The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The formulation of Ganga River Basin Management Plan (GRBMP) by a consortium of seven IITs could be viewed as one of the most significant development for the region in 2013. The basic approach in this framework action plan is - "apply modern science and technology in conjunction with traditional wisdom". …
Touted as a low carbon source of energy, China's hydropower projects are wreaking havoc on river systems across the country and southeast Asia, reports Yale Environment 360 In their search for renewable electric power, China’s engineers have been building mega-dams at a rate unmatched in human history. Many far larger …
The Tibet Plateau is "the third-cleanest area in the world in terms of its environment," after the South Pole and North Pole, says a white paper issued on Tuesday. "It has a clean and transparent atmospheric environment, and similar contents of pollutants to the North Pole," says the white paper …
The lack of seriousness on the part of the tourism department in taking up the issue of the dwindling flow from the scenic Arvalem waterfall due to mining activity with the mines and geology department has irked comptroller and auditor general of India. In its report for the period during …
THRISSUR: The controversial Nitta Gelatin India Limited, a company which makes gelatin for medicinal purposes, has stalled its operation in Chalakudy after the water it takes from Chalakudy river got polluted. Employees of the company on Saturday found presence of diesel and chemical in the water drawn from the river. …
From a global call to march against genetically modified food crops and Monsanto, to a concrete strategy to conserve freshwater ecosystems, scientists and activists at the international conference on ecosystem conservation, climate change and sustainable Development (ECOCASD) made it clear that indigenous biodiversity protection is crucial to sustenance. As part …
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to have paid hardly any attention to the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) guidelines on immersion of Ganesha idols. In order to check pollution of Kuakahi river, OSPCB had asked the civic body to see to it that idols are pulled out of …
This modelling study demonstrates at what level of global mean temperature rise .1Tg/ regions will be exposed to significant decreases of freshwater availability and changes to terrestrial ecosystems. Projections are based on a new, consistent set of 152 climate scenarios (eight 1Tg trajectories reaching 1.5–5C above pre-industrial levels by 2100, …
A Shenzhen-listed company identified by authorities as being responsible for a toxic spill that killed thousands of river fish apologized on Friday and said it would punish those responsible. Hubei Shuanghuan Science and Technology Stock Co., a manufacturer of inorganic chemicals, said it began a week-long production halt on Wednesday …
Irrigation Department Chief Engineer Ch Khawar Nazeer said water life is facing severe threats due to water effluent being discharged by the industries without proper treatment. He said industrial units were discharging chemical-mixed poisonous water that was directly thrown in the canals by violating rules and regulations. He said the …
Deteriorated aquatic habitat at Margalla hills due to municipal and industrial effluent from Rawalpindi and Islamabad are a potential threat for upstream migration and breeding of Fish ‘Tor Putitora’. Large scale extraction of truck loads of sand, gravel and stones from the Margalla hills have destroyed the natural breeding grounds …
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has slapped closure notice on 41 factories in the industrial town of Ankleshwar after some factories in Panoli were found taking advantage of the heavy rainfall in the area and discharging untreated waste into a creek. The closure notice comes just a couple of …
Strict and prompt action is required to block release of effluent from Kotri industrial area into the Kalri Baghar canal that feeds Keenjhar Lake which is a major source of drinking water for Karachi and Thatta residents, recommends a study. The research ‘Water Quality Assessment and Characterization of Toxicity of …
The river is channelled through the 682m long and 8.5m wide diversion tunnel yesterday This is the fifth such river diversions in the country As excavators began lifting massive boulders to the diversion tunnel, Mangdechhu staff and guests present at the inauguration of the diversion works watched in awe as …
The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) is losing an estimated Rs 12 lakh every day due to damage to its Kopili hydel project caused by acidic discharge from the unscientific coal mines of Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya. The project built on the river Kopili, a tributary of the …
Small hydro power projects which is considered as an alternative to medium and large power projects built alongside big dam in Uttarakhand and elsewhere in the country are not environment friendly, says Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Experts at a conference in the Capital said that the the power …
Authorities push forward plans for 314 metre-high dam on Dadu river which would affect rare plants and fish Chinese environmental authorities have approved construction plans for what could become the world's tallest dam, while acknowledging that the project would affect endangered plants and rare fish species. The 314 metre-high dam …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at a conference on 'Green Norms for Green Energy', organised today, brought together different stakeholders to discuss environmental impacts of these sectors and modes of monitoring and regulating them. It focused on the wind and small hydro sectors. The conference shattered a lot …
After the state government approved funds for the Gargai-Pinjal dam project, BMC has proposed a biodiversity study of the area along which the dam will be constructed. A tributary of the Pinjal river, Gargai is in Ogade, 120 km from Mumbai, and runs through a thick forest, while its another …
The High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of Bagmati Civilisation, a government body formed to implement the Bagmati Action Plan (BAP), has formulated a new programme targeted at preserving environmental and ecological diversity of the Bagmati river. The plan to revive the dead river is being implemented with over Rs …
