Rohan Chakravarty's Blog, page 35

Documentary Tigress

A World Tiger Day special from my Roundglass Sustain column.

Lake Baikal

What keeps the cold waters of Russia's Lake Baikal so fresh? Two aquatic invertebrates: the Baikal Sponge and the Baikal Copepod! Comic from my column with The Hindu.

This Week's Environmental Headlines

Climate emergency and Zero Waste Zinda. Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day.

Amazing Defences of the Indian Moon Moth

On the Indian Moon Moth or Luna Moth for National Moth Week, from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Bagworm Moth Caterpillar

A National Moth Week lesson from the Bagworm Moth caterpillar. Cartoon from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Benefits of Seaweed Culture

Some benefits of seaweed culture: comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day. While seaweed does have immense potential to be the future of sustainable agriculture, the current commercial extraction of seaweed, mainly focussed on agar-yielding varieties, is extractive, unsustainable and exploitative to the workers employed in this industry. As researcher and seaweed gardener Gabriella D'cruz rightly points out, India needs to arm itself with more effective policy around seaweed farming, to reap the true benefits of this bounty.
Follow Gabriella's initiative 'The Good Ocean' to know more about seaweed culture trends in India. 

Heat Waves and Fossil Fuel Corporations

Heat waves, climate change, fossil fuels and accountability. Cartoon from my Sunday Mid-Day column.

Bats and Booze

Booze: one of the many things humanity owes bats deference and gratitude for! Comic from my column with Roundglass Sustain. 

Assassin Bug

Meet the Assassin Bug, renowned among insect lovers for being an ambush predator of other insects. Cartoon from my column with . 

Oil Spills and the Fossil Fuel Industry

Oil spills and the fossil fuel industry. Cartoon from my column with The Hindu.