Nature-based solutions have a resoundingly positive impact both for the planet and for local communities in developing countries. (Picture courtesy: IE) It’s not a big secret that the future of our planet desperately needs to be conserved and safeguarded, because of the ongoing climate changes that are already wreaking havoc on our natural environment. Nature … Read more
The study, which was published in Nature, looked at the immune responses to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. (Picture courtesy: IE) A recent study by the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that Covid-19 vaccine’s second dose provides broad antiviral protection by inducing a powerful boost to a part of the immune system. Stanford Medicine said in … Read more
Biodiversity is, in a nutshell, all life on Earth. It’s all the animal and plant species, how they coexist within our ecosystems, and the benefits we get from it all. For example, rivers and streams deliver flowing water; insects pollinate crops; livestock graze on grass; we eat fish from the ocean. Weather patterns and global … Read more
Yellowstone National Park: “Yellowstone visitation statistics for October 2020.” Environmental Research: “Blue space, health and well-being: A narrative overview and synthesis of potential benefits.” Scientific Reports: “Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing.” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: “Effects of Walking in Bamboo … Read more
Sudeepa Nair, in her debut novel, ‘The Serpents of Kanakapuram’ introduces readers to the importance of sustaining protected ecosystems for Nature and in particular, serpents. With the festive season starting in October, mythological fiction and mystery novels are increasingly gaining popularity with Indian readers. For writers, mythological fiction inspires them to retell stories with their … Read more
Even if the value of some provisioning ecosystem service, like logwood and fish, are embedded in measures of GDP, more important services like ecological resilience and benefits from diversity of life forms are often ignored. SynopsisThe current pandemic has made evident the extent of global interconnectness between our economies, health, environments and, more broadly, our … Read more