Earth

There are two unique evolutionary characteristics in human childhood. First, human children take a longer time to acquire the physical and reproductive capacity of adults,…
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In general, the use of groundwater for drinking water supply is preferred, because groundwater is well protected. Surface water can be polluted by discharge of wastewater…
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Meteorites can record ancient magnetic fields when they form. These recordings of ancient magnetic fields can be retained for billions of years and can survive…
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More than one-third of the Earth’s land surface is arid and semiarid lands with meager rainfall. At present, more than one billion people inhabit these…
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Soil carbon (C) and nutrients are fundamental to forest biodiversity and function. Forest degradation has led to the reduction in soil C and nutrients in…
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Rivers carry a cocktail of substances, mostly invisible to the naked eye, that tells a story about its history and the land that it flows…
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From hundreds of thousands of Rohingya seeking shelter in Bangladesh to Australia’s brutal offshore detention of people whose arrival it seeks to block, there is…
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In the Arabian Peninsula Oman shines out as a pure gem where you will witness the natural beauty as well as man-made progress to keep…
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The central Andean highlands of Peru and Bolivia is one of only a few regions of the world where native plants and animals were independently…
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Germplasm banks (ex situ conservation in case of recalcitrant seeds) play an essential role to protect and maintain the genetic diversity of any crop and…
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The escape of genes from crop species to their wild relatives has been a central debate since the commercialization of transgenic crops, more than two…
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