The region's temperature has risen by approximately 0.09°C per decade over the last 40 years, which is significantly lower than the global average of 0.30°C per decade, and below the 0.23°C recorded ...

In the last decade, the Indo-Gangetic Plain experienced the highest relative summer humidity increase, exacerbating heat stress. Increasing relative humidity is especially pronounced in North ...

Fries' map (Image 1) depicts numerous port towns ... tilted it toward the Straits world rather than the middle Gangetic plain. Physically distinctive with a coast defined by a low-lying tract ...

For years, scientists have been warning us about a looming threat — the so-called ‘Great Himalayan Earthquake’ — a potentially catastrophic quake that could exceed magnitude 8 on the Richter scale ...

The Indo-Gangetic plain, northern Thailand, and eastern China—all major ... also play an important role in causing hot spots to show up in the SCIAMACHY data. “Remember that this is a map of methane ...

Besides the west-central region, the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the southernmost parts of the country had also experienced slightly increased rainfall per day. In contrast, the eastern region ...

Kolkata: The accelerating glacier melt in the Himalayas is intensifying both flood and drought risks across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, with Kolkata, being at the tail-end of IGP, at the receiving ...

The name Kutch comes from the word kachhua or tortoise, the shape of which one sees when the map of Kutch is inverted. Kutch lies in the westernmost part of India bordering Pakistan’s Sindh ...

Guwahati experiences the highest levels of PM2.5 pollution in winter, peaking at 113.05 µg/m³, nearly three times the NAAQS limit. Transboundary pollution from the Indo-Gangetic Plain and Bangladesh, ...

Since the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, scientists have been saying that an earthquake of magnitude 8 or above will strike the Himalayan belt impacting the Gangetic plain sometime. Ace geophysicist Roger ...

Delhi sits in Zone IV of India’s seismic map, making it one of the high-risk areas for earthquakes. The city’s vulnerability stems from the Delhi-Hardwar Ridge, a geological structure that ...