Changing Ecology
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In Kutch, booming salt business puts traditional salt agariyas up against ginger prawn fishers
Both coexisted peacefully once. The small bunds the salt workers made would dissolve in the rain, allowing in water key to fishing in the region.
Ravleen Kaur
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Why do landslides keep occurring in Kerala’s Idukki district?
It is a history mapped in tragedies – of climate change, deforestation, reckless construction and alarm bells ignored
Ipsita Chakravarty
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Traditional houses that served generations of Ladakhis are unable to cope with climate change
Average summer rainfall has quadrupled in ten years, leading to annual floods, more pests and leaks in houses that were built to deal with snow.
Rama Dwivedi
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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Planting trees is a good idea, but not everywhere – especially not in grasslands
Adding trees can alter how grassy ecosystems function.
Kate Parr and Caroline Lehmann, The Conversation
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As urbanisation destroys Bengaluru’s green cover, religious spaces preserve native tree species
While the city’s parks and streets are growing exotic plants, native trees are flourishing around churches, temples, cemeteries and even roadside shrines.
Vinita Govindarajan
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Dawn of the Anthropocene: Five ways we know humans have triggered a new geological epoch
We're in a new geological era, say scientists.
Jan A. Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted