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The world needs to make the extinct woolly mammoth a protected species

As Siberian permafrost melts, preserved mammoths bearing huge tusks have been unearthed. Grade And the market for mammoth ivory is only expanding.

India will restore 50 lakh hectares of barren land for cultivation by 2030, says Javadekar

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar says the target is in addition to India’s pledge to restore 13 mn hectares of degraded land by 2020.

Many reasons to be appalled by Amazon fires but depleting oxygen supply not one of them

Even a huge increase in forest fires would produce changes in oxygen that are difficult to measure. There’s enough oxygen in the air to last for millions of years.

Extinction is normal but plants going extinct 350 times faster should alarm us

Earth is seeing an unprecedented loss of species, which some ecologists are calling a sixth mass extinction. More recently, 571 plant species were declared extinct.

India wants international curbs on timber trade lifted, says woodwork industry suffering

As Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna meets in Geneva, India to urge it to delist timber as exotic & endangered species.

Human beings are pushing larger animals like rhinos & elephants to extinction faster

The future belongs to smaller, faster, more fecund, more generalist and preferentially insect-eating species.

India needs farming overhaul as Northeast and J&K get hotter, Gujarat & Rajasthan colder

IMD study analyses climate change in 127 ‘agroclimatic’ zones, says Northeast, J&K getting hotter and Gujarat, Rajasthan colder.

Crisis no one is talking about: India’s water stress nearing Day Zero, when taps run dry

The World Resources Institute's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas has ranked India 13 on its list of "extremely highly" water stressed countries, citing its population.

Technology companies should slow rush to mine the deep seas

Researchers have warned that loss of metal-rich rocks could cause changes that will last over geologic timescales & impact food chains beyond the deep seafloor.

If climate change doesn’t slow down, many bird species will be on brink of extinction

A new study has found that birds are changing their reproduction and migration patterns to cope with the climate crisis but not fast enough.

On Camera

Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?