Chief Reporter, The Daily Star
Since May last year, Bangladesh faced more than a dozen extreme weather events -- four cyclones, nine incidents of floods, and multiple spells of heavy rains, heatwaves, and cold waves -- and now they threaten food security..These events not only harmed individual farmers and food security
Rivers around Dhaka city remain seriously polluted despite some measures that have been taken over the years to curb water pollution, according to a recent study.
Southern rivers in Bangladesh were already swelling with waters on May 23 due to the full moon’s gravitational dance with the Earth.
Though Bangladesh is experiencing fewer cyclones than in the 1960s, their intensity has increased, a recent study has found.
The Met office yesterday said the depression over the Bay of Bengal may intensify and turn into a cyclone before making landfall on the Bangladesh coast tomorrow.
At least 23 days of this month were heatwave days, which equals the record set in 2019 for the entire year.
Over the last seven days, temperatures in the capital and other heatwave-affected places have been consistently four to five degrees Celsius higher than the corresponding seven days in the last 30 years, according to Met department data.
Mild to moderate heatwaves in the month of April have gotten longer over the years, according to preliminary data of a research.
Since May last year, Bangladesh faced more than a dozen extreme weather events -- four cyclones, nine incidents of floods, and multiple spells of heavy rains, heatwaves, and cold waves -- and now they threaten food security..These events not only harmed individual farmers and food security
Rivers around Dhaka city remain seriously polluted despite some measures that have been taken over the years to curb water pollution, according to a recent study.
Southern rivers in Bangladesh were already swelling with waters on May 23 due to the full moon’s gravitational dance with the Earth.
Though Bangladesh is experiencing fewer cyclones than in the 1960s, their intensity has increased, a recent study has found.
The Met office yesterday said the depression over the Bay of Bengal may intensify and turn into a cyclone before making landfall on the Bangladesh coast tomorrow.
At least 23 days of this month were heatwave days, which equals the record set in 2019 for the entire year.
Over the last seven days, temperatures in the capital and other heatwave-affected places have been consistently four to five degrees Celsius higher than the corresponding seven days in the last 30 years, according to Met department data.
Mild to moderate heatwaves in the month of April have gotten longer over the years, according to preliminary data of a research.
The salinity of the groundwater surrounding fish farms in the northern region has been on the rise as fish farmers have been using large quantities of salt in their ponds, a survey finds.
Patagonian Mara, a somewhat rabbit-like animal, is found in open and semi-open habitats in Argentina, including in large parts of Patagonia. This herbivorous mammal, which also looks like deer, is never known to be found in this part of the subcontinent.