The imposition of Emergency this day in 1975 was a Black Day<br />in democracy, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi said today.

Researchers at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have developed an innovative and scalable approach to assess soil degradation across semi-arid ...

ICRISAT scientists have introduced a fast and cost-effective method to map soil degradation in semi-arid zones using ...

The newly released revised Green India Mission (GIM) plan puts the spotlight on restoring vulnerable landscapes. But what is ...

Large Area Soil Moisture Variations in Response to Cyclone Phailin in Eastern India Abstract: In October 2013, a very severe cyclonic storm Phailin that originated from a remnant cyclonic circulation ...

Shrikrishna Sadashivrao Shinde, a mechanical engineer turned organic sugarcane farmer from Latur, Maharashtra, revolutionized ...

Kenya's Masai Mara Great Migration, a spectacle of 1.5 million wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles, is a Seven Natural Wonders ...

Phylogenetic surveys of soil ecosystems have shown that the number of prokaryotic species found in a single sample exceeds that of known cultured prokaryotes. Soil metagenomics, which comprises ...

More than 40 million people in the U.S. were under heat alerts Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

With cots, nightly vigils and dogs, farmers are struggling to guard their fields from round-the-clock invasions.