Every ecosystem, at the end of the day, is governed by the environmental factors that exist there. This, I’ve mentioned time and again. How intricate is this relationship? Take a look! One single dam can alter the geomorphic (or landscape or environmental) factors of the entire floodplain. These […]
A river’s life has one purpose: Find a way to flow to the sea with the least amount of effort. This condition of “least effort” is the river’s equilibrium state. Often, this state is not achieved for hundreds or thousands of years since the origination of the river… […]
Ecosystems interacting between themselves is a fascinating process to study. What fascinates me about this subject is the sheer variety of interactions that can be produced between any two ecosystems. The interaction between an ecosystem and its environmental factors are also of interest within this field of ecology. […]
Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister called Dams the temples of Modern India. This was a time when dams were a novelty, and everything was hunky dory. People could see only benefits and the high points that the dam offered (figuratively and literally). It was “the solution” to […]