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 […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University The environment has already been affected by global climate change. Glaciers have receded, ice on rivers and lakes has broken up earlier, plant and animal ranges have altered, and trees have begun to bloom earlier. Scientists are confident that global temperatures will continue to climb for decades to come, owing to […]
Mustafa Vora, DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai In a recent study, a team of researchers compiled the measurements of brain and body size of over 300 fossils of Homo around the globe with the world’s regional climate over the last million years. This study showed how the size of the brain and body fluctuated over […]
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 […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Precision Agriculture is a state-of-the-art technology that is transforming the agricultural industry, one challenge at a time. This technique precisely comprises using sensors to remotely monitor the status of a crop. Through specific measuring devices and their software, farmers, in real-time, can identify exactly when and […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University, Kolkata Microbes within the built environment are implicated as a feasible source of contagion and certain syndromes, like allergies, are related to increasing urbanization. It’s now evident that cities, generally, have a notion on human health, though the mechanisms of this impact are broadly variable and sometimes little understood. Indeed, our […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Sharks (Subclass: Elasmobranchii) are among those species that exhibit site fidelity, which means that no matter how far they migrate, they always find their way “home”(just like turtles). It has been speculated by scientists for some time now that migratory species like sharks can do this by using electrosensory organs […]
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 […]
-Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Researchers have identified how the slime mold Physarumpolycephalum saves memories – although it has no nervous system. A new study uncovers the surprising abilities of a highly dynamic, single-celled organism to store and retrieve information about its environment. This ability might be attributed to the body structure of the giant […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta The fractions of plastic debris that are less than 5 mm in the largest dimension or diameter are commonly referred to as microplastics. Microscopic plastic debris mainly results from the fragmentation of larger plastic debris that enters rivers and eventually reaches the oceans. Recent literature indicates that microplastic debris is […]
