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Lankan scientists, others to study climatic changes

THE FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF MAHINDRA United World College of India have created a unique biodiversity park and reserve spread over 170 acres in Pune. Inaugurated on 9 February, the project aims to enhance the flora and fauna in the reserve on the Western Ghats, which itself is a global biodiversity hotspot. The second part of the project covers about 95 acres and consists of a conservation reserve. The forest department will add 80 acres of forest land to the reserve.

it is believed when invasive species are introduced in an area they inhibit the growth of local plants by producing chemicals. There is another recent theory that suggests that invasives work by

Carbon dioxide has a bearing on food supply. For example, some cereals are specifically adapted to low concentrations of carbon dioxide. Pascal-Antoine Christin and colleagues from the University of

Trees are not very effective as carbon sinks trees may not be the insurance against global warming we all thought they were. Their ability to store carbon dioxide has diminished due to rise in

an important tree species is fast disappearing in the Western Ghats. A