Step well in Delhi Ugrasen ki Baoli. The shallow aquifer responds to rains and the step well has water .

A recharge well at work

The aquifer of life

Lines

A measure of rain

Usha

A recharge well gets dug , to place filtered rainwater into the shallow aquifer.

Close encounters of the third kind

The walk

Helsinki

Blue and yellow

The Bengaluru touch

The circus is in town and the clown is in charge.

Blue banded bee and brinjal flower.

Eat your veggies, beans, and whole grains! Among the many key insights from this global-scale study is how a fiber-rich diet promotes Faecalibacterium spp., which break down the fiber to short-chain fatty acids protective vs. disease-associated 𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 and 𝘒𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Blue banded bee

Semi arid landscape , result lakes, apply silt in farmers fields, drip irrigation system , deepen wells , clean feeder channels to lakes. One step to rural prosperity.

Nihil sub sole novum

Strongu Lessu Strong filter coffee with less sugar.

Play misty for me. Delhi tonight .

It's great to see so many people on Bluesky excited about the #AGU24 meeting! For those who haven't attended, it's the Earth's largest gathering of Earth and space scientists. The talks--and the shopping--are out of this world.

The beautiful Blue Mormon is here. After feeding the caterpillar a couple of lemon trees this is the final package.

Occam’s razor

A winter evening . Dal lake.

Bhopal . A winters day.

In the era of global warming , restoring local water systems is crucial to building resilience.

Reflections of a time past

Groundwater and paddy

Wow

New trove of early Jurassic fossils called the Yuzhou Biota, located in northern Chongqi, China. Lacustrine paleoenvironment with organisms ranging from primary producers to fish (and lungfish) to sharks to pliosauroids. 🧪⚒️ Ren et al. 2024 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

The beautiful Dhaula Kuan in Delhi . An old heritage well needing attention . Dhaula or white water thanks to Calcium and lime deposits in soil.

On the work to revive a landscape in partnership with those who live on and off the land.

Sun temple at Modhera

Stepwell at Patan . One of the most ornate and deepest.

Conversations on water

A stepwell from the 11th century

Art deco

A beginning