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Trust, cost go greater depths to sustain unscientific water divining practice
Water divining, a traditional method popular in hard rock terrains, is reputedly used to detect groundwater without scientific methods.
Innovative air-to-water tech using liquid desiccant makes affordable, renewable water
Bengaluru-based Uravu Labs employs a technology that uses a liquid desiccant to bottle atmospheric water for consumption.
Mugger crocodiles may be physiologically stressed in disturbed habitats
Pollution, urbanisation, habitat fragmentation and human-animal conflict, may be leading to physiological stress in mugger crocodiles.
Fading ties with Mumbai’s mudskippers
Coal mining degraded 35% of native land cover in India’s central coal belt
Repurposing and restoring mined-out land is emerging as the next frontier for the energy transition.
Deficient monsoon rainfall hits paddy farmers in parts of north India
There has been a declining trend of southwest monsoon rainfall over the Indo-Gangetic Plains for the past decade.
Uniting traditional wisdom with modern science, barefoot ecologists record climate impacts
Community members monitoring ecology in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve integrate traditional knowledge with modern scientific methods to monitor climate impacts on their forests, rivers, and farms.
[Commentary] Challenges in scaling natural farming with bio-input resource centres
The central government plans to set up thousands of bio-inputs resource centres to help farmers transition to natural farming.
Indus river dolphins in troubled waters
Population of dolphins in Beas river are under threat due to accidental entanglement in fishing gear and changing river flows.
High costs, mixed results challenge nano urea use in farming
Indian agriculture relies heavily on urea for fertilising crops, resulting in environmental and economic impacts over time.
Experimenting with biogas from cactus
Cactus research in Jhansi aims to boost the production of the spineless fodder cacti to improve farmers’ income. A small-scale study with cactus slurry achieved up to 61% methane content in biogas production.
