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Bookstore>> Economic crisis • The US

Caught in green web

Internet>> Bidding • US  

Origin of child birth

Junk DNA, the precursor of modern mammalian pregnancy

Sign of times

Handwriting>> Policy  • The US

Bean beauty

Semantic divide

Whimper for the buck

Book>> Biography of the Dollar by Craig Karmin Random House Rs 830

What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure

Depending on how they are used, ancient agricultural practices can either reinforce social inequalities or create more equitable food systems

How raging wildfires made mudslides in California more dangerous

An extremely active wildfire season has made the region especially vulnerable to mudslides

Nearly 150,000 Indians have died in the past 51 years because of extreme weather

A new analysis by WMO published on May 22, 2023, stated that 138,377 Indians died between 1970 and 2021 in 573 climate-related disasters

European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling

The unprecedented reforestation event in the Americas led to a reduction of 5 parts per million CO₂ from the atmosphere – only about …

Hike in soy production in Brazil linked to higher child cancer deaths, finds study

Notes rise in pesticide use with soy expansion; timely mitigation mitigated link between expansion and cancer incidences

WTO trumped by America

WTO's recent ministerial meeting at Buenos Aires highlights the strain on the multilateral trading bloc from US unilateralism and its own`unfair' …

2020 US elections: No Democrat candidate offers bold plan for climate action

A number of polls suggest that Democrat voters also consider climate change to be a top-tier issue, as important as healthcare

Trump’s remark on India’s coal usage highly misleading

This is the second time that US has blamed India and China for pulling out of the climate agreement

The Amazon’s tallest tree just got 50% taller – and scientists don’t know how

At 88m tall, it dwarfs the previous record holders by almost 30 m

A trip down memory lane

Photographs>> Environment • The US

Art from gaol

GRAPHIC NOVEL>>AIDS • The US

Environment beats retreat

New York Times>> Environment • The US

Fisheye view

Complex interplay of several factors decides fisheries’ fate

Blame spam

E-mail>> Occupy Movement • The US

Checking cholera with salt

From oil to electric: The new energy powerplay and China's growing dominance

China is the largest producer and importer of rare-earth minerals

'40 per cent of all US food goes uneaten'

An American throws away, on average, 9 kg of food per month

New meat culture

Engineered meat is peeping out of the labs