Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
volcanic eruptions in the Caribbean island of Montserrat not only affect its surroundings, but poses a serious threat to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Scientists have found that whenever the disastrous tropical eruption takes place, Edinburgh suffers its worst winter storms. Alistair Dawson, an earth scientist at the Coventry University …
Scientists have begun their endeavour to find out whether Antarctica was covered with ice 34 million years ago. They are also eager to know if there was glaciation in Antarctica, causing global changes in sea level before this time. Fifty geologists and geographers will take part in a drilling project …
on an evening in April 1980, a series of explosions rocked the two-acre site in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where 40,000 drums of chemicals were stored. In no time, a savage fire with fierce colours lit up the sky over the New York metropolitan area. It took more than ten hours …
The European Union has recently agreed to fund research to evaluate methods and techniques which rank pesticides according to their environmental impact. One such system is being evaluated by the University of Hertsfordshire in the UK. The software, which will be available by early 1998, is called the pesticide eco-rating …
agricultural scientists at the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (crida), Hyderabad, have identified neem clones which yield a substantial amount of the chemical azadirachtin, used as a biocide and in health care products. Scientists were looking for seeds with azadirachtin content higher than 0.4-0.8 per cent. Neem (Azadirachta indica) …
while environmentalists worry about Brazilian rainforests, thousands of acres of lush forests are being cleared away in southern Brazil to make way for tobacco cultivation and production. Brazil is the world's largest exporter of tobacco, with exports touching 282,500 tonnes in 1996, and the world's fourth largest producer after China, …
colour is all when it comes to mating. The cichlid species of fish depend on the ability to distinguish colours for mate selection. But eutrophication of the Great Lakes in Africa
on october 6 a very significant environmental meeting was held in Washington dc. It was a meeting that policy-makers in the South should take serious note of, because, it could have serious impact on their future economy and environment. The all-day meeting was called by the White House as a …
eliminating weeds using conventional techniques is difficult. But alternative techniques like biological weed control may prove costlier. In 1968, Canadian and us state agencies released the Eurasian weevil (Rhinocyllus conicus) in the countryside to control some introduced thistle species. But the results were more than they had bargained for. Scientists …
rapid urbanisation and development pressures plague China today. Ironically, the pressure to increase farm productivity to meet the present and future food needs is threatening the future of arable areas in the northwest. Scientists believe that by the end of this year China could lose more than 2,000 sq km …
from killer algae to mind-altering microbes, coastal areas worldwide are facing an assault of some of the strangest micro-organisms known to humankind. While scientists have yet to establish the cause of this phenomenon, it is highly likely that human-induced changes to the coastal environment and pollution have disturbed the natural …
Greenpeace activists are protesting against the government's decision to ship 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste to famine hit North Korea. They say the move is irresponsible and immoral exploitation of the acute poverty in North Korea. According to a Greenpeace spokesperson, Taiwan is using its money power to trap a …
when Ken Paige of the University of Illinois, Urbana, usa , reported a decade ago that scarlet gilia, a delicate red-flowered herb found in the mountains of northern Arizona, produced more seeds when deer nibbled at them, there were few takers. Ecologists were skeptical and were not ready to accept …
Lead poisoning in children is causing a storm in New York. A large number of cases seeking action against lead poisoning are pending in courts. Lead is present in numerous forms in the environment of most cities of the world. Children are most susceptible to its ill effects as it …
Household wastes that cannot be recycled are best disposed when buried instead of incineration or composting. This was concluded in a study conducted by the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, the UK, and the London-based firm Coopers and …
The country plans to curb emissions of highly toxic dioxin from general-waste incinerators, industrial-waste burners and electric-steel making furnaces. Nearly 12,000 facilities are expected to come under the purview of Japan's first serious attempt to cut dioxin emissions. The regulations would be effective from December 1, 1997. Last week, a …
if the weather is a favourite topic of discussion in England, the English have a lot to talk about. The climate is heating up and is adding unprecedented characteristics to the country's flora and fauna. Vineyards are being planted all over the uk , including the colder counties in the …
the Aswan dam on the Nile river in Egypt is depriving the Mediterranean Sea of freshwater, and this has put the Northern hemisphere at the risk of another ice age, says Bob Johnson, oceanographer at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, usa . The Mediterranean is becoming increasingly saline and dense …
whales might be suffering hearing loss due to noise generated by engines of tourist boats, ships, and large tankers, according to Peter M Scheifele, a bioacoustic researcher at the University of Connecticut, usa . Whale-watching has become a popular tourist attraction across the world. Tourists are taken in boats to …
