Africa’s ancient baobab trees are being killed by climate change

These trees – which can live for up to 2,500 years – are not only useful to humans but are also a key ecosystem element in the dry African savanna.

Aida Cuní Sanchez, The Conversation

· Jun 21, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Nature’s bounty: Trees provide services worth $500 million to the world’s megacities

By naturally reducing pollution, processing stormwater and helping in energy saving, nature helps planning authorities avoid cut down certain expenses.

Mike Gaworecki

· Sep 11, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Could ‘whale poo diplomacy’ help bring an end to whaling?

Japan’s fleet is on its way to the Southern Ocean for more ‘scientific’ whaling.

Indi Hodgson-Johnston, The Conversation

· Nov 28, 2016 · 11:30 pm

Farmers in Kodagu are raising honeybees in their coffee estates to get sweeter returns

The famed coffee estates are experimenting with bee farms to add to incomes.

S. Gopikrishna Warrier

· Sep 20, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation fined Rs 120 crore for damaging Yamuna floodplains

A panel appointed by the National Green Tribunal found that the organisation had harmed the ecology around the banks of the river while making preparations for the World Culture Festival.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 28, 2016 · 01:27 pm

An island in the Sunderbans has shrunk to half its size in 37 years, creating thousands of climate refugees

India is losing land – 9,990 hectares have disappeared in the past decade.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Mar 14, 2015 · 01:30 pm