Researchers from IIT Roorkee examine how the historic Ganga Canal in India has shaped centuries of cultural identity, vernacular architecture, and cultural confluence along its banks and how it served as a shared spiritual space for the multitude of cultures that shared the land.
IIT Roorkee
Researchers collected water samples from 98 different springs in the Khulgad micro watershed in Kumaun Lesser Himalayan region to determine the quality of the spring water.
Researchers model a non-ideal magnetic gas filled with tiny dust particles to find how shockwaves travel through them.
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Study from Indian Institute of Technology and National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee find the total area and number of glaciers in the Himalayas to decrease. The study shows that the glaciers are sensitive to climate change and the long term decrease in the extent of the glaciers could lead to flash floods and water shortage in the future.