Nidhi Jamwal
Managing Editor at Gaon Connection
Journalist. Reports on climate, environment, and rural issues. Email: [email protected]
Articles
Urbanisation and expansion of agriculture linked to increased lightning in north and northeast India
1 week ago |
kashmirtimes.com | Nidhi Jamwal
Rising lightning strikes in IndiaAccording to a paper by Sanjay Srivastava, Chairperson of Climate Resilient Observing Systems Promotion Council (CROPC), and Convener of Lightning Resilient India Campaign, studies by CROPC and India Meteorological Department (IMD) show a 57 per cent rise in lightning in the country between April 2019 and March 2024. According to him, with a 1 degree Celsius rise in temperature, the rise in lightning in the country has risen from 7 per cent to 18 per cent.
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2 weeks ago |
downtoearth.org.in | Nidhi Jamwal
Anantapur, an arid and backward district in southwestern part of Andhra Pradesh, is often in the news for recurring droughts. But a first-of-its-kind initiative that maps 103 farm ponds in Bandlapalle village in the district with the help of drones is providing useful insights in the assessment and rejuvenation of water bodies across India.
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2 weeks ago |
shorturl.at | Nidhi Jamwal
Photograph by Nidhi JamwalAnantapur, an arid and backward district in southwestern part of Andhra Pradesh, is often in the news for recurring droughts. But a first-of-its-kind initiative that maps 103 farm ponds in Bandlapalle village in the district with the help of drones is providing useful insights in the assessment and rejuvenation of water bodies across India.
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2 weeks ago |
kashmirtimes.com | Nidhi Jamwal
Forest fires are on the rampage across the globe. In South Korea, massive wildfires erupted in different locations in March, last month. They have destroyed ancient temples and thousands of people had to be evacuated. Japan reported the ‘worst wildfire in 50 years’, while our neighbouring country, Nepal, is fighting fires that have destroyed hundreds of acres of forests at multiple locations, and covered its capital Kathmandu in acrid smog.
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3 weeks ago |
shorturl.at | Nidhi Jamwal
The climate crises are not gender neutral. Women and children are 14 times more likely than men to die in a disaster, notes a scoping study titled, How Does Climate Change Impact Women and Children Across Agroecological Zones in India, by the Union Ministry of Women And Child Development (WCD). Women often face higher risks and greater burdens from the impacts of climate change in situations of poverty, due to their existing roles, responsibilities and cultural norms.
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This isn’t Kashmir. This is Hazaribagh in Jharkhand in the month of April. Thunderstorms are common in eastern India in Kaal Baisakh (norwester) season (pre-monsoon). But not sure if #hailstorms used to be this severe. Ready-to harvest crop losses due hailstorms on the rise!
हजारीबाग के दारू में गुरुवार को आंधी-बारिश के दौरान जमकर ओलावृष्टि हुई।सड़कों पर ओले ही ओले नजर आ रहे थे। फसलों को भारी क्षति हुई है,गुरुवार को झारखंड में वज्रपात से पांच लोगों की मौत हो गई। #Jharkhand https://t.co/Ie0pULZats
This offsetting business makes little sense especially when we know impacts of climate change are hyperlocal. Mumbai’s coastline is protected by mangroves (whatever little left). Chopping them here and “offsetting” them in Tadoba (tiger reserve also) in Vidarbha (non coastal)??!
9,000 mangroves will be permanently cut for the Mumbai Coastal Road ( North) from Versova to Bhayander. Plantation at a plot in Bhayander and Tadoba to offset this https://t.co/p80mbd3GCQ https://t.co/rZlf3F9gbC
Working with young journalists & researchers, reading their copy again & again, marking queries/corrections, brainstorming ideas, explaining basics — all this makes me realise the kind of efforts my first editor, Anil Agarwal, used to put in to train us (while battling cancer).
