiation budget in balance. Snow cover is important for local water availability, river run-off and groundwater recharge, especially in middle and high latitudes. Glaciers are mass of snow, ice, water and rock debris slowly moving down a Continue Reading »

Shweta Pokhariyal, N. R. Patel and R. P. Singh “Detecting water stress in crops accurately is the basis of precision irrigation techniques and proximal remote sensing providing innovative and faster solutions to address sustainable water management” In era of World facing global issue of water scarcity on the rise, the need for precise irrigation scheduling has become critical for ensuring Continue Reading »

Can you name the dustiest planet in our Solar System? It is none other than our closest neighbour, Mars. This dust is responsible for its other names, ‘the Red Planet’ or ‘the Pigpen Planet’. Though the size of Mars is approximately half of that of our planet, but it has similar size of dry land as we have on Earth. Continue Reading »

G.E. Hutchinson, a renowned ecologist, once remarked, "Field ecology labs are essential for budding ecologists. The lessons learned in a field ecology lab stay with students or young researchers forever. It is where they develop their critical thinking skills, observation prowess, and problem-solving abilities essential for any aspiring ecologist." This philosophy underpins the functioning of  Field Ecological Laboratory (FEL) at Continue Reading »

El Niño is a buzzword in year 2024 which is a climatic phenomenon characterized by the periodic warming of the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, leading to substantial global changes observed in weather patterns. Due to El Niño effect in year 2024, the scorching heat is observed in various parts of the world specially in India the large section Continue Reading »