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Wood omens: What will the forests of the future look like?

In experiments that mimic conditions of the near future, some trees look set to thrive. With others, it's now a case of learning all we can before they’re gone.

Pipes pump carbon into the air above a contained canopy, in an experiment underway in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. (Courtesy AmazonFACE)
Updated on Jun 14, 2025 04:40 PM IST
ByAnesha George

Brazil's Indigenous artists use film making to fight for rights

BRAZIL-INDIGENOUS/RIGHTS (FEATURE, PIX):FEATURE-Brazil's Indigenous artists use film making to fight for rights

Brazil's Indigenous artists use film making to fight for rights
Published on Apr 11, 2025 10:16 PM IST
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Ghost protocol: Wknd explores the growing threat to world’s uncontacted tribes

In a world of new needs and scarcities, conflict is escalating. The tussles are over rare metals, ores, timber, space – and the right to be left alone.

 (HT illustration: Puneet Kumar)
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 02:50 PM IST
ByNatasha Rego

The year ahead: A Nuclear solution?

This is today’s climate-tech paradox: Solutions that increasingly resemble the problems they claim to solve.

The year ahead: A Nuclear solution?
Published on Jan 01, 2025 02:21 PM IST
ByBinayak Dasgupta

‘Lung’ tests for the Amazon: A new study will measure carbon intake per plant

The findings could help climate scientists fine-tune their prediction models. And they could raise the rates at which carbon credits are sold.

The Amazon rainforest was one of the world’s largest carbon absorbers. It still releases 20 billion tonnes of water into the atmosphere a day, playing a crucial role in weather, carbon and water cycles. (Adobe Stock)
Updated on Dec 07, 2024 03:43 PM IST
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