Protest against plant near Tanzania's Lake Natron
Plans to establish a soda-ash plant on the shores of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is facing strong opposition. Conservationists fear harm to the rare flamingo. The plant is to be set up by the
Plans to establish a soda-ash plant on the shores of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is facing strong opposition. Conservationists fear harm to the rare flamingo. The plant is to be set up by the
a scientific investigation by the Russian and Norwegian governments has found that radioactive contamination from the production of plutonium for the former Soviet Union's nuclear weapons was far
poachers are posing a threat to common coot, which is being sold for its meat. The bird, known as bhagatdo, is found on the periphery of Ajwa and Simda lakes in Vadodara. According to sources,
A two-member team of experts from the European Union (EU) has started inspection of the seafood processing units in Kerala as part of the move to review the EU ban on Indian marine-food exports.
Simple techniques can make villages self sufficient in water supply.
Already here! Chikungunya virus Mosquito borne fever, first seen along the shores of the great lakes of Africa. Was first reported along with a febrile illness in Kolkata in 1963. Resembles
Sundernagar: In the absence of any clear-cut policy thousands of water bodies in the hill state are either highly polluted or losing its character. The lack of awareness on the subject is further proving fatal, as it has been observed that at village-level water bodies are being destroyed, as residents consider them as unproductive and fill it with debris.
BERHAMPUR: Oil spill from a coal-laden ship at Gopalpur port on Monday night has triggered panic and environmental concern. Around nine tonnes of oil is spreading in the area. The slick has spread to Rushikulya mouth and there are apprehensions that it may enter Chilika posing danger to the marine life.
Pune: Several pumped storage hydro-electric projects, which can add almost 21,000 mW, are in a limbo because of the power deficit in the state. These projects can see the light of the day only after the power situation improves.
Tata Chemicals is getting considerable stick from conservation groups and environmentalists in Africa over its plan to set up a soda ash facility jointly with the Tanzanian government. It is being
Soil conservationist P R Mishra's search for the source of silt in the Sukhna Lake took him to Sukhomajri, a village in the denuded Shivalik hills.
<p>More scientific analysis required to reach any conclusion for the linkage of melting glaciers with global warming.
Toxic pesticides used by developing countries wing their way up to the Arctic region, affecting the Northern climes, and find their way into the human system through water, and some life-forms dependent on it. The situation is so alarming that some enviro
New study stresses air currents within clouds are crucial
A new range of optical switches would enhance the speed of data transmission
Muhammad Ali Shah has been crusading for the rights of fisherfolk for the past three decades. Presently he heads the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum PFF . He is perhaps the first civil society activist arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order MPO , a s
Water body and trees around the building provide cooling effect
Rising levels of nitrogen in soils are increasing global warming
Through many weary days and nights since March, the residents of a south Ecuadorean valley kept a wary eye on a landslide holding back the rain swollen Paute river. Then, at dawn one day, the dam broke...
The Supreme Court (SC) verdict and the Aquaculture Authority Bill (ABB) SC: Government of India shall constitute an Authority under the Environment protection Act, 1986. The Authority