Thursday, November 28, 2019

Good news for us: Landslide Early Warning Systems (LEWS) get a boost

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BBC recently came up with this article on LEWS: Rather coincidentally, almost a year and a half ago we had the same team from IIT Mandi...
Monday, November 18, 2019

Rainfall data of the Darjeeling- Sikkim Himalayas - OCT2019

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As can be seen, our region has started its descent into the long, dry months ahead, the impacts of which will undoubtedly be felt in th...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

Closing Oct2019 with a bang : 3 Cyclones in the region

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Oct 2019 for Kalimpong and Darjeeling districts has been dry. We are almost -60% in the monthly rainfall. Nevertheless, there has been pl...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Milestones in STH: Making it to the 36th International Geological Congress in Delhi in Mar2020

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The 36th IGC, is undoubtedly the most prestigious event of its kind in the world where the best minds and scientists would congregate for...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Rainfall data of Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya of Sep2019 and rainfall 2019

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We have added Darjeeling (Batasia) station where the rainfall is being recorded by Navin bhai, an enthusiastic amateur meteorologist. ...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

An event of NOTE : Legislator's dialogue on Climate Change (02-4Oct2019) at Kalimpong

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STH is a part of the Darjeeling Himalaya Initiative (DHI). Read more about Integrated Mountain Initiative here Praful Rao, Kali...
Saturday, September 21, 2019

Extreme thunderstorm at Kalimpong (20Sep2019)

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Photo credits : Ms Shreya Gurung * Having worked on the landslide problem of this region, I am very worried when we have intense ra...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

STH activities - Participating in 'Deluge and Disaster' a Sensitization Program in Siliguri College (Dept of Geography): 17Sep2019

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A sensitization programme on climate change entitled " Deluge and Disaster: Towards Mitigation and Adaptation " was organised b...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

STH Activities: Working on Mountain Spring Rejuvenation with ICIMOD (&TMI) in Kalimpong - 13Sep2019

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Excerpt from NITI Ayog's 'Inventory and Revival of Springs in the Himalayas for Water Security' 'Mountain springs are the ...
Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Rainfall data of Darjeeling Sikkim Himalayas - August 2019

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Rainfall data of Siliguri, Gangtok (East Sikkim), Dentam (W Sikkim) and Damthang (S Sikkim) are from IMD. There were no major la...