Determinants of household livelihood vulnerabilities to climate change in the himalayan foothills of West Bengal, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 101706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoranjan Ghosh ◽  
Somnath Ghosal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Himalayan Foothills ◽  
Household Livelihood

Geomorphology in relation to tectonics: A case study from the eastern Himalayan foothills of West Bengal, India

2013 ◽  
Vol 298 ◽  
pp. 80-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandreyee Chakrabarti Goswami ◽  
Dhruba Mukhopadhyay ◽  
B.C. Poddar
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Himalayan Foothills

scholarly journals Thunderstorm climatology over northeast and adjoining east India

MAUSAM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-170
Author(s):  
CHARAN SINGH ◽  
M. MOHAPATRA ◽  
B.K. BANDYOPADHYAY ◽  
AJIT TYAGI
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Diurnal Variation ◽  
Spatial Variation ◽  
Air Force ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
India Meteorological Department ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Intraseasonal Variation ◽  
Increasing Trend

In this study an attempt has been made to develop climatology of thunderstorm, hail and squall over the northeast and adjoining east India region based on data of 26 India Meteorological Department (IMD) observatories for the months of April and May during 1981-2008. The data of 8 Indian Air Force (IAF) observatories in these regions which are available for the period of 1991-2008 have also been considered. The interannual & intraseasonal variation, climate change aspects and diurnal variation of occurrence of thunderstorms have been analysed and discussed. The frequency and time of occurrence of thunderstorm, hail and squall days over the region show large spatial variation. The orographically dominant regions as well as the coastal areas are more prone for such activity. There is increasing trend in number of thunderstorm days over some parts of south coastal Orissa and coastal West Bengal and decreasing trend over some parts of north coastal Orissa, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura in recent years.

scholarly journals A first faunistic study on the tribe Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Baikunthapur Tropical Forest of the Himalayan foothills, West Bengal, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhankar Sarkar ◽  
Bhim Kharel
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forests ◽  
New Record ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Scarab Beetle ◽  
The West ◽  
Ecological Functions ◽  
The North ◽  
Himalayan Foothills ◽  
First Time

Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 is a paucispecific tribe of the scarab beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae. The tribe is composed of 256 described species worldwide, while from India, 26 species were recorded to date. Beetles belonging to this tribe are commonly known as paracoprid dung beetles and perform some remarkable ecological functions. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of knowledge on the occurrence of these beetles in the mega diverse tropical forests of the Himalayan foothills located in the north of the West Bengal state of India. A first faunistic account of the tribe Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 from Baikunthapur Forest, located at the Himalayan foothills of the West Bengal state of India is presented. A total of five species of the tribe distributed over two genera Tiniocellus and Liatongus were recorded during multiple surveys of the scarab fauna of the Forest. All taxa were recorded for the first time from the area, while Tiniocellus spinipes (Roth, 1851) is a new record for the West Bengal State of India. Additionally, a preliminary checklist of Indian species of the tribe is also provided.

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