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 …
This time, there are no excuses. It was not climate change, not a meteor and not global warming. Humans, and not any other agent, may have pushed Genyornis , an ostrich-sized Australian bird, into extinction some 50,000 years ago, recent research has revealed. More than 40 of Australia's animals disappeared …
it seems that the first manifestations of global warming have already induced damages to the planet's ecosystem. However, scientists are yet to confirm if global warming indeed caused the recent decline in the krill population in the icy waters of the Antarctic Peninsula. Scientists supported by the us National Oceanic …
toxic wastes are leaching into the North Sea from piles of debris heaped up beneath oil rigs, reports a new survey. Levels of heavy metals dissolved in water immediately above the dumps exceed environmental safety limits, say scientists at the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory near Oban, Scotland. Their effects on marine …
scientists from Switzerland and Ukraine have developed what they call a "biological equivalent of the Geiger counter'. The team has engineered a plant that warns of dangerous levels of radiation. Right now, the only method to detect if plants have been exposed to radiation is to look for cell damage …
A five-year project to develop a DNA chip that can screen for water contamination has been started by two French companies. The devices, which will detect micro-organisations by matching genetic "fingerprints", is expected to cut water testing from 48 hours to four hours.
A new wood-like material that is recycled from plastic bottles and construction waste, but which can be processed as easily as real wood, was recently unveiled. The water-resistant, rot-free material was developed jointly by Misawa Homes Co. and Ein Engineering Co., which specializes in the development of recycling technology. The …
An expatriate Cook Islander has hit upon a solution for many low-lying island countries experiencing erosion of valuable beaches and other disappearing foreshore areas caused by weather changes and coastal development. For 20 years, Don Dorrell worked on researching coastal processes here and then designing protection systems.He came up with …
A consortium consisting of Hitachi Ltd. and nine other companies has found ways to eliminate harmful nitrate nitrogen from soil, officials of the companies said. Joint meeting with the University of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan has proved the effectiveness of the consortium's methods, the officials said. The substance is …
The University of Tokyo and China's Qinghua University have jointly developed a desulfurization system that costs 75% less than existing equipment, university officials said. In tests, the system removed more than 70% of sulphur contained in gas emitted from thermal power stations. Although the system is less refined than equipment …
Trees in the Amazon are apparently growing bigger as they soak up huge amounts of greenhouse gases, a team of scientists has discovered.The findings could have crucial implications for the environment and earth's changing climate, according to London Press Service.
A group from the Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan said it has developed a way to recycle polyethylene waste. Discarded plastic items made from this general-purpose resin are now either burned or buried. But with the new method, 60% of the waste can be converted into aromatic compounds such as …
Britain plans to kill as many as 20,000 badgers in several hot spots for bovine tuberculosis over the next four years. But the move is facing stiff internal opposition. Signatories to the Bern Convention on wildlife protection in Europe had voted to @4nvestigate whether the experimental cull violates three articles …
Dinosaurs were tormented by parasitic mites, new research suggests. Dave Martill of the University of Portsmouth and his colleague Paul Davis used an electron microscope to study a well-preserved, 120 mil- lion-year-old fossil feather. The feather was found in Brazil and looks like a tail feather from Archaeopteryx, a prehistoric …
Locusts might become endangered following the recent approval of the world's first bioinsecticide against the insects. Named Green Muscle, the fungal pesticide spray, made by South Africa (SA)-based Biological Control Products has been cleared for sale in the country. The spray contains spores of Metarhizium anisopliae, a fungus that invades …
SCIENTISTS of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) inIspra, Italy, recently came up with a rather depressing forecast. After mapping the tropical deforestation 'hot spots' for the first time, They announced that attempts to save most of the world's remaining tropical rainforests are doomed to failure and should probably …
DUTCH elm disease (DED), a dreaded fungal disease that afflicts elm trees, has had a ghastly record. Spread by bark beetles, DED has wiped out tens of millions of trees around the world. It first appeared in the Netherlands in 1917, from where DED reached the UK through infected elm …
The technology is stunningly simple, working much like a self-cleaning stove : Unsorted garbage is dumped into a chamber; the door is sealed; the temperature is raised to around 380 degrees Celsius and then the contents are turned to vapour and a pile of inert ash. The process, called thermal …
A strikingly simple method to make plastics free from possible health risks has been evolved by researchers at the Sree Chithira Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology here.The result of the research study by A Jayakrishna and his assistant, S Lakshmi, involves adapting a well-known chemical reaction to stop …
those who have seen them say its an awe-inspiring sight: giant redwood trees in the fog. Towering above all other vegetation, these ancient biological wonders stand like mythical giants shrouded in the mist. It is a timeless landscape. But now, scientists think that the fog that wraps these giants in …
