Flooding of Mala may soon be a thing of past
The age-old problem of flooding at Mala, the heritage emerald of Panjim, may finally find a solution at long last, through a revitalization plan of Mala Lake which also promises to make it a tourist
The age-old problem of flooding at Mala, the heritage emerald of Panjim, may finally find a solution at long last, through a revitalization plan of Mala Lake which also promises to make it a tourist
This Ganesh Chaturthi, Thane locals have come up with a novel alternatie to immerse Ganesha idols in a lake to prevent water pollution. Instead, the Ganesha idols are immersed in pools of rainwater
The Salt Lake civic body is grappling with mounds of medical waste alongside other garbage. High chances of contamination have forced the municipality to contemplate sterner steps. The municipality
Kumarakom, part of the greater Kuttanad region, is located in the western part of Kottayam district adjoining Vembanad Lake. The name Kumarakom is derived from the words "kuminja" and "akam", which
The largest ice shelf in the Arctic -- an 80-foot thick slab of ice nearly the size of Lake Tahoe -- is breaking up, providing more evidence that the Earth's polar regions are responding to ongoing
The birds no longer visit the Attidiya Bird Sanctuary. (Sri Lanka). The residents in the area sound deeply perturbed at the sight of the oily black water, now seen in the lake, polluted due to the
The stage is set for yet another showdown between the prawn farmers of the Chilika lake in Orissa and the Government, with the latter all geared up to renew its prawn gherry demolition drive. The
The European Parliament voted to create a system of smiling faces or "smileys," normally used in e-mails or text messages, to inform bathers of water cleanliness in the sea, lakes and rivers across
From the Great Lakes to the coast, our use of the land impacts major bodies of water. Whether it be the large freshwater lakes of the United States and Canada, the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean; or the other
The increasing population of Antarctic fur seals threatens the ecology of the region
A rush to extract methane from the depths of Africa's Lake Kivu could trigger a huge upwelling of suffocating gas, potentially affecting over 2 million people.
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Chandigarh, February 20 Officials of the UT forest department today found dead fish floating at the regulator end of the Sukhna Lake. Ecologists attribute the phenomenon to the rise in pollution. "A small number of fish have died apparently due to pollution. The possibility of the fish dying of a disease is remote for the number in that case would have been larger,' an official said.
Communities across the developing world have a wealth of local knowledge and ingenuity to adapt more successfully to climate change but they urgently need greater international support to unlock their
healing power: An Indian research team has been granted the rights to develop the curative potential of jamun (black plum fruit). The team has obtained a US patent on a compound extracted from
THE effect of dams on surrounding ecosystems could be traced even to the seas which receive the waters of dammed rivers. According to researchers from the University of Hamburg and the Baltic
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has finally ordered the closure of 38 hotels in the twin hill stations of Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani, located in an eco-sensitive zone. Mahabaleshwar
The centuries-old silver mines of Mexico are even today lethal traps of toxic mercury. Workers who helped recover mercury and silver from the over 400-year mine waste from around a dozen old Spanish
Evidence trawled from lake sediments in Sweden traces atmospheric lead pollution back to more than 2 millennia
UNRELENTING pressure from environmentalists in Udaipur finally seems to have forced the Rajasthan government's environment department to take action to stop the pollution of the city's lakes. After