The precarious geopolitics of phosphorous

Both nitrogen and phosphorous are essential to life. Lynchpins both to global food production, circulating through synthesis or export and then …

Climate crisis: Is Earth destabilising?

Until now, it was all climate change and global warming to us. But the contention that that is just one among the others, is a great revelation

Crop nutrient management using digital tool improves yield, reduces greenhouse gas emissions: Study

More than 80% of 1,594 participating farmers reported an increased crop yield and farm income, according to the study

How balanced soil nutrient management can save Indian agriculture

The ill-effects of imbalanced application of fertilisers — which leads to soil sickness, decline in soil health and reduces crop …

Purifying contaminant

Excessive phosphorus pollutes water bodies, but substantially reduces nitrogen contamination

Fossilised fish bones from Africa are fertilising the Amazon forest

Study shows that dust containing phosphorous from fish fossils helps photosynthesis in the Amazon region

Cost of closing Deonar: Rs 3,500 crore

Public interest petition alleges irregularities in project to close landfill

There’s a hidden source of excess nutrients suffocating the Great Barrier Reef. We found it

Previously unquantified groundwater inputs are the largest source of new nutrients to Great Barrier Reef

Fatally fixated