Soya, soya complex With soyabean production booming in the Amazon basin of Brazil, extensive areas of rainforest have been converted into industrial soyabean farms. This fast rise in deforestation is making environmentalists see red.
Welcome sight The work in progress at the Hebbal Lake is truly heartening, writes Zafar Futehally.
Monsters of the deep A major Australian-led project of the International Polar Year will reveal the processes behind the evolution and survival of marine life in the Antarctic region, providing valuable information to scientists to predict how these organisms may respond to climate change.
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