FROM THE GARDEN OF
BOTANY
extends beyond its namesake plant, & includes
other legumes grown for human consumptions.
This means kudzu’s impact is not only native
ecosystems but agricultural productivity as well.
PLANT THAT ATE THE SOUTH’
BOOSTING
CARBO
The main problem with kudzu is that it changes
the rate at which the carbon remains logged
away in the soil. It changes the degradation rate
of the organic matter.
SOME FUN
PLANTS
N POLLUTION
A plant called the scourge of the south has the
new strike against it. Recent research shows
that the impact of the invasive species in
question, kudzu, is more troublesome than had
been previously thought. When it takes over
ecosystem this invader causes soils to surrender
their carbon & release it as green house gas .
Kudzu is one of the most impressive invasive
species in the world. Introduced to the US as a
handful of plants in 1876, this invader now
occupies over 3meter hectares of land in the
US.
It is a member of a legume family of plants- like
beans- & grows in a wine- like manner, laying
down roots whenever it comes in to contact
with the ground. Originally introduced as an
ornamental plant & then for livestock feed &
erosion control, it has since over run entire
ecosystems, destroying native long needled
pine forest, woodlots, & grasslands alike.
In addition to the damage it inflicts by
overwhelming other plants, kudzu has indirect
effects aswell. Most notably, it carries the kudzu
bug. This foul smelling insect is also an invasive
species. Unfortunately the kudzu bugs ‘ taste
FACTS
ABOUT
 TORENIA, a shade loving annual, is
called the wish bone flower.
 BAMBOO is the fastest growing woody
plant in the world. It can grow 35 inches
in a single day.
 During the 1600s, Tulips were so
valuable in Holland that their bulbs
were worth more than gold. The craze
was called Tulipmania, & cost the crash
of the Dutch economy. Tulips can
continue to grow as much as an inch
per day.
 Small pockets of air inside cranberries
cause them to bounds & float in water.
 The average strawberry has 200 seeds.
It’s the only fruit that bears its seeds on
the outside.
 Sulphuric compounds are to blame for
cut onions bringing tears in your eyes.
 Cranberries, concord grapes, &
blueberries are three popular fruits
native to North America.
 A sunflower looks likeone large flower,
but each head composed of 100s of tiny
flowers called florets, which ripen to
become the seeds.
 Snapdragon flowers resemble a dragon,
& if you squeeze the sides, the dragons
mouth will appear to open & close.
BIOTECH-LAB
MICRO-LAB
EBOLA OUTBREAK IN WEST
AFRICA
JET LAG UPSETS GUT MICROBES
The latest Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa
has been described by the who as the largest,
most severe & most complex outbreak in the
history of disease.
The epidemic began at the end of 2013, in
Gunea. From where it spread to Liberia, Nigeria
& Senegal. Many of the affected countries face
enormous challenges in stopping its spread &
providing care for all patients.
1000s of people have died & many are at risk as
the fatality rate from this virus is very high. As
the crises worsens, as well as the enormous
health challenges involved, the social &
economical consequences may set these
countries back, reversing some gains a number
of countries have made in recent year.
Jet lag may be as disorienting to the microbes
that inhibit the human intestinal tract as it is to
the human , according to a new study of how
disturbances to the circadian clock can impact
the gut microbiome. Researchers in Israel have
shown, in both mice and humans, that the
bacterial assemblages inhabiting the digestive
tract are vulnerable to the ravages of circardian
rhythm alteration. & when the gut microbiome
is disrupted, they found a suite of maladies,
including glucose in tolerance & obesity, result.
Immunologist Eran Elinav of the Weizmann
Institute of Science in Rehovot let a team of
researcher that subjected mice to a disruption
in their sleep cycle that mimicked jet lag from
an 8hr. time difference in human & surveyed
changes to their gut microbes.
The researchers ,also studied the microbiota of
two people who flew from the US to Israel, &
found similar compositional & functional
changes.
When Elinav & his colleagues transferred jet
lagged microbes from either mice or humans in
to germ free mice, the rodents became more
susceptible to glucose intolerance & diabetes.
