Global Eco Watch: A cooling event caused rice to spread across Asia 4,200 years ago

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Troubled botanists

Biodiversity under threat worldwide

Marigold magic

An insecticide obtained from marigold flowers is effective against mosquito larvae

Protests galore

Activists protest against mindless development in Uttara Kannada district

In the safety net

Spy vs spy

The war of wits that goes on between plants and viruses

Home remedy

Tanzania

Going to seed

Crowded out

Human threat to biodiversity

Rich, suddenly

Ladakh's people get key to seabuckthorn 'goldmine'

Auto-recovery

Veins tell it all

Arrangement of veins control carbon, water intake in plants

Benefits of self-rejection

Evolution favours plants that rely on cross-pollination

From The Blurbs

Global Eco Watch: 1.2 million Indians died of snake bites in last 20 years

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Global Eco Watch: Arm forest guards with guns instead of lathis, suggests SC

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Plant a repellant

Disastrous dyke

Documenting the dying

SOUTH AFRICA

BHUTAN

Asian plentitude

Eastern Asia enjoys greater plant diversity due to climate change and habitat variety

Quantity mars quality

Nutrient value of fruits and vegetables is falling