Quarterly Magazine of The Society of Earth Scientists

Land, Water & People

Volume 1, January, 2022

EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS

Cover Page

Content

Editorial
Apocalypse of an inclement weather and the litany of woes

Groundwork
The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
and what it means for South Asia: Roxy Mathew Koll

Spotlight
How vulnerable are agricultural societies in the Indian sub-continent to climate fluctuations?
Atreyee Bhattacharya

Meet and Greet
“Technology alone cannot deliver everything. Along with it, the role of community is equally essential” In conversation with Phanish Sinha

Review
Impacts of climate change on the flow of the transboundary Koshi River

Essay
The Himalayan Disasters – time to rethink development models
Venkatesh Dutta

Perspective
“We’ve failed to institutionalize traditional ways of living with floods”
Dr. Dinesh Mishra in conversation with Venkatesh Dutta

Synthesis
What does the rise in extreme events in India tell us? Climate change is here and now
Dr. Anjal Prakash

InBox
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Sandeep Hamilton

SDG monitor

Q&A

Forthcoming events

Art from Science