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 …
To understand the ecotoxicological impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, field studies provide a context for ecological realism but laboratory-based studies offer power for connecting biological effects with specific causes. As a complement to field studies, we characterized genome-wide gene expression responses of Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) to oil-contaminated …
KARACHI: Female snails at the Gadani Ship-breaking Yard have been found to have developed male sex organs due to exposure to a highly toxic chemical used in ship paints, a recent study of Karachi University’s Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology has showed. Scientists have warned that the chemical contamination …
There are at least five big patches of garbage floating around the planet's oceans and some are as big as the state of Texas, scientists said in a new study, published Tuesday in the journal Chaos. And now, there's an algorithm to track their movements. Researchers from the University of …
Long-established species flee to colder environment as Gulf of Maine waters heat up faster than 99% of world’s oceans Imagine Cape Cod without cod. Maine without lobster. The region’s famous rocky beaches invisible, obscured by constant high waters. It’s already starting to happen. The culprit is the warming seas – …
Concerned with the rapid depletion of biodiversity, especially that of marine life and avians, the state wildlife board has put forward a resolution to conserve the biodiversity of wetlands that lie unprotected. It is now under the consideration of the state government. Wildlife board officials point out that the four …
Plans to use the Great Barrier Reef as a dumping site for 3 million cubic metres of dredged material from the ocean floor will be abandoned by a multinational consortium, the Australian Financial Review reports. North Queensland Bulk Ports, GVK Hancock and Adani Group will alter plans to expand the …
With two deaths this year and no new calves since 2012, the population of endangered killer whales in the Puget Sound continues to decline. The number of whales in J, K and L pods has dropped to 78, a level not seen since 1985, according to a census by the …
A senior official at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority says dumping more dredge would put extra pressure on the reef The authority approved plans in January to dump 3 million cubic metres of dredge spoil at the reef to expand Queensland's Abbot Point coal port It's a decision …
Climate change is the most serious threat to the Great Barrier Reef, according to a major new report. Warmer ocean currents are also likely to remain a threat to the Queensland coral ecosystem for many years, the Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2014 said. “It is already affecting the reef …
Climate change is the most serious threat to the Great Barrier Reef, according to a major new report. Warmer ocean currents are also likely to remain a threat to the Queensland coral ecosystem for many years, the Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2014 said. It is already affecting the reef …
The amount of mercury near the surface of many of the world’s oceans has tripled as the result of our polluting activities, a new study has found, with potentially damaging implications for marine life as the result of the accumulation of the toxic metal. Mercury is accumulating in the surface …
Scientists say a man-made "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is as big as the state of Connecticut. The zone, which at about 5,000 square miles (13,000 sq km) is the second largest in the world but still smaller than in previous years, is so named because it contains …
Directs GPCB to recover cost from GMB for improper handling of coal at port Environment watchdog National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) and Gujarat State Pollution Control Board (GPCB) for failing to perform their respective duties effectively, resulting in high levels of air and water …
The development and survival of an important group of marine invertebrates known as sea hares is under threat from increasing boat noise in the world's oceans, according to a new study by researchers from the UK and France. While previous studies have shown that marine noise can affect animal movement …
For more than a century, Bill Taylor's family has used the calm, protected waters of Puget Sound to raise oysters, planting billions of larvae in underwater beds and then harvesting them to ship to some of the finest restaurants in the world. But then something went wrong. After the hatchery …
The Adani Group’s ambitious $16-billion Carmichael coalmine project in Queensland in Australia, expected to provide power supply to 100 million Indians, has evoked vociferous protests. On Monday, the Australian government gave environmental approval to Adani Mining for the Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Infrastructure Project in Queensland’s Galilee basin. The …
Although Antarctic fur seal populations are declining because of climate change, their genetic diversity is increasing. Because of food constraints, seal pups are becoming smaller, researchers report based on 30 years of data. But female pups that manage to survive until motherhood tend to be larger, more fit and more …
The U.S. government is planning to use sound blasting to conduct research on the ocean floor along most of the East Coast, using technology similar to that which led to a court battle by environmentalists in New Jersey. The U.S. Geological Survey plans to map the outer limits of the …
The WWF contracted RPS Applied Science Associates to model 22 different oil spill scenarios and map the spread of the oil, potential impact on the water and shoreline, and interaction with sea ice, wildlife and the surrounding ecology. Types of oil spills analyzed included shipping spills, shallow-water blowouts and deep-water …
The tar ball phenomenon in Goa could be due to oil exploration activities from offshore oil installations, natural phenomenon from sea bed or from sea going vessels passing through the area. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Environment Prakash Javadekar said tar balls have been …
