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Wildlife & Biodiversity

Good while it lasted - I: 6th mass extinction underway, courtesy humans

Earth is losing species at an unprecedented rate; This marks the beginning of the Anthropocene Epoch, a self-aggrandising nomenclature that highlights our disproportionate and irreversible impacts on the surroundings

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Wildlife & Biodiversity

Fantastic beasts: How the industrial use of animals in Chinese medicine began

Mao’s bestiary is a revisionist historical account of the animal drug industry in Mao&…

Health

Long COVID affects 1 in 5 people following infection. Vaccination, masks and better indoor air are our best protections

Vaccination, masks and better indoor air are our best protections; photo: Getty Images / The Conversation

Most studies show a general pattern of higher prevalence of long COVID for people with more …

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Deep percolation pits in Odisha forests harmful for local flora, fauna, say experts

‘Human intervention is unnecessary and forests have thrived without them for years’

Health

Fourth wave? COVID-19 cases rising in India as mask mandate lifted, schools reopen

Fourth wave? Cases on the rise in India as mask mandate lifted, schools reopen Photo: iStock

Rise in cases not yet an early sign of a new variant in circulation, say experts

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Agriculture

Why are lemon prices so high in India, the largest producer of lemons in the world?

Heavy rains last September and October and a hot March have caused two successive lemon seasons to fail

Agriculture

Is organic farming responsible for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis?

Environment

How to design, build an eco-friendly and low-cost urban mud house for Rs 17 lakh?

Climate Change

Why is India facing a prolonged heatwave in 2022?

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Panthera Tigris: The puzzle that is tiger taxonomy

Climate Change

IPCC AR6 (Part III): Can carbon capture and renewable energy save the world?

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Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. She is an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets