HASTE MAKES WASTE

Non-profits and civil society organisations are increasingly opting for quick-fix solutions to all issues, a tendency that needs to be moderated

Heal the system

Hurdles in practising Ayurveda are limiting its potential to help India improve healthcare access

Money matters

The last meeting before COP28 gets little work done as developed and developing countries fight over climate finance

TOXIC TRAIL

How a polluted seasonal rivulet in Ludhiana causes cancer, cognitive impairment and organ damage cases in districts 200 km away

ALARMING TRENDS

Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea provides yet another example of the changes that storm systems are exhibiting due to warmer waters

TIME AFRICA SWITCHED

Africa has always been energy-poor, and the scenario has gotten worse in the past decade. The continent must leapfrog to renewables to become energy-secure, and the West would do well to aid the transition.

GREEN PROMISE

Although a weed, silver cockscomb is high in nutrients and shows potential for use as a leafy vegetable

Writing on the wall

Excessive groundwater extraction is triggering subsidence in the Indo-Gangetic plain

Fix at source

Bengaluru must close data gaps, rope in bulk waste generators to cope with its growing piles of rubbish

Third pole melting away

Himalayan glaciers disappearing 65% faster since 2010. This will drastically reduce water flows in the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra

Empowered by water

Access to water in households helps women save time to earn additional income and improve their quality of life RUBY SARKAR

Engage

Time we solved the population question

Train that moves Delhi

DELHI METRO IN RASHMI SADANA'S THE MOVING CITYIS A FORCE THAT ATTEMPTS TO BRING ORDER TO THE CITY

The Arctic Could Go Ice-Free In Summer By 2030

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km

Unsustainable coffee production is making more and more people sick

Intensive pesticide use on coffee farms around the world is leading to progressively more reports of poor human and animal health

CYTISINE: Smoking Cessation Aid

Smoking remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide with over a billion people being smokers and up to 7 million deaths annually being attributed to tobacco use

Glutamate Receptor Antagonist: A Potential Threat to Developing Nervous System

Glutamate receptor antagonists are powerful drugs that are extensively used in modern medicine for their analgesic and anaesthetic properties

E-Cigarettes And Cocaine Delivery

Cocaine is a potent stimulant drug that is widely used for recreational purposes. It has been known to provide an intense high that can quickly lead to addiction and other negative consequences

Origins and composition of planet Mars

A new study has uncovered intriguing insights into the liquid core at the centre of Mars, furthering understanding of the planet's formation and evolution

Universe's lightest element to solve its biggest threat

Until Carl Benz invented world's first automobile, the three-wheeled Motorwagen, in 1886, humans primarily used their legs to travel. Then there were also domesticated animals such as horses and camels, and carts and chariots that took people from one place to the other. But things completely changed when motor vehicles came into use

Half of world's largest lakes losing water

More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a ground breaking new assessment published in Science. The key culprits are not surprising: warming climate and unsustainable human consumption

World's largest Living Plant is a Seagrass

High-school textbooks have made us learn that there is a Giant Seqouia tree in Sequoia National Park in California that is over 300 feet tall and is the largest plant on this Earth

Himalayan glaciers melting 65% faster than previous decade

Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists have warned

Rise Of The Fungus

Fungal infections often go undiagnosed. Even when identified, they are among the most difficult diseases to manage. They are now quietly spreading across the globe, preying on people’s weakened immune system and taking advantage of the high diabetes burden. Some are even showing resistance to the existing arsenal of drugs and are becoming virulent in a warming world

India has lost its way on open access

New Delhi’s focus on striking a deal with the scientific publishing industry ignores the true spirit of open access and knowledge sharing

Ominous change

A clear change evident in western disturbances that bring the crucial winter rains to India

'Nature returning to modern poetry'

FOR POET, WRITER AND TRANSLATOR K SATCHIDANANDAN, NATURE WAS A THEME THAT WAS FADING FROM MODERN POETRY. BUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE CAPITALIST IDEA OF DEVELOPMENT, FACILITATED ITS COMEBACK. MARKING THE EVOLUTION OF THIS ECOPOETRY, SATCHIDANANDAN, WHO IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF KERALA SAHITYA AKADEMI,ALONG WITH ASIAN-AMERICAN POET AND PLAYWRIGHT NISHI CHAWLA RECENTLY EDITED GREENING THE EARTH, AN ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS ON THE GLOBAL RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES. IN A CONVERSATION WITH ARYA ROHINI AND PREETHA BANERJEE, SATCHIDANANDAN EXPLAINS HOW POETRY AS A MEDIUM IS INSPIRING CHANGE. EXCERPTS:

Climate counsel

Farmers in Maharashtra alert each other about local weather conditions and share new agricultural strategies to cope with climate change SHEKHAR PAIGUDE

Delay tactics

Slow progress on treaty to end global plastic pollution as countries hold up negotiations with procedural objections

Act of faith

Why is Mendha fighting for community ownership of land under gramdan law at a time when most other villages want to give up the tag and states are diluting it?