Opportunists among plants

Invasive species thrive by making the most of nutrition that comes in spurts

Ethiopia

Excess CO2 in air retards plants growth

New method to recognise erosion gullies on satellite photos

Nitrogen? Warming?

Enough of carbon talks. Heres a new element with potential

Invasive species flourish in non-native regions due to soil microbes and fungi: Study

A three-year study of the Canadian horseweed species revealed the changing behaviour of plant species in non-native regions, helping them to …

North India Deluge 2023: Heavy rains in Nepal cause erosion downstream in Bihar; hundreds displaced

Soil erosion due to ascending water levels in the Koshi, Mahananda and Ganga has impacted hundreds in Bihar’s Supaul, Khagaria, Katihar, …

The fire-fighting children of the Khasi Hills and the decline of traditional farming in north-east India

In North-east India, children of the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) learn slash and burn cultivation, an intergenerational yet controversial indigenous …

How microbes may help clean up oil spills in Iraq

The soil bacteria is fed with nutrients from manure and bulking agents like wood chips and water, to thrive in and then break down petroleum

Kodagu landslides not a natural disaster

Here’s an account of the situation in disaster-hit Kodagu in Karnataka by a geologist who volunteered for the relief work

E-waste contaminating Delhi’s groundwater and soil

Researchers have discovered an alarming amount of toxic heavy metals leaching into soil and groundwater in East Delhi's Krishna Vihar industrial area

NITI Aayog’s three-year action plan on agriculture raises hope as well as concerns

In a major digression from the current discourse on GM crops, the report claimed that the farmers in India have “enthusiastically embraced&…

Floods affect over 30,000 in Assam

Parts of Manas National Park, a world heritage site, have also been submerged by the flood water

Golf under attack

In response to ecologists up in arms against the golf courses mushrooming all over the world, designers are now coming up with eco-friendly courses.

God's own country

This is a true story of the beautiful state of Kerala, of its famed backwaters and wetlands, of its rain-swept Western Ghats. It also speaks of …

Plagued plantations

Farmers in the Peruvian highlands learn that all's not well with their produce, land and health

How Karnataka manages its faeces

Thirty years after banning manual scavenging under the Night Soil Carrying System Abolition Act, Karnataka is still a fair way away from flushing …

Floodplain loss: Basins of Irrawaddy, Tapi, Indus, Cauvery rivers flowing through India altered most due to human activities

Asia lost the biggest area of floodplains among all continents from 1992-2019

Changing paradigm

Soil’s carbon storing ability may be different from what is believed

Seeds of failure

Soybean does not sprout in 40,000 hectares in Maharashtra, state blames farmers

Fighting drought

Green business

Cutting back

Sub-standard fertilisers destroying farm land in Nepal

River revival

Project launched in J&K

Weak gene