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'Doomsday Glacier' Melting, Wildlife Dwindling: On the way to Climate Disaster

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  Climate Change: Global Warming, Global Temperature Rising, Glaciers Melting, Sea Lever Water Rising, Coastal Areas Drowning, Various species dying, The World Is Moving, it should consider stopping, Nature is throwing constant warning, it is time we consider waking, Earth needs little care taking, otherwise the whole world would be shaking, We would be died, and cockroaches would be existing.                                                                                                  By: Bharat Parmar The most vulnerable glacier of Antarctica, which is one of the remote areas of the planet where till date 28 people landed, is under threat A place with such a level of vulnerability has become a hot topic of discussion because of its immense importance. We are talking about the Thwaites Glacier, which is a large piece of ice-mass. It is as huge as a Great Britain. The increasing global temperature is leading to the melting of this glacier. The intensity/rate of the mel

Wildfires: GIS and Remote Sensing Monitoring and Mangement

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  Forests cover 20.55% of total India's geographic area. This large forest area requires proper timely monitoring and assessment as there are various problems that cause forest degradation and affects the ecosystem to a large extent. Forest Fires are one of these problems. As per the report of Forest Sir of India, 50% of the forest land is prone to fire. The risk of forest fire is at an alarming rate in India, so it requires a proper risk assessment and monitoring report. Geospatial data and tools are employed in this field to manage the forest fires in India. Satellite imagery and aerial photography are used in mapping, high-resolution sensors are used to detect the fires. As these forest fires contribute to environmental consequences, we have most recently observed Amazon forest fires and forest fires in Australia, which are devastating, species have been killed, the land has been destroyed, air pollution and many more ill effects have taken into place. So, this is really an impo

VEGAN: A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH OF LIVING

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  A popular lifestyle trend in the society which is going viral is VEGANISM or VEGAN. Vegan are those population who does not consume animal products in any form; be it meat, dairy products, or any related items. A vegan diet is lactose-free and dairy-free and is healthier. The vegan population is growing rapidly worldwide. Vegan Inhabitants has drastically increased and has boosted with a rate of 600% per year. Veganism is a lifestyle that comes with an ethical, sustainable, ecological sound regime. In surveys, it is found out that there are distinct reasons for opting for a vegan diet. In different countries and regions, the availability of food products and crops is different. In a few parts of the world due to low crop-yield or very few agricultural practices, people cannot really shift to a vegetarian or vegan diet. But except those others can consider being vegan once in their life. Non-Vegetarians or Meat eaters often use this argument that due to nutrition value they consum

Indian Crocodile: Gharial's back into the wild

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Gharials are blessed with adaptability power and have survived thousands of years by balancing with ecological change. Their adaptability trait is leading them to survive in the wild. The secret of their adaptability trait is higher immunity, fewer predator species,  ectothermy, highly evolved metabolism. They being the top predators, conveniently move between habitats, plays a crucial role in transferring energy between the system. Crocodiles are necessary for the proper functioning of the system, by stabilizing the ecosystem and providing ecosystem services, also creates habitat linkages.   Gharial Status in India There are only three species of Indian Gharial found in India. The Indian species are Gharial, Gavialis gangeticus ( Gemlin 1789); the Mugger, Crocodylus palustris (Lesson 1831); and the Estuarine Crocodile, Crocodylus porosus (Schneider 1801). This species is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List (Choudhury et al. 2007) and is considered the most endangered

INDIA: Role of Geo Spatial Technology in Building Nation

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  India being a seventh-largest country (3.29 million sq km), fifth-largest economy (GDP $2.96 trillion) and second highest population (1.37 billion) in the world have various challenges in different sectors to sustain the growth and development of the nation. To bridge the social and economic disparity between different sections of society India needs a technological advancement and empowerment of citizens to enhance its system. In the 1980s, India adopted GIS technologies, India is using Remote Sensing Satellites, mapping, Geospatial database system, and other tools. In the early 2000s, a crucial step was taken which was considered to be impossible at that time as creating a blueprint for such a big project is next to impossible. India wants to create its own National Spatial Data Infrastructure. Indian democracy has 3 pillars and the fourth one is considered to be the information sector and this Geospatial database infrastructure is a crucial component of that pillar. The plan is to