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We all are losers or winners
What happens when you see a sudden wide crack on the wall at home? Or, you notice that a tap is leaking? The paint peeling off, the roof plaster falling off? You rush off to get a builder to check and do the needful. Right? But when the bigger home, our planet, cries for attention…
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One-third of all species threatened with extinction!
If you have ever felt happy listening to a birdcall or seeing a flash of crimson in a bleak desert landscape, you are in for some depressing news from the IUCN. Three out of five of the bird species have declining populations. IUCN’s latest Red List puts a third of the tropical birds on the…
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Blame the heat on the education system
Whether one talks of urban heat islands or global warming, the prime cause is consumption. Unless consumption can be reduced drastically, there is not much hope. Every summer we fume and fret, chasing the mercury daily and comparing notes. This summer too. In Bengaluru, March has notched two degrees higher than ever. What will April…
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Bengaluru can have water surplus, says scientist
A combination of rainwater harvesting and treated wastewater can easily provide more than the requirement of the city, says Dr T V Ramachandra. This is a person who knows what he speaks. He has, for the past couple of decades and more, worked extensively and researched on many related areas of energy, urban planning, lakes…
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Every drop adds up
Every drop adds up The clothes you wear, the food you eat, and food you waste, the way you travel and the way you build your home, everything has a direct impact on the planet’s climate. Choose to make a change that can help the 8.7 million species on earth. As the planet spirals into…
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Where tigers swim and roots stand up
Where tigers swim and roots stand up People in this delta, second only to the Amazonian one, struggle for a living caught between furious storms and a rising sea. The saving grace, mangroves, is fast disappearing. A long-dreamt journey to the Sundarbans ended up, not with sightings of the ‘cunning’ tigers but adventures of another…
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