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Kutch, mesquite, Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis lantana, Indian fox, golder jackal, pallid harrier, sociable lapwing, livestock, charcoal, Gujarat, invasive species, weed, pest, grassland, nilgai, chinkara, blackbuck,

There Is Nary a Pest as Hated as Mesquite in the Desert Flatland of Kutch

Kadambari Devarajan 25/08/2019

Kutch, a typical desert during the summer, metamorphoses after...

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The Methane Detectives: On the Trail of a Global Warming Mystery

Jonathan Mingle 16/05/2019

The amount of heat-trapping methane in the atmosphere seemed...

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Climate Change Harming Agriculture, India’s Wheat Production Could Fall By 23%: Ministry

Dheeraj Mishra 04/01/2019

In the absence of effective and timely intervention, the...

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The Government Can’t Help the Northeast Without Also Helping the Snow Leopard

Rishika Pardikar 13/12/2018

The Himalayan region is home to numerous endemic species...

All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee members and farmers at the rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 29, 2018. Credit: PTI/Ravi Choudhary

Kisan Movement: The Necessity of Making Climate Change a Political Issue

N. Sai Balaji 01/12/2018

The moment for revisiting the grammar of the farmer's...

agricultural distress, Azad Maidan, Bundelkhand, climate change, drought, farmer suicide, farmer’s march, global warming, Indian monsoon, Indian Ocean, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Kharif crop, livestock, melting glaciers, northeast monsoon, ocean warming, rabi crop, rising sea level, southwest monsoon, Sunderbans, wheat cultivation,

As Farmers March to Delhi, Climate Change Fuels Their Larger Crisis

Nagraj Adve 28/11/2018

Perhaps we can visualise a farmers’ march 20 years...

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The Science of What an Absolute Meat Ban Can Do to Our Brains

Jay Desai 04/06/2017

Recent research is beginning to throw some light on...