‘Still uncertain how Sundarbans mangroves will evolve under climate change’
Mangrove trees produce organic matter which raises the bed elevation; a process which counteracts the effects of sea level rise
Delhi’s air quality and number games
India needs to codify methodologies for processing air quality data to reduce confusion and build confidence in air pollution control measures.
Dense fog in north India linked to cyclonic activity in Bay of Bengal
This year, the fog has arrived few weeks early on the back of cyclonic activity in the Bay of Bengal and light easterly winds blowing over the …
Future tense
What will work? Investments in future projects? Expensive fresh water? Recycling for industries? Legislations?
Fenced out
The Delhi administration's move to make the Asola and Bhatti sanctuaries exclusively protected areas ring alarm bells in the local villages
Ringing in the trams
The Union ministry of surface transport is hardselling trams as the answer to the terrible traffic snarls in Indian cities
No sweat over this shirt
A fabric developed at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, promises to keep sweat from being a bother
Caught by the horns
The closure of the Idgah abattoir gets under the skins of meat eaters in the Capital, who have turned into unwilling vegetarians
Daubs fo gilt on the Israeli image abraod
Two films on Israel, despite their obvious public relations motive, nevertheless catch and hold firmly, the viewer's interest.
New ventures offered computerised overview
A computerised information service on the relevant technology and potential for an industrial venture will soon be in the market.
Gene storage bank gets major facelift
Worried by the steady erosion of India's wealth of genetic diversity, a major expansion project will quadruple storage capacity in the national …
Taking the magic out of miracles
Promoting a more rationalist attitude to life at a mass level, that's what the Jan Vigyan Jatha sets out to do
Against the haze
Delhi's Centre for Science and Environment starts a fiery campaign against smoke emanating from vehicles
When a river weeps
Reduced to being a receptacle of household and industrial wastes and victimised by lopsided development, the Yamuna, Delhi's lifeline, is crying …
A bewildering range
ARTISTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD·exhibition of paintings by various artists·New Delhi· August, 1998
False start
Pollution control agencies are as toothless as the automobile and fuel industry is apathetic to deteriorating urban air quality
Family bonds
"Troubled children don't need counselling. They need parental love and support." A myth? Not at all, say behavioural scientists
Money matters
As the first-ever assembly of the 161-member Global Environment Facility (GEF) draws near, many non-governmental organisations are left out in …
A disease called pollutionitis
Most of Delhi's urban elite suffer from this disease which makes them "rationally irrational". The disease is accompanied by finger-pointitis and …
No fire exits in Delhi
Bad urban planning and a corrupt administration means fires will continue to claim lives in Delhi
Better now than never
Two years after a Supreme Court order, the government sets up the first fuel testing lab in Noida
Urban villages - an oxymoron?
Urbanisation in developing countries is marked by large increases in population and has consequences such as sprawl. As a physical phenomenon, …
Review of 'Trees of Delhi', a book by Pradip Krishen
Book>>Trees of Delhi A Field Guide by Pradip Krishen Penguin Books India>> Dorling Kindersley 2006
Puppeteer with no strings
Documentary>> Katputli by Sudheer Gupta Produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust and Prasar Bharati 30 minutes
Carriage of convenience
Metro projects can ease congestion. But lack of integrated planning is undoing the benefits of this mass transport system. Nidhi Jamwal and Ankur …