Changing Ecology
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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
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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
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How climate change efforts by developed countries are hurting Africa’s rural poor
Far from the expected development, forestry plantations and other carbon market initiatives in Uganda have severely compromised ecologies and livelihoods of the local people.
Kristen Lyons and Peter Westoby, The Conversation
Video
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‘This is the saddest day of my life’: Elderly woman at US pro-abortion rights march tells police
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Watch: UK aviary staff film their burrowing owls to see what the birds get up to when they’re alone
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Caught on camera: Man rides bicycle on Brooklyn street while balancing a suitcase on his head
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Watch: Olivia Rodrigo, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish condemn reversal of abortion rights in US
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Watch: ‘Panchayat’ actor Raghubir Yadav plays ‘musical instrument’ fashioned from a lauki