You searched “Biodiversity & Environment”. Your tag search matches the following results:
-
The Prime Minister of India has released the results of the fourth cycle of All India Tiger Estimation - 2018 on the occasion of Global Tiger...
30 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Toxic Metals in Delhi Vegetables Markets
According to National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) study, vegetables grown on the Yamuna floodplain have been found to...
26 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
The latest update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species shows that more and more species...
20 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
A recent study has revealed that the giant West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is destabilising and is on the verge of a complete collapse. The...
19 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Rhesus Macaque Declared Vermin
The Union Environment Ministry has declared Monkeys (Rhesus Macaque) as ‘vermin’ in Himachal Pradesh. It will allow local authorities...
19 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Turtles right head controls the front right flipper, whereas left head controls the front left flipper and both heads are capable of coordinating...
19 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Indian Tigers under Stress due to Tourism
A recent study conducted by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)’s Laboratory for Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES)...
16 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
The World Wide Fund for Nature has released a report highlighting the risks to Sharks in the Mediterranean region on the occasion of Shark Awareness...
15 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Role of Forest in Climate Change
This article is based on editorial “Turning down the heat: on forest restoration”, which appeared in The Hindu on 11 July 2019. It...
11 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Immunocontraceptives for Wildlife Population Management
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched a project for undertaking ‘immunocontraceptive measures’ for...
08 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Gangetic Dolphins Found in Mahananda River
For the first time, a population of Gangetic River Dolphins has been found in the Mahananda river, in Bihar’s Kishanganj district. Dolphins...
06 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
As per the study of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), after decades of gradual increases, Antarctic sea ice is now decreasing,...
05 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
As per Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) report, the creation of butterfly corridors in Delhi with close to 100 hotspots is underway. At...
01 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Airplane Contrails and Global Warming
According to a recent study, the airplanes contrails contribute more to global warming than the CO2 emitted by an aircraft. Moreover, the...
01 Jul 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
It has been reported that Shimla, Himachal Pradesh and Udupi and Mangaluru in coastal Karnataka are on the verge of becoming Tier 2 cities which...
29 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
According to the data presented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the Lok Sabha, ozone was reported as a prominent...
29 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Ice protects the Earth and oceans by reflecting excess heat back into space. However, human activity, especially since the industrial revolution...
27 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Joint Effort to Conserve Wildlife at Bandipur
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has convened an inter-state meeting of senior forest personnel from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala...
26 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
A recent study has found that the normalized difference vegetation index does not yield a reliable estimate of food abundance for elephants in...
26 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
-
The production of cement is a cause of 7 % of global carbon dioxide emissions, more than what comes from all the trucks in the world. Cement’s...
25 Jun 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
