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What Are Tipping Points?

Ronak Gupta 06/08/2019

The idea of tipping points has come to dominate...

soil erosion, Gulf of Mannar, Vaan island, artificial reefs, coral reefs, limestone, Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute, Thoothukudi, IIT Madras, Thoothukudi, Thiruvaikulam, Koswari island, trawling, seine haul fishing, push net operations, fishing, rising sea level, climate change, 2004 tsunami,

How Tamil Nadu Is Fighting in the First Attempt to Save a Sinking Island

Ankita Sengupta 05/08/2019

Two islands in the Gulf of Mannar islands have...

Kalak Tartar, Changthang, Tibet, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, snowmelt, kiang, Tibetan wild ass, Hanle, lugrang, black yak, Indo-China war,

Kalak Tartar, a Landscape in the Skies

Narendra Patil 04/08/2019

It would be terrible to have the unique lives...

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Brazil Scientist Sacked After Row With President Bolsonaro Over Deforestation Data

The Wire Staff 04/08/2019

Rubbishing the data released by the National Space Research...

solid waste management, Indian Solid Waste Rules, Solid Waste Management Rules, plastic waste, nurdles, environmental performance index, Chandrayaan 2, Manikaran, Himachal Pradesh, NITI Aayog, Kumbh Mela, Ghazipur landfill, MGNREGA,

It’s the Environment, Stupid.

C.P. Rajendran 28/07/2019

The country's landscape is being ravaged by plastics and...

GSLV Mk III, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Chandrayaan 2, remote sensing, IRS, Satellite Instructional Television Experiment, GRAMSAT, EDUSAT, Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme, Digital India, bullet train, mangroves, National Green Tribunal, Vikram Sarabhai, Satish Dhawan, Sonbhadra massacre, K Sivan,

Why Tweeting About ISRO’s Success Is a Distraction

Arup Dasgupta 24/07/2019

ISRO has demonstrated the usefulness of space applications time...

Forest Rights Act 2006, Adivasi, traditional forest dwellers, Supreme Court of India, forest produce, non-timber forest produce, first people, Jenu Kuruba, Soliga, tiger reserves, fortress conservation,

Forest Rights Act: Schoolchildren Understand Coexistence, Why Can’t SC?

Nithila Baskaran, Shiv Ganesh and Kashika Sharma 23/07/2019

On the eve of a Supreme Court hearing on a...