SUGAR-SWEETENED
SODA CONSUMPTION
Sugar sweetened soda consumption might
promote disease independently from its role in
obesity, according to US san francisco
researcher who found in a new study that
drinking sugary drink was associated with cell
aging. Regular consumption of sugar
sweetenedsoda.
BY JYOTI KIRAN BARA
The human microbiomes that change in
response to jet lag did, however, return to
normal 2weeks after their flights. But frequent
air travel or other activities that disrupt sleep/
wake cycles, such as shift work could make the
disruption & their resultant health
problems,chronic.
RICHA SHARMA
ZOOLOGICAL PARK
rock bed and the mineral particles then
go into the water where they become
SUBGLACIAL ECOSYSTEM
available for chemical and biological
alteration
“Christner said”.
 Whether larger organisms also exist in
these sub glacial environments remains
to be seen. “If we found nematodes or
tardigrades that would be huge amazing,
“Christner told the BBC. “We have no
evidence that they are down there and
perhaps Willans is just too extreme for
them. It’s ok for microorganisms but the
energy flows may simply not be there
for these higher life forms.
In January 2013, a team of us based researchers
announced that it had successfully extracted
liquid water from the lake Whillans, which lies
800 meters (2,624 feet) beneath the Western
Antarctic ice sheet. A week later, preliminary
reports told of microbial life that was alive and
metabolizing energy. Now, publishing in nature
the researchers’ present confirmation that such
life not only exists in the sub glacial lake but is
highly abundant.
 “The number of microorganisms we saw
in the water was very comparable with
what you’d find in a typical surface lake
or in the ocean. Microbiologist and lead
author Brent Christner of Louisiana state
university in Baton Rouge told Science
News.
 A Russian team is working on a similar
project at Antarctica’s sub glacial lake
Vostoc , but some have questioned
whether the evidence of life the
researchers found in their sample were
due to surface contamination. The
current study of lake Whillans
“contained far fewer , if any surface
contaminants because of ultra clean
drilling methods employed to get down
through the ice the lake body. “BBC
NEWS REPORTED”.
Because little light reaches the depths of
these sub glacial lakes, the ecosystems
that exist in these environments must
derive energy from another source. “To
have an ecosystem, it has to be filled”,
Christner told the BBC. He and his
colleagues suggest that inorganic
compound such as ammonium nitrate
and sulfides may serve this function. “
The action of the ice sheet pulverizes the
BY DEEPIKA CHANDEL
B.Sc. V SEM
SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS
1.
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3.
4.
5.
6.
Ants better than the google search
engine at processing information.
The cheetah is not the fastest
terrestrial animal.(it’s the SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA MITE: Paratarsotomus
macropalpis.
HUMAN hair can be used for making
jewelry boxes , mirrior frames and
combs.
Discovery of a new planet named
MEGA EARTH not in our solar system.
A new machine that can extract
images from people’s brain and
display them on a screen.
Human blood can be prepared in
.
laboratories
BY JYOTI KIRAN BARA
PENNING POETRY
RECENT ACTIVITY
T o get to the following words, I don’t had to
write the theme, just a single thought is to be
kept in mind and that thought is –“YOU ARE A
GIRL !!!!!!!“ and you will automatically grab it
all:
I am not a toy , to play for others,
I have my own , only my mother,
I am not a burden, on anyone else,
Not even a piece of cloth , for those who dwells,
Just one needs to understand the purity ,
I even don’t need anyone’s clarity ,
Those “few guys”have sold their sole,
Who tried the pretty princess’s life to stole.
Let this world for we all, a melodious tune,
Not a shining , scortching 48 degree celcius
afternoon!
And at last , a brief line to tell , we want a happy
life , not a grief voice to yell.
For them all , I don’t want to be a murdering
sample,
I WILL FIGHT , WILL BE MY “GUIDE”, A RULER
AND AN EXAMPLE!!!!!
NEHA SINGH PANWAR
B. Sc. SEMV
TRAINING COURSE ON
ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION IN
ENVIRONMENT PLANNING $
COORDINATION , BHOPAL (EPCO)
It was summarized that its our
attitude that makes our life 100%.
Therefore to have a green and pollution
free environment , make your attitude
positive.
RICHA SHARMA
B.Sc. SEM