The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75 years later, memories of Partition still haunt survivors.
For example, in adjacent waters, dugongs are found in the Bay of Bengal, but not the Gulf of Mataban, the latter of which has no seagrass distribution60. On the southern side to Malaysia is the Strait of Malacca where dugongs have not been reported. Although there is still some ...
. This albedo-induced easterly wind anomaly weakens the climatological westerly wind and associated humidity transport from the Arabian Sea (Supplementary Fig.5). But it simultaneously propels moist air from the Bay of Bengal and its surrounding regions to the Indian subcontinent (Supplementary Fig....
Plastic litter dispersed in the different environmental compartments represents one of the most concerning problems associated with human activities. Specifically, plastic particles in the micro and nano size scale are ubiquitous and represent a threat t
Operations research (OR) has been at the core of decision making since World War II, and today, business interactions on different platforms have changed b
The median lengths of homozygosity stretches in cheetahs (seven individuals), African lions (five individuals), Siberian and Bengal tigers, and the domestic cat are presented in Additional file 1: Figure S7 Full size image Fig. 2 Comparison of MHC region structure between cheetah and domestic ...
We left hot, thirsty, and tired. It was time for my nap with the wildest of animals–my Murphy. If you like to travel and you’re reading this post, you may enjoy my coming-of-age, travel memoir,At Home in the World: Travel Stories of Growing Up and Growing Away. Or if you are...
The combined flow formed at the confluence between the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda, is known by the name Ganga (Sinha, 2004). After flowing for over 2525 km through the plains of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, the Ganga discharges into the Bay of Bengal. ...
Groundwater supports agriculture and provides domestic water for over 250 million people in the Bengal Basin. Here we investigate the source of groundwater recharge using over 2500 stable water isotope measurements from the region. We employ a Monte Carl
Multilocus sequencing types extracted from the genome sequence identified the presences of two different sequence types: ST22 (EMRSA- 15)10 and ST772 (Bengal Bay clone)11,12. However, ST772 was only found in a single member of staff, whereas ST22 was isolated from the index case, five ...