Science Reporter - June 2014
NISCAIR | ISSN: 0036-8512 | PDF | 64 pages (with ads) | 34.1 mb 
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/28932
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Science Reporter is an old monthly Indian magazine on popular science which is now in its 51st year of publication.

Cover Story
Water Footprint: Time to Reducethe Impact pg 12
monika kaul
With awareness of the water footprint, effort can be made to change consumption patterns and reduce exploitation of water

Articles
Pulicat Lake - An Ecosystem Under Threat pg 18
v. kannan & j. pandiyan
Pulicat Lake of Andhra Pradesh is under threat due to various reasons
Conserving the Vellayani Lake pg 22
biju dharmapalan
Vellayani Lake is under serious threat due to several anthropogenic factors
Energy from Mounds of Waste pg 26
Kirti Bansal
Managing solid waste is increasingly becoming a technological and social challenge
Planet in Peril: POPs! pg 37
ashwani sharma
Persistent Organic Pollutants are found in air, water and soil. The Stockholm Convention seeks to regulate their production.
Fuel of the Future pg 41
monika dalal
Ethnaol from lignocellulosic biomass provides a green energy alternative for fossil fuel

Interview
Gregory V. Jones speaks about climate change pg44 and its effects on viticulture jaimini sarkar

Report
Anil Agarwal Dialogue on Energy Access and Renewable Energy pg 52
kirti bansal

Fiction
Is This Taxonomy? pg 46
jayaditya purkayastha

Short features
Climate Change - Redefining Disease Prevalence in Agriculture Pg 32
aniruddha maity and pragati pramanik
Environmental Challenges for Animals pg 34

DEPARTMENTS
REACTIONS....................6
EDITORIAL.....................7
SPECTRUM.......................8
PUZZLE CORNER.............. 50
INDIAN SCIENTISTS........54
ANIMAL BYTES.............56
FUN QUIZ...................58
WHAT'S NEW..............60
CROSSWORD..............61