Flooding out arsenic

The monsoons help decontaminate paddy soils

Black soil in red: Climate change threatens world’s food basket

FAO report finds most black soils moderate to severely eroded due to land-use change, unsustainable practices 

Forest fires - a trailblazer

Controlled burning of woodlands can be an effective tool for enriching the land and ecology. Dipanjan Ghosh looks at the possibilities

We have robbed the soil of its nutrients

P N TAKKAR former director of the Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, and currently principal scientist at the Indian Agricultural Research …

A peek into the world of fungi

First-of-its-kind global study shows soil fungi can directly impact climate change

Clean and grassy

Contaminated soil can be remedied by planting ryegrasses

‘Deficiency in micronutrients in soil linked to health of children and women’

Districts with an increased proportion of soil zinc samples had significantly lower rates of child stunting and underweight

Ground reality

Animal diversity in the soil mapped for the first time

Better paranoid

Than regret loss that happens in millions

Appalling ability

What makes a species invasive?

"Serious study has not yet begun"

R Uma Shankar, Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, speaks to Down To Earth

"We need to be more proactive"

Dr. S. Ramani, senior scientist (Agricultural Entomology), Project Directorate of Biological Control (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), …

"Biological control is the way out"

Dr. R D Gautam, principal scientist and in-charge of the Plant Health Clinic, speaks to Down To Earth

Invasive Alien Species

Think of an invasion, and the picture that comes to mind is usually that of planes and tanks, machines and men, shells and gunshots. But animal …

Soiled air

Satellite data shows greater role of soil in NOx emissions

Environet

This column will bring you an update on various groups and individuals working in fields related to environment, development and the sciences. …

A relation not to be ignored

Soil moisture influences rainfall pattern of North India

Geopolitics

By another name?

More like a ritual

So much for scope and research scale

One hot day in June

India woke up to a phone call

"The ice"

That's what Antarctica is called

The cold rush

What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus

Science and Technology - Briefs

Reclaiming Simple Clod

More and more loss