NCESS workshop examines climate change and geohazards in southern India
Scientists and researchers have begun a workshop in Thiruvananthapuram on Quaternary Earth system processes and geohazards in southern India. Hosted by the National Centre for Earth Science Studies, the meeting covers climate and environmental change, landscape evolution, coastal processes and risks from natural hazards.
A workshop on Quaternary Earth System Processes and Geohazards in Southern India began at the National Centre for Earth Science Studies in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. The event has been organised as a prelude to a conference of the International Union for Quaternary Research, or INQUA, which is planned in Lucknow in 2027. According to NCESS, the workshop brings together scientists and researchers to examine changes in the Earth system during the Quaternary period and their relevance to southern India.
The discussions include climate and environmental change, sedimentary processes, landscape evolution, coastal changes and geohazards. Rasik Ravindra, former director of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research in Goa, inaugurated the workshop. Those attending the inaugural function included Pradeep Srivastava of the Department of Earth Sciences at IIT Roorkee; NCESS director N.
V. Chalapathi Rao; and Binita Phartiyal of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences in Lucknow. Phartiyal is also the general secretary of INQUA India 2027.
J. K. Tomson, head of the Solid Earth Research Group at NCESS, also attended the programme.
The source material does not provide details of individual research presentations, the duration of the workshop or any decisions adopted by participants. It says the meeting is intended to support scientific discussion ahead of the 2027 INQUA conference.
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