Eco Centric

When I was a child I used to watch a show 'storm-chasers' which used to be telecasted on Discovery channel and watching that I used to get excited that I will also do the same whenever I will be getting a chance to do that around my place but sadly from that age until now I never saw any tornado nor heard of any tornado hitting India. 2 days back a news started circulating everywhere that a tornado wrecked havoc in USA  after ripping through 6 states of America with Kentucky facing most of the brunt with having wind speeds gusting upto 320kmph and killing atleast 100. With this sad news many had a curiosity that "whether India also experiences tornadoes or not ?"  Does it occur in India ? It does happen in India but on a relatively lower and lesser intense scale than in US For instance major recorded tornadoes are as follows: Calcutta--1838--215 fatalities Assam-- 1963 --- 139 fatalities New Dehli -- 1978 -- 700 fatalities Odisha -- 1978 -- 150 fatalities West Bengal ...

As soon as IPCC released it's assessment report, the news spread like wildfire creating anguish and sparked people about the consequential threat of climate change. Amid all the information and facts what everyone wanted to find out was what does this report meant for India ? so I thought I would gather info from various sources and would compile that info in my blog so that it could reach to the masses. What IPCC is ? The IPCC was established in 1988 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization. Its mission was to provide global policymakers with periodic, scientific assessments of climate change to guide national and global policies. The reports by IPCC assess the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. The findings of the IPCC reports state the "level of confidence" with which they are made. However, the reports usually do not make any policy recommendat...

W ith the rain gods showering their blessings upon us by turning the dry brownish barren land into a green moist carpet all around, every nook and corner looks absolutely breathtaking in this season, be it the plains or Satpura of Madhya Pradesh, hills of Northern India or the peninsular plateau.  One prominent geographical feature which stands out from the rest is the Western Ghats located on the West coast of India. Western ghats are the mountainous regions running parallel to West Coast from Gujarat till Kerala. Of the various mesmerising sections of Western Ghats one is the Sahyadaris ( located in Maharashtra). Imagine you are in Mumbai or Pune and after doing week long hard work at your job, you finally got a weekend. After working for days everyone would love to go out and relax a little to again recharge their lives. There isn't a better place then Mumbai or Pune where you could go on a day or a two fay trips to numerous locations. I would be sharing you the locations ...

" 20-500 years" , this is the time period required for plastics to decompose which varies depending on the various structure and materials it is made up of. From toothbrush to our cell phones to the food packaging industry everything runs on plastics, so I would not hesitate in saying that our life revolves around plastics. India generates 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, of which 40 per cent remains uncollected and 43 per cent is used for packaging, most of which is single-use, as per a report from a reputed newspaper. As we all know about the 3R principles we have been studying since our school days,  Burning would cause air pollution. composting wouldn't really work as it will take 100s of years to decompose. In which other way we can use plastics to our advantage ? One of the innovative steps India have taken over the past years is to involve plastic waste in the construction of roads thus I call it as not so waste roads, as it uses plastic waste as a co...

  World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on June 5 to encourage environmental awareness and environmental protection.  According to the United Nations, "the celebration of this day provides us with an opportunity to broaden the basis for an enlightened opinion and responsible conduct by individuals, enterprises, and communities in preserving and enhancing the environment." This Year's Theme Theme for 2021 is 'ecosystem restoration' and tthis year's WED will be hosted by Pakistan. This World Environment Day will kick off the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), a global mission to revive billions of hectares, from forests to farmlands, from the top of mountains to the depth of the sea. So what we can do to celebrate this day and do our part ? although there are many ways by which we can celebrate this day varying from planting trees to employing Green Energy technology.  some of the ways have short term advantages and some do have a lon...

Amid raging pandemic haunting India and the world for past two years, economists and the whole of nation is eyeing on the 4 month long rainy period which commenced it's journey over the southernmost state of India a day back. Those hot sultry past months will soon be replaced by the moist drizzly pleasant for a few months. Rains rejuvenates the nation which are more important then ever in this year. India's 60% of the agriculture is dependent on monsoon rains along with it millions of rupees of industries that are dependent on farming activities are at the mercy of rain gods.  With the continuous downfall of economy due to covid, somehow if the rains will be normal and evenly distributed over the Indian mainland in the next 4 months it will be a huge blessing for the nation. In the current scenario where we are used to hear the sad/depressive/negative news all around maybe the southwest winds will bring some cheerful happy news for us. Ha...