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ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE Sinkholes, a fascinating feature of Earth Karst Topography

<p>In India karst topography is present in the Vindhya region (mainly southwestern Bihar), the Himalayas (parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Robert Cave, Sahasradhara, the eastern Himalayas, areas near Dehradun), Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh, the surrounding coast near Vishakhapatnam, and Bastar in Chhattisgarh (Sirisha P, undated).</p>

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ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE Coral Bleaching and Clive Wilkinson Report

<p>Corals can survive without the algae for short periods and revert back to original health with the re-entrance of the algae once the sea conditions return to normal, but if the stress factors stay longer, the corals begin to starve and die. The coral reefs, eventually, collapse due to erosion.</p>

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ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE Organic Cultivation- A Boon for Small Farmers

<p>India and China have about 40 centuries of organic farming as legacy, and statistical data shows that presently organic farming is carried out in 154 countries, with an ever-growing area of land under certified organic cultivation.</p>

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AGRICULTURE Debating the GM Crops Efficacy

<p>There has been a debate around GM crops for over a decade. While some want their use, there are differential views asking for clarity on issues of safety.</p>

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ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE Polarstern to study the Arctic Sea in a one year mission

In one of the most ambitious Arctic research expedition in history, Germany is going to sail its 120m-long research vessel, the Polarstern and allow it to drift into sea ice for a year-long expedition. The Mosaic (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) mission will be the first since Nansen’s as to understand

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ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE Barren Island volcano in the Andaman basin is active

Barren Island volcano, located 140 km Northeast of Port Blair, is active and spewing smoke and lava again as reported by a team of scientists from CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Goa. The scientific team led by Chief Scientist Dr Abhay V Mudholkar, on board CSIR-NIO’s research ship RV Sindhu Sankalp were busy collecting sea

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ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE Zealandia- The discovery of earth’s hidden continent

<p>The paper has been published in the journal of the Geological Society of America Geological Society of America’s Journal, GSA Today, New Zealand is not just a few small islands at the bottom of the world. It is actually part of a fairly large continent 94% of which is under the sea.</p>

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MEDIA Science Express Train- To cover 34 cities in India

<p>Science Express is a unique mobile science exhibition displayed on a 16 coach AC train which has been custom made and built by the Indian Railways for the Department of Science and Technology (DST).</p>

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CLIMATE CHANGE A list of Extreme Weather Events which occurred in 2016

<p>Heat Waves are considered as a prolonged period of excessively hot temperature, accompanied by high humidity. Following states underwent this extreme weather event in 2016.</p>

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POPULATION Life-saving coronary stents have been made affordable

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