Nature

December 01, 2022

Column | Painting with structural colours: A leaf out of nature’s book

Aside from their aesthetic value, structural colours hold great potential in terms of minimizing reliance on toxic, polluting paints.

November 28, 2022
China for pragmatic deal to conserve biodiversity

Originally set to be held in China's southwestern city of Kunming, the meeting, known as COP15, was relocated this year because of tough zero-COVID curbs.
November 19, 2022
COP27: Nations struggle to strike deal with summit in overtime

Officials from the European Union said they were worried about a lack of progress overnight and even the possibility of backsliding from parts of the COP26 climate deal agreed in Glasgow.
November 18, 2022
Column | Placemaking in the paddy fields

For centuries, rural Kerala's paddy fields have served as social spaces for children and adults alike long before the term "placemaking" became en vogue. The ubiquitous coconut palms line the narrow dykes that crisscross through a sea of paddy. The trickle of afternoon sunlight filtering
November 11, 2022
COP27: Promised funding fails, African nations to develop fossil fuel

Scientists say investment in fossil fuel must cease if there is any chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the point beyond which climate impacts are expected to worsen significantly.
November 10, 2022
Protesters at COP27 venue demand climate finance

'There’s no time anymore to keep coming to these COPs as an exercise when parties come in their private jets and are sponsored by Coca-Cola.' says South African activist, Zukiswa White.
November 09, 2022
Polluters must pay for climate change, poor nations tell rich at COP27

Small island states already buffeted by increasingly violent ocean storms and sea-level rise called on oil companies to shell out some of their huge recent profits.

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Column | Painting with structural colours: A leaf out of nature’s book

Meet the first generation of female Tholpaavakoothu artistes of Kerala | Onmanorama News Documentary

China for pragmatic deal to conserve biodiversity

COP27: Nations struggle to strike deal with summit in overtime

Column | Placemaking in the paddy fields

COP27: Promised funding fails, African nations to develop fossil fuel

Protesters at COP27 venue demand climate finance

Polluters must pay for climate change, poor nations tell rich at COP27

COP27: Nations agree to discuss climate compensation

Kannur dentist spots new damselfly species in Western Ghats

Brazil's Lula to attend COP27 climate change summit in Egypt