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Tracking carbon sink shifts in Kaziranga National Park
In a long-term research project, Indian scientists have begun tracking the behaviour of Kaziranga National Park in the Brahmaputra river basin as a carbon sink and source
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Global warming widens income inequality
Rising temperatures have caused enormous financial losses to poorer, warmer countries such as India and have fattened wealthier and cooler nations like those in northern Europe
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Electric cars need responsible mining
As demand for electric cars rises, the auto industry needs to ensure that mining for lithium, cobalt and rare earths is done responsibly with suitable certification programmes
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Saving forests: Recalling the Chipko movement
On Earth Day, a veteran journalist who covered the Chipko Movement to conserve forests in the 1970s recalls those inspiring days
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Swap kerosene subsidies for off-grid solar
Subsidising off-grid solar power instead of polluting kerosene fuel is a policy alternative that will reduce indoor air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions
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Drought of detail in monsoon forecast
The Indian government’s prediction of near-normal monsoon rainfall glosses over the likelihood of scarce rain in June, when it is most important for rainfed farming
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Meat raises heat: a multimedia report
Go organic for your health, and that of the planet, say experts
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Common sense and climate change
The only way to restrain climate change is an upsurge in peoples’ movements for environment, peace, justice and equality, journalist Bharat Dogra underlines in his new book
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Want fresh food? Push policy
An efficient and clean cold chain for Indian agriculture needs a policy push that would stop the staggering waste of farm produce in the country
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Pests love a warmer world
As climate change gathers pace, insects are proliferating across the world, which scientists say will threaten food production, particularly in bio-diverse countries like India
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