As is the case with everything else in life, it is important to pay attention to even minor things related to grasslands. Recent studies show that grasslands, considered to be a...
Climate Change- A Vicious Circle Just a few days ago, we were all boiling, hot and bothered by the heat and humidity of the rising temperatures of summer. India was declared to ...
Biodiversity- Our Greatest Treasure Every day we come across report of a new species going extinct in India. The pink-headed duck, the Sunderbans rhinoceros or the Asiatic cheet...
What are Sustainable Development Goals? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) also known as Global Goals are a 15 year developmental plan proposed by the United Nations to en...
Forests form the most important parts of the world’s climate system. All forms of life depend on the trees of the forests for survival: from the air to breathe, the habitats tha...
We are already in the midst of climate change here on our planet. However, it has been observed that the different ways in which land is being used for agriculture, forestry, et...
The Earth is Taking a Break to Heal This is what we have been hearing for the past two months. The minute a worldwide lockdown was announced and humans retreated to their spacio...
India continues to struggle because of the acute water shortage. Availability of good drinking water in both rural and urban areas is turning out to be burning issue. Discussion...
Any event over which we have no control, we have always termed it an ‘act of God’. These included the floods and the earthquakes that happened long ago. However, these cannot be...
The Western Ghats in Kerala, in particular, is home to the wondrous rare flower that blooms once in every 12 years, the Neelakurinji, as it is locally known. They are in bloom a...