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Akshay Heblikar
About the AuthorAkshay Heblikar
Bengaluru environmentalist and director of Eco Watch
    These forests bring a lot of rain from the Arabian sea and distribute this precipitation over a large area of forest and surrounding lands.Opinion
    Can we live without our forests?

    Major rivers originate from these forests including the Cauvery, Krishna, Mahadai, Kali, Malaprabha and Ghataprabha.

    23 Nov 2019 2:20 AM IST

    In India the biggest and most harmful source of toxic air pollutants is the open burning of waste that emits dioxins, furans, carbon monoxide, particulates, black carbon, etc.Opinion
    Will climate change cause humans to become extinct?

    There are various types of pollutants that are very harmful to humans and they need to be addressed on priority.

    9 Nov 2019 2:38 AM IST

    Keep night ban, declare Bandipur a natural heritage siteNation
    Keep night ban, declare Bandipur a natural heritage site

    The Bandipur Tiger Reserve should be left alone from any form of human interventions so as to retain and bring back the...

    5 Oct 2019 1:13 AM IST

    India’s plastic problem: The change begins with usNation
    India’s plastic problem: The change begins with us

    Recent surveys have projected that almost 155 million tons of plastics are produced each year.

    21 Sept 2019 2:47 AM IST

    Flood of woes: Rain leaves destruction, disease in its wakeNation
    Flood of woes: Rain leaves destruction, disease in its wake

    In fact flash floods, with very little or just no warning, kills more people than gradually riverine flooding.

    7 Sept 2019 3:31 AM IST

    Ring of fire: Amazon is burning, we’re to blameNation
    Ring of fire: Amazon is burning, we’re to blame

    A vast majority of the fires across the Amazon are anthropogenic an because of the invasion of its pristine lands.

    24 Aug 2019 3:20 AM IST

    Floods, an unavoidable part of development?Nation
    Floods, an unavoidable part of development?

    Well, to begin with, there are several causes of floods and they differ across geographical regions.

    10 Aug 2019 2:39 AM IST

    Ecoistic – Hunger Games: Climate change and agricultureNation
    Ecoistic – Hunger Games: Climate change and agriculture

    If this challenge is not addressed immediately, the situation could easily get out of hand, leading to widespread chaos.

    27 July 2019 2:40 AM IST

    City needs Blue belt, its lakes, tanksOpinion
    City needs Blue belt, its lakes, tanks

    The lakes have also served to replenish groundwater resources.

    13 July 2019 2:07 AM IST

    Bioaccumulation: There’s something in the airNation
    Bioaccumulation: There’s something in the air

    Aerosol formation is another significant impact of air pollution, which is formed by the dispersion of solid or liquid...

    1 Jun 2019 3:16 AM IST

    Climate change and MonsoonLifestyle
    Climate change and Monsoon

    Climate change in different regions has been occurring also because of vast changes in land use.

    18 May 2019 2:27 AM IST

    Climate change to aggravate water scarcityNation
    Climate change to aggravate water scarcity

    It has been observed that global mean sea level has risen by nearly 1.0 meter since the beginning of the twentieth...

    4 May 2019 2:19 AM IST

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