To save the planet, first save elephants
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
A pioneer in fibre optics and two scientists who figured out how to turn light into electronic signals
Not many of the 100 heads of state who met in New York on 22 September will be around in 2050
Eminent agriculture scientist and chairman of the Punjab Farmers Commission, Dr GS Kalkat, will be honoured by the Punjab Young Farmers Association in recognition of his contribution towards diversification as well as social welfare of farmers in the state.
New Delhi: Qutub Minar will now come under intense scrutiny for keeping tabs on the extent of its tilt. After requests from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), a team of experts from Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee will arrive in Delhi next month and conduct a periodical study of the 13th century monument to assess the tilt and ensure it has not aggravated.
The underground fire in Kujju along the Ranchi-Patna highway (NH-33) has been tamed, well almost, claims Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), but it is still unclear whether the stretch is safe for traffic.
A Jammu-based agricultural scientist has warned farmers growing Bt cotton in Punjab and Haryana against complacency, as the cash crop could fall prey to various pests in the coming years.
Is coastal India going under
The moon is not, after all, as dry as dust. An American instrument on India
Scientists differ on the possibility of a massive earthquake in the NE region in near future, though the spectre of a massive earthquake, measuring 8 or above in the Richter Scale, has started haunting the popular psyche following the repeated incidents of tremors here. There is also a prediction that a massive earthquake is due in the region by 2010.
The ozone hole, which had caused serious environmental concerns, is shrinking and it could fully heal by the end of the century, bringing more rain to eastern Australia, scientists said on Wednesday.