Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
nature flourishes most alone, far from the towns where (humans) reside, wrote the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau. According to him, cities do not have an ecosystem of their own. Frederic Clements, the American plant ecologist went a step further and describes habitats as a series of closed loops that …
raccoons imported from North America as "cute and cuddly' pets have grown into a nightmare for ecosystems and the agriculture industry of Japan. The animals, who either escaped or were abandoned by their owners, have been observed breeding in Hokkaido, Gifu, Kyoto and Nara regions of Japan. In Kanagawa province, …
the us department for energy ( doe ), which has been raising money for its costly environmental cleanup of old bomb factories by leasing them to commercial tenants, may be exposing ordinary factory workers to excessive radiation, says a us -based environmental group, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. At …
it has long been assumed that while searching for nectar, the cabbage butterfly lights on random flowers. However, the butterfly is more selective than it would appear. It can remember the colour and shape of flowers that have provided an abundance of sweet liquid on previous landings, according to the …
unemployment , poverty, lack of capital and lax enforcement of laws are to blame for the poisoning of fish in Lake Victoria, environmental experts in Kenya say. The practice, which led to a ban on fish imports from Lake Victoria by the European Union, has jeopardised the country's us $109,375 …
Scientists are using the ability of bees to pick traces of dust and airborne particles to detect landmines. "Bees are like flying dust mops. Wherever they go, they pick up dust, airborne chemicals and other samples on their fuzzy, statically charged bodies,' says J Bromenshenik, bee expert at the University …
Scientists at the Max-Plank Institute in Mainz, Germany, have identified another culprit in ozone destruction. Removal of active nitrogen from the gas phase through aerosol-particle sedimentation (denitrification) can substantially increase ozone losses. A Waibel and his team have shown that this loss is particularly significant in the Arctic, where future …
Never before had anyone tried to carry out a chemistry experiment 3,600 metres under the sea. Scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California sent their robotic submarine Ventana down to the depths of the Pacific Ocean. It gently dropped an open four litre glass beaker on the …
Scientists at the Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC), Lucknow have patented an online water purification system that not only makes water free from bacteria in ten minutes but also removes toxic metals from it.
the city of Atlanta experienced a yellow deluge. Pollen, the male reproductive agent of plants from northern Georgia regularly poured over Atlanta with sticky mounds all over the city. The city was cleaned every evenings but the pollen was back the next morning. The city reached an all-time high of …
unpredictable stormy winters in northern Europe are known to put life out of gear. Now, their uncertainty may be a thing of the past because researchers in the uk have found a link between temperatures in the Atlantic and an atmospheric effect that influences European winters. Since the 1930s, climate …
the wetlands of east Calcutta have become focus of environmentalists in the recent past when the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation proposed to build a water park by filling up a 50-year-old bheri (shallow fish pond) off the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. The move is in complete violation of the West …
A study of ice cores from the Himalaya reveal a substantial rise in industrial pollution over the past few decades, claim some Chinese researchers. Ice cores from remote mountain areas are believed to contain accurate records of atmospheric concentrations over tens of thousands of years. Scientists from the Lanzhou Institute …
Farmers have a largely unappreciated friend. It is the Bat. At the Annual Walnut Research Conference in Bodega Bay, California, USA, researchers said that bats help to keep the skies above farms free of insect pests. One example is the codling moth, which causes considerable harm to pear, apple and …
Chicken and cow manure, old newspapers, straw and wood chips can be used to clean up land contaminated pesticides such as DDT, according to Canadian scientists at the Life Sciences firm Astra Zeneca. Finding a practical way to clean up contaminated land is tricky. Digging up soil and moving it …
A mono-pole magnetic device that reduces the level of noxious gases in exhaust fumes of vehicles has been patented by magnetizer Group Inc. of the U.S. In addition the device is claimed to improve the mileage by about 20 per cent. The launch of this device assumes importance in the …
The Eucalyptus tree has witnessed changing times in Ethiopia. Rulers may have come and gone, but the Eucalyptus still plays an active role in shaping the ecology. Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa looks like a verdant jungle from afar. That is why a Frenchman visiting the country this century suggested changing …
