Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Quest for creatures A team of wildlife researchers went on an expedition to Amazon forests. The study was carried out by NatureFirm, an eDNA company. It was headed by Kate Bruce who carried out the study for the charity World Wildlife Fund(WWF) The goal was to look for pink river […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Environmental impacts on wildlife There has been an unexpected change in the environment such as severe climatic changes, and the destruction and fragmentation of habitat, due to recent human activity. These also include the discharge of novel substances to the environment with the capacity to affect the physiology, behaviour, and […]
Esha Mukherjee, Amity University Noida Monocultures now dominate arable land, with enormous swaths of land dedicated to a single, high-yielding elite variety. However, planting only one type of crop on the arable ground has its drawbacks: these regions are easy prey for fungal and insect pests, posing a threat to agriculture. Farmers must utilize resistant […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata The world has seen a revolution in the ability to engineer biology and create living systems with novel functions over the last few decades. Nonetheless, several obstacles continue to obstruct our ability to fully exploit biology’s potential. These are a consequence of the fact that individuals cannot engineer the elements […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata We have been exploiting and destroying our planet’s ecosystem for a long time. In every three seconds, the world loses enough forest equivalent to a football pitch. 50% of our coral reefs have already been lost and by 2050 an estimate of 90% of the coral reefs could be lost. Due […]
Samreek Bhatta, Delhi Public School Megacity, Kolkata What is Biological Diversity? Biological diversity (commonly called biodiversity) is often understood to be a wide array of flora, fauna, and microorganisms, but it also includes genetic differences within species — for instance, variations among varieties of crops, different breeds of livestock, the variety of ecosystems, etc. It […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Accelerated climate change due to global warming is a well-known reality today. While the concept of climate change is unknown to few, there remain many grey areas about the effects of this ongoing phenomenon. This calls for rigorous research and the same is currently being done all over the world […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Insects come under the Phylum Arthropod, ironically the largest phylum in the Animal Kingdom. Over the past several decades the number of species has declined. Initially, it was believed that this was happening due to habitat loss or excessive use of pesticides, but it came off as a bit of […]
