Climate Change-Ready Rice Keeps Farmers’ Fields Fertile
NPR (National Public Radio) June 4, 2015 In southern Bangladesh, bright green rice paddies stretch into the distance. But in the village of Gholgholia, rice in one paddy grows unevenly. […]
Category Archives: Environment
Catching Waves and Turning Them Into Electricity
New York Times April 22, 2015 MELBOURNE, Australia — Off the coast of Western Australia, three big buoys floating beneath the ocean’s surface look like giant jellyfish tethered to the […]
Looks swell: A new project off the coast of Australia may make wave power a reality
The Economist March 14, 2015 | MELBOURNE | From the print edition NO LAND stands between Antarctica and Australia’s west coast—just a vast ocean, rippled and rocked by the Roaring […]
Bangladesh’s Vertical Gardens Thrive on Saline Land
Scientific American January 30, 2015 Saltwater is shrinking Bangladesh’s arable land, but a simple approach of planting crops in containers shows surprising success KHULNA, BANGLADESH—The soil in Chandipur village in southwest […]
Bangladesh’s Trained Fishing Otters Fade as Catches Dwindle
Voice of America KHULNA, BANGLADESH— In southwest Bangladesh, fishermen get help from unusual partners: river otters. For generations, fishermen have trained river otters to catch fish. But the rare tradition […]
Farming on Water to Prevent the Effects of Climate Change
The Floating Gardens of Bangladesh New York Times November 18, 2014 Photo Villagers in northwest Bangladesh tending a floating farm. Credit Amy Yee CHARBHANGURA, Bangladesh — Each year the brown […]
Airlines Fly the Skies on a Sugar High
New York Times October 7, 2014 The red-and-white Boeing 737 looked like any other plane on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport. But on a clear day last July, the […]
This Will All Be Underwater
Roads and Kingdoms July 30, 2014 Khulna, Bangladesh One afternoon three years ago, a tiger attacked Kamal Gazi as he was fishing on a riverbank in the mangrove forests of […]
A riverboat cruise into the mangrove forest of Bangladesh
Boston Globe February 15, 2014 KHULNA, Bangladesh — The riverboat nosed through the narrowing inlet as darkness descended. Inky masses of trees on the riverbank reached out over the water […]
India Increases Effort to Harness Biomass Energy
New York Times October 9, 2013 GHANAUR, India — THE hulking power plant set against the green countryside of Punjab state in northwest India does not look like a source of renewable […]
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