Following are the important highlights of a publication titled “Ground Water Crisis in India” (By: Paul Wyrwoll, Australian National University, Australia, 30th July, 2012. The article is available at: http://www.globalwaterforum.org/2012/07/30/indias-groundwater-crisis/). It has been compiled by the Climate Change community of UN Solution Exchange India and reproduced here:   Important Highlights of Publication     The

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Science Daily: An international research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Helsinki has discovered a surprising new chemical compound in Earth’s atmosphere that reacts with sulfur dioxide to form sulfuric acid, which is known to have significant impacts on climate and health. The new compound, a type of carbonyl

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Nature: Indian meteorologists are under fire for having predicted a normal monsoon when the country is heading for a drought (see the Hindu). The rains during the 4-month-long monsoon season (June to September) — accounting for more than 80% of India’s annual rainfall — are crucial for the agricultural economy. In April, the Indian Meteorological

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Reuters: The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands. The researchers, from McGill University in Montreal and Utrecht University in the Netherlands, combined groundwater usage data from around the globe with computer models of underground water resources to come

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India water Portal: India like many other developing countries has focused its agricultural policies on increasing agricultural production to meet food security. While climate change mitigation has been included into its agricultural sector, the developed world argues that if it does not reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, these emissions are expected to increase

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