Pipe Dreams: stories of Bengaluru’s water supply
This summary covers a recent publication on Bengaluru’s urban landscape and the role of its oldest pipeline in shaping the narratives of development.
Smart boulders – can rolling stones gather landslide data?
A rolling stone gathers no moss, but can it gather landslide data? A group of researchers explored the possibility of boulders in fragile landscapes being used to transmit movement data & provide early warning signs.
Adrift along the Sundarbans mangroves, east India
This is a part travelogue, part-research based piece on the Sundarbans mangrove delta that straddles India and Bangladesh.
Etched in stone: tracing earthquakes through archaeological ruins
Feature image: Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India by Nireekshit, CC BY-SA 3.0 Article: Archaeoseismological potential of the Indian subcontinent. Authors: Miklós Kázmér, Ashit Baran Roy and Siddharth Prizomwala India’s ancient monuments whisper more than just stories of past empires and civilizations: they also tell tales of its geological past. Evidence of earthquakes is …
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What lies beneath: tracing human migrations through stone tools, India
Featured image: Katerina Douka, Michelle O’Reilly, Michael D. Petraglia – On the origin of modern humans: Asian perspectives; Science 08 Dec 2017: Vol. 358, Issue 6368, DOI: 10.1126/science.aai9067 [1], CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons) with minor edits Paper: Human occupation of northern India spans the Toba super-eruption ~74,000 years ago Authors: Chris Clarkson, Clair Harris, …
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Could corals help study the variability of past Indian monsoons?
This geoscience summary covers a paper that tries to understand how coral colonies in the Indian Ocean could help study the variability of the past Indian monsoons.
Where the river flows: India’s catchment crisis
This summary of a paper from Current Science explores how the eco-hydrological footprint of rivers in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state, in India can provide a framework for integrated river-basin management.
Rivers of Memory: India
The rivers of the Indian subcontinent bear witness to forces that shaped them over millennia – and a recent publication in the Journal of International Geosciences traces the evolution of India’s river systems at different time scales. This article delves into the paper’s classification of India’s river systems.
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We find the latest and greatest geoscience research, then write about it in language that everyone can understand. Find out more about our writers below. Kristina Vrouwenvelder Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder An avid science writer, Kristina also enjoys riding bikes, drinking craft beer, and petting dogs. Follow her on Twitter: @kvrouwen. Charlie Shobe Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder Charlie …