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How It Would Be For Us To Live On The Moon

What it would take for man to settle on the moon and beyond

Value Of Soil

The benefits of action against land degradation through sustainable management are seven times higher than its cost in 15 years

Think How To Sink

The best way to remove carbon is by sequestering it in its natural sinks

How To Create An Oasis

Neither a short-term solution nor a one-size-fits-all approach will help fight desertification. Governments tend to commit this mistake, but communities across the world are building on their traditional experiences to achieve land degradation neutrality

The Dictum On Desertification

LAND IS AT THE CORE OF FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE

Taming The Thar

What it takes to reclaim the world’s most populated desert

Silent Spread

More than 100 countries are at the risk of desertification. Left unchecked, this could fuel conflicts and displace 700 million people worldwide by 2050

Picture Imperfect

It’s difficult to ignore how desertification is expanding in areas that are on the front line of climate change

Quash The Dogma

Most policies to tackle desertification are bound to fail. The problem will get solved as soon as they become holistic

It Is Everybody's Business

Private sector is vital to restore land and sustain life

A Quarter Under Desertification

What does this mean for India where more than 60 per cent of the population depends on agriculture?

Why Children Are Needed To Help Save The World

On my very first day in India, I encountered many marvelous new customs not practiced in the United States, my home country. But the most curious by far involved trees. Here and there, alongside the roaring streets of Mumbai were rings of marigold wreathed around twisting banyan trunks like dried rays of afternoon sunlight…

Who's Who?

Fact: all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads! Let’s unpack this...

The Sea Raptor

The White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster is one of the most common raptors along the Indian coastline. Nevertheless, the sight of this soaring, broad-winged, white and black bird of prey is nothing less than majestic

Bringing Up Bob Hoots.

While we were visiting a friend’s farm in the village of Yelachetty, near Bandipur Tiger Reserve, we found Spotted Owlets nesting on the tiled roof… and one of the chicks on the kitchen floor!

Chandrayaan 2 - India's Second Lunar Mission To Lunar South Pole

With the successful launch of the Chandrayaan 2, it is not surprising that the Indian Space Research Organisation has initiated something that hasn’t been done by any of the countries before.

Decoding Gaganyaan

May month marked the end of elections in India and Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister for the second time. Rewinding to last year on 15th August 2018, our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi announced that an Indian astronaut would go into space by 2022. Well, it will be a big leap forward for us and the preparations for the mission have already begun in full fledge.

India Becomes Vulnerable To Invasive Alien Species

A dysfunctional quarantine system and growing agricultural imports have left India vulnerable to attacks by invasive alien species

The Resurgence Of Race In Science

Angela Saini exposes how some scientists even today use race to define intelligence, behaviour, predisposition to diseases and even creativity

Valley's Morel Magic

THE RARE HIMALAYAN MUSHROOM, KANGECH, WHICH GROWS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR, WILL LEAVE YOU WITH AN UNFORGETTABLE AFTERTASTE

Is Realism Helpful?

As poor rainfall and subsequent water scarcity cripple the landlocked African country of Mali, elephants are increasingly visiting watering holes near human settlements. The Mali Elephant Project, launched in 2007 by the WILD Foundation and the International Conservation Fund of Canada, is building systems that motivate local communities to protect forests while improving their own livelihoods.

The Unsung Foot Soldiers Of Mahseer Conservation

Standing at 196 cm. (six feet six inches) in his socks, Owen Bosen, looks every bit the quintessential dorai from our colonial past.

The Sanctuary Interview Meet Harvey Locke

Harvey Locke, Co-founder of the Nature Needs Half Movement and of Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, speaks to friend and colleague Vance G. Martin, President of WILD Foundation (USA), Wilderness Foundation Global (South Africa), and Founder-Co-Chair of the Wilderness Specialist Group of the World Commission on Protected areas (IUCN).

Counting Butterflies

On a pleasant, sunny winter morning in Delhi this January, a motley crew of researchers and nature enthusiasts strolled through the Asola Butterfly Park, conducting a population count of a particular butterfly.

Corbett Diaries

Till Mota Saal Tigress and Cubs Learn to Feed on Social Media Likes

Nowhere To Flow

Over 60 years after the country got its first plan to rejuvenate the rivers, not a single basin has been spared from over-exploitation

Game Theory, Politics & Society

Economist Alexander Wolitzky uses game theory to model institutions, networks, and social dynamics

Here Come The Gene Hackers

Interventions to make heritable changes to the human genome are fraught with uncertainties. There are legitimate concerns about using a still imperfect technology that can rewrite the very blueprint of life. Also, the debate on whether it’s ethical to do so is far from being settled. However, would-be baby tinkerers around the world have failed to get the message

One Tool To Track It All

Can the humongous online data generated in the job guarantee scheme be a real time index for rural distress?

Let Cauvery Be

Deforestation, urbanisation, illegal mining and dumping of effluents along the river has left the basin battered and bruised. Decades of degradation has led to an unprecedented crisis for the 15 million who live on its banks.Jitendra travels along the course of one of India’s biggest rivers to understand why its level hit a record low this year