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I happened to attend, recently, a jan sunwai peoples court on water, convened by the National Federation of Indian Women. Women came from over 15 states to report on the state of their water.
I happened to attend, recently, a jan sunwai peoples court on water, convened by the National Federation of Indian Women. Women came from over 15 states to report on the state of their water.
Latest NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) satellite maps reveal that most of the world's glaciers are shrinking. Rick Wessels of the US Geographical Survey, based in Arizona,
Oriya film maker Prithwiraj Mishra's documentary is impressive for its photography, but he fails to deal convincingly with the question of the future of the lagoon.
food Light too affects drinks Conventional methods to test the shelf life of products, say on retail displays, focus on heat and ignore the effect of light. Scientists exposed a soft drink containing saffron to different levels of light at rising temperatures. They found that the beverage grew lighter in colour as the intensity of the light increased, confirming that light can cause a
How excess nutrients can kill a lake
As the Tatas try to counter public opposition to their prawn farm, the environment ministry looks on passively.
healthy milk: Consuming non-fat (skimmed) milk products can halve the risk of hypertension, claims a study by scientists at the University of Navarra, Spain, and Alvaro Alonso, a researcher in the
Tata Power Ltd, with agressive growth plans, is in the process of conducting a feasibility study for a 500-mw power plant at Ville, near the TPC-owned Bhivpuri lake (Bhivpuri lake is behind the
The Chilika lake is still dying. But there are indications that once the Ramsar International Mission submits its report, the lagoon may be out of the Montreaux Record. The joint secretary, union
It's kiddie power that is surging forward to save Powai lake and its surroundings from turning into a commercial hub, on Chilren's Day. More than 500 children will gather on the banks of the lake to
Pollution may soon kill South America's largest lake Maracaibo (Venezuela). The lake is forested with oil derricks, crowded with tankers, and saturated with sewage and chemicals. "The toxic level is
Even before the Pollution Control Board could come out with details behind the death of 40 migratory birds in Lingambudhi lake, another four birds were found dead at the lake on
- Shimmering between the Siberian taiga and the mountainous Mongolian border, Lake Baikal is the crescent-shaped jewel in Russia's rusting ecological crown. The world's deepest, oldest major lake is
Shimmering between the Siberian taiga and the mountainous Mongolian border, Lake Baikal is a crescent-shaped jewel in Russia's rusting ecological crown.The world's deepest, oldest major lake is home
Kolleru is clinically dead, if the finding of a recent research study on the Asia's largest freshwater lake is taken into account. Several studies in the past had revealed that the lake was polluted
Boatmen of the Dal Lake have set a condition to political parties if they want them to vote in the coming elections: clean the picturesque lake which is in danger of being destroyed. There are more
Asia's largest brackish water lake, Chilka, is under threat due to large-scale 'fishy' operation by 'prawn mafia' in and around the lake. By encroaching over thousands of acres of land and water area
A toxic blue-green algal bloom is spreading across the Gippsland lakes (Australia), with signs being erected from Metung to Lakes Entrance warning against swimming and fishing. The bloom, so far
A toxic blue-green algal bloom is spreading across the Gippsland lakes (Australia), with signs being erected from Metung to Lakes Entrance warning against swimming and fishing. The bloom, so far
Mansar lake, 56 km east of Jammu, is probably the only sweet water lake in the entire world which has a huge population of turtles, according to Sadiq Ali, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly