4,000 yrs of climate history from world’s largest inhabited river island offer adaption insights

• A new paleoclimate study reconstructs ~4,000 years of climate, vegetation and flood history of Majuli Island, Assam — the world's largest inhabited river island — to inform flood adaptation strategy.
• Released by the Ministry of Science & Technology via PIB on 1 June 2026, the study links Holocene-scale monsoon variability with present-day Brahmaputra erosion hazards.
• Relevant for UPSC: intersection of GS-I (geography of rivers/cultural heritage of Neo-Vaishnavism), GS-III (disaster management, climate adaptation) and GS-II (centre-state on river management).