Assessment of the level of uranium in groundwater and the role of public water purifiers in mitigating the concentration- A study from the south-western part of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Groundwater samples were gathered from various sites adjacent to Manchanabele Reservoir and their uranium concentration was measured using a Light Emitting Diode (LED) fluorimeter. The results show that the uranium concentration varied widely from 0.2 to 358.

Non-photocatalytic electricity generation and thermoluminescence in natural hematite: Application in hydroelectric cell and dosimeter.

Environmentally friendly hydroelectric power cells (HEC) and thermoluminescence dosimeters (TL) were manufactured using natural hematite. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies confirmed multimodal particle size range of 30-90 nm for natural hematite. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis confirmed mesoporous and nanoporous structure with average pore size of 30 nm.

Measurement of natural radionuclides and health risk assessment in soil samples of the Main Central Thrust region in Garhwal Himalaya, India.

Ionizing radiation emitted from radionuclides is present everywhere in the environment. It is the main source of health hazards to the general public. The present study elaborates on the analysis of primordial radionuclides in the collected soil samples from the Main Central Thrust (MCT) region of Uttarakhand Himalaya in a grid pattern.

Climate change-derived environmental and physical factors influencing the socioeconomic development in the Himalayan region.

Spatio-temporal fluctuation of climatic variables with the terrain characteristics and their inter-relationship is a priority for predicting flash-flood-induced landslide hazards over the fragile Himalayas. The present study addressed this anxiety by assimilating satellite data products and auxiliary datasets in the Bhagirathi River basin of the Indian Himalayas. Snow Covered Area (SCA) is a critical indicator of the ecosystem that influenced the flash flood along different terrain features such as Altitude, Hill-Gradient, and Aspect.