Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The continent and its waters are home to more than 8,000 species with up to 90% endemic, but human activities are taking a toll on its ecosystems The Antarctic and Southern oceans are teeming with life, yet protection measures are weak as the continent faces increased threats from fishing, tourism …
The Regional State of Coast Report for the western Indian Ocean (WIO) is the first comprehensive regional synthesis to provide insights into the enormous economic potential around the WIO, the consequential demand for marine ecosystem goods and services to match the increasing human population, the pace and scale of environmental …
The US has more oil spills than we thought and the number doubled after production increased six years ago. 8,000 “Significant” Incidents Richard Stover, PhD, and the Center for Biological Diversity counted nearly 8,000 significant incidents, between 1986 and 2014, in records of the pipeline safety administration. By “significant” they …
Global climate change and ocean acidification pose a serious threat to marine life. Marine invertebrates are particularly susceptible to ocean acidification, especially highly calcareous taxa such as molluscs, echinoderms and corals. The largest of all bivalve molluscs, giant clams, are already threatened by a variety of local pressures, including overharvesting, …
The kind of muddy waters often seen around the Great Barrier Reef increase disease rates in fish and damage their gills, according to reef scientists. A new study by James Cook University researchers simulated the levels of suspended sediment “frequently found” in the reef due to floods, coastal agriculture and …
ABU DHABI // The Federal National Council will discuss Quran memorisation centres as well as amendments to an environment bill that will protect aquatic resources when it meets for its final session on Tuesday. The bill concerns the exploitation, protection and sustainability of living aquatic resources and overfishing that can …
Muscat: The rate at which the world is losing its genetic diversity, from micro-organisms and plants to animals and marine life, is being further accelerated because of urbanisation, global deforestation, climate change, and overexploitation of the world’s fisheries and marine ecosystems along with industrial agricultural expansion. To combat this dangerous …
KARACHI: Described as an intelligent and inquisitive marine mammal, dolphins are loved all over the world for their playful behaviour. Sadly, this beautiful creature is facing a battle for its survival in our sea waters. A recent study conducted by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) shows that a …
An analysis by environmental advocates claims the degradation of the reef meets five out eight possible reasons for listing by the world heritage committee Degradation of the Great Barrier Reef overwhelmingly meets the criteria for an “in danger” listing by Unesco, according to a joint report by environmental lawyers from …
The oxygen losses accompanying global warming could reduce by 20 percent the amount of ocean suitable for cod and crab by the end of the century, according to the study in the journal Science. The new research suggests this oxygen loss may shift and shrink marine habitats for a multitude …
Rising sea temperatures attributed to global climate change could drive many marine creatures away from the equator, but their move toward the poles promises to put them in peril in habitats that are smaller and less hospitable, scientists say. Two studies published on Thursday in the journal Science illustrate dangers …
About 40% of Europe’s sharks and rays are threatened with extinction, according to the authoritative red list’s first full assessment of Europe’s 1,220 marine species. Where fish population trends could be measured, nearly a third were found to be in decline by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature …
Research into the Great Barrier Reef has discovered coral disease levels are four times lower inside no-take marine reserves – where fishing is banned – than outside reserves. Scientists from James Cook University surveyed more than 80,000 corals around the Whitsunday Islands for six different diseases that commonly harm reefs …
Organisms are liberally exchanging genes with other species to create hybrid species, thanks to global warming. In the process, many species are dying out. Interbreeding is a natural process and even modern humans are the product of such genetic exchange with the Neanderthals. But climate change is accelerating the trend …
Environmental impact of leasing area off Alaskan shore to Shell was insufficient, say action groups A dozen environmental groups have told a US federal court they are renewing a challenge to the leasing in 2008 of areas off Alaska’s north-west shore, where Royal Dutch Shell hopes to drill exploratory wells …
Alfredo Quatro says we must defend mangrove forests – which protect our shorelines and diverse marine life – against man-made development Mangroves are a cornucopia of life – a rainforest by the sea – surviving in inter-tidal zones of tropical and sub-tropical regions. Over the last 23 years, I have …
Climate change is continuing to heat things up. Now, scientists have taken a closer look at how seabirds are impacted by changing temperatures. Until recently, researchers used a specific set of methods to study the relationship between animals and climate change, one of which is the NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation) …
Did you know that just 13 corporations control 19 to 40 percent of the largest and most valuable stocks of fish and 11 to 16 percent of the global marine catch? Scientists have taken a closer look at the division in fishing and have found that keystone corporations are in …
Continued warming of the Earth’s oceans over the next century could trigger disruptions to marine life on a scale not seen in the last 3 million years, scientists warn in a study released Monday. The changes could include extinctions of some of the ocean’s keystone species as well as a …
Arctic marine mammals (AMMs) are icons of climate change, largely because of their close association with sea ice. However, neither a circumpolar assessment of AMM status nor a standardized metric of sea ice habitat change is available. We summarized available data on abundance and trend for each AMM species and …
