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 …
four whaling vessels of the Japanese Fisheries Agency will conduct whaling operations in the northwestern Pacific Ocean for research purposes, despite criticism from anti-whaling nations that Japan is misusing the International Whaling Commission's research programme for commercial gains. A spokesperson for the us National Security Council was quoted as saying …
an algae , responsible for large-scale destruction of European sea habitats, has been discovered in Agua Hedionda near San Diego, usa . "The algae ( Caulerpa taxifolia ) destroys the water bed and kills the flora and fauna," says Bob Hoffmann, southern California environmental coordinator for the National Marine Fisheries …
Environmentalists and fisherfolk in Thailand have asked the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation ( fao ) to hold talks with the Thai government regarding the use of pushnet trawlers, which have led to a massive destruction of marine life. The pushnet trawlers have destroyed seagrass and corals, which serve …
It is now well-known that albatrosses use smell to find food and navigate the oceans. Now a new study has found that they are sensitive to odours in the air released by krill and phytoplankton living beneath the wavers. Gabrielle Nevitt of the University of California studied the behaviour of …
FOLLOWING a controversy regarding a permit issued by the wildlife and marine department of American Samoa, a ban on collection and export of live coral and basalt rocks from the Pacific Ocean territory has been issued recently. The industry has risen to the status of a multi-billion dollar enterprise during …
the ozone hole above Antarctica may not be damaging life in the ocean below. A team of researchers led by Kevin Arrigo of Stanford University in California, usa , has concluded that increased ultraviolet radiation has hardly affected marine plankton, the base of the ocean's food web. The team has …
today , they are promoted by the West as a scenic wonder. But less than a century ago, they were regularly shot by fisherfolk as "nuisance animals" that emptied their nets. During World War II, soldiers used them for target practice and, even 40 years ago, they were categorised as …
will artificial reefs provide a new ecosystem to the dwindling species of marine lifeforms in the near future? The Loch Linnhe Artificial Reef complex, due to be built in Scotland, may answer this and other important questions about reef ecology. In a unique partnership with the industry, researchers at the …
there is a new danger to the marine ecosystem: the occurrence of phytoplankton blooms that threatens the lives of molluscs, fish species, shrimps and whales. Phytoplankton are unicellular, microscopic, free-floating marine plants. Their growth is influenced by sunlight, ocean currents, salinity, temperature and nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. A …
Pakistan federal minister for environment, local government and rural development, Umar Asghar Khan, has said that an emergency response system should be developed in the Port Qasim Area (PQA) to check incidents of oil spillage in the future. The PQA, Maritime Security Agency (MSA), Karachi Port Trust (KPT), Pakistan Environment …
The Indian coasts are to be opened to accommodate construction activities. There is a debate brewing in the nation today whether this move will benefit the coastal communities or simply fill the coffers of certain powerful lobbies. There is also a feeling that it will thrust the fragile marine ecosystem …
In our haste to reclaim coastal regions for human development we seem to be forgetting one simple rule of nature: what is dumped out will eventually return to us in equal measure
twenty per cent of the world's freshwater fish fauna is either extinct or on the verge of extinction, says Peter B Moyle of the department of wildlife, fish and conservation biology, University of California. India's freshwater biodiversity faces a fate no different. Habitat loss, pollution, increased sedimentation caused by deforestation, …
Losing colourFrom central America to Austrelia, from the 2,000-km Great Barrier Ref to the small, reefs in Pacific islets, bleaching takes the life out of corals the world over Corals, the rainforests of the oceans, are dying. Victims of global warming, scientists say 10 per cent of the Earth's coral …
According to a study conducted by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, us, 1998 was the warmest year in 1,200 years . The rate of warming has also been on the rise since the 1970s, says a National Aeronautics and Space Administration study. This gives many scientists reason to believe that …
In the old days, miners carried canaries with them when they went to the shafts to dig out coal. Canaries were to serve as an indicator for the presence of the toxic methane gas in the mines. When the canaries showed any sign of discomfort, miners were forewarned of the …
warming oceans are choking off marine life at an alarming pace and shrinking food supplies for people and other creatures dependent on the seas, according to a report by two environmental groups. The report, released by the Washington-based World Wide Fund for Nature ( wwf ) and the Marine Conservation …
a global fund to sponsor and coordinate research into the impact of chemicals on human health and the environment was launched in London. The European Chemical Industry Association, the us Chemical Manufacturers Association and the Japanese Chemical Industry Association announced plans for a us $25 million annual fund for a …
