land use change

Sweat, Smoke and Flames: Fighting Fires in the Amazon

tree planting, afforestation, Aarey tree cutting, saplings, carbon dioxide, carbon fixing, climate change, climate emergency, climate crisis, Crowther lab, soil moisture, GLACE-CMIP5, carbon emissions, carbon dioxide fertilization, savannah, grasslands, terrestrial biosphere, land use, land use change, Green India Mission,

Why the Soil and Trees May Not Absorb as Much Carbon as We Think

Himalaya, food security, food insecurity, land degradation, land use change, rain-fed agriculture, Hindu Kush Himalaya, HKH region, Nepal, Bhutan, Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Assam, West Bengal, dryland, COP14, desertification, UNCCD, Food and Agriculture Organization, urbanisation, sustainable development goals,

Climate Change: People of Asia’s Mountains Face Severe Food Insecurity

Authorities Investigate Murder of Indigenous Leader in Brazilian Amazon

elephants, Asian elephants, extinction, climate change, charismatic species, habitat fragmentation, water availability, human-animal conflicts, Himalayas, floodplains, land use change,

Asian Elephants May Lose up to Half Their Habitats by Century’s End: Study

Rom Whitaker, snake man of India, noise pollution, light pollution, olfactory pollution, smell pollution, sonar, whale beaching, land use change, biodiversity decline, chemical pollution, air pollution, turtle friendly lighting, olive ridley turtles, mass hatching, climate change, great tits, chaffinches, whale beaching, pilot whale, Cuiver's beaked whales,

Sensing Change: How Sound, Light and Smell Can Affect Plants and Animals

The woods of Jageshwar in the Kumaon range of Uttarakhand. Credit: rungta/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Let’s Not Wait for a Silent Spring in the Kumaon Himalayas