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
As researchers find more uses for data, informed consent has become a source of confusion. Something has to change.
Scientists at the city-based National Geophysical Research Laboratory (NGRI) are optimistic that if water conserving measures such as rainwater harvesting are put in place in a joint venture of citizens and civic bodies, the monsoon will be enough to ensure the city does not experience another parched summer. Dr Shakeel Ahmed of the Indo French Centre for Groundwater Research said, “Even though it is too early to predict the impact of the monsoon on groundwater levels, if it continues on the same scale, we are sure we won’t have to suffer next summer.”
London: Scientists have used genome sequencing technology to control an outbreak of the superbug MRSA in a study that could point to faster and more efficient treatment of a range of diseases. The work
PANJIM: The National Fish-workers Forum has hit out against diesel subsidies being given to large fishing vessels such as bottom trawling vessels, saying that a subsidy meant for the traditional communities
Scientists are trying to find out why 119 bottlenose dolphins became stranded and died along the Texas coast in recent months, looking at possibilities ranging from algae blooms to oil pollution. The
New Delhi, June 11: A physicist in Calcutta and a graduate student in Bangalore who jointly simulated the solar interior on computers have discovered that the Sun has a short memory — only about five years.
Tech Will Pave Way For Repairing Or Replacing Broken Bones With New Ones London: Scientists have succeeded in growing human bone from stem cells in a laboratory, which they claim may eventually pave the
The reconstituted leather developed in the last five to six months at CLRI Leather waste can now be put to use for making chappal upper, children's footwear and light leather consumer products such
Coral - Rekindling Venus by Australian filmmaker Lynette Wallworth, released at the Nehru Planetarium here on Wednesday, throws light on the coral ecosystem and its role in combating global warming. The film was released in full dome planetariums worldwide, including Mumbai, to mark the Transit of Venus and World Environment Day. It depicts the life cycle of a coral through vivid footage of fluorescent coral reefs as well as bioluminiscent sea creatures and other rare marine life most threatened by climate change due to warming sea temperatures.
As the government battles to save hydro-electric projects along the upper reaches of the Ganga from stiff opposition of religious activists, scientists from the National Environmental Engineering Research