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| ‘Centre didn’t specify steps to bring down air pollution’ |
| Jayashree Nandi |
| The Times of India , Tuesday, January 31, 2017 |
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NEW DELHI: The Centre's recent notification on enforcement of the graded response plan to tackle air pollution in Delhi and the rest of NCR has "smartly" avoided mentioning the interventions, allege o ...More
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| Mangrove cell of forest department to map green cover |
| SANJAY BANERJEE |
| The Times of India , Tuesday, January 31, 2017 |
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NAVI MUMBAI: The mangrove cell of the forest departmentwill map the green cover with its record of 2005 to find out if any mangrove has got destroyed due to debri dumping on a big area admeasuring aro ...More
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| Linking the Arctic to the Himalayas |
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| Thethirdpole. Net , Monday, January 30, 2017 |
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On 24th January during the Arctic Frontiers conference, and annual conference on Arctic issues held in the city of Tromso, Norway in the Arctic Circle, the audience was treated to one of the most illu ...More
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| Sea ice, polar bears & action! |
| PavitraSriprakash |
| The New Indian Express , Saturday, January 28, 2017 |
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Last week world media was abuzz with none other than the polar bear. Reports claimed that this is our last chance to save the polar bear from extinction. The connection between the Paris COP Agreement ...More
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| Music to the ears: New species of songbird found |
| E. M. Manoj |
| The Hindu , Thursday, January 26, 2017 |
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The fragmented forests of the highest ranges of the Western Ghats have revealed a secret that is music to the ears of naturalists. Researchers exploring these “sky islands” have designated two new end ...More
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| Ten species that can be wiped out by climate change |
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| The Hindu , Wednesday, January 25, 2017 |
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Small island species, confined to limited terrain, are always vulnerable, particularly to invasive species, burgeoning human populations, and new diseases. On Hawaii , climate change intersects with t ...More
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| Govt hospital flouting norms on waste disposal |
| Solid Waste, Pollution |
| The Hans India , Wednesday, January 25, 2017 |
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Handling of biomedical waste like syringes, disposables, used cotton wads and bodily fluids are treated unscientifically and thrown into river
- APPCB claims effluents should be treated and disinf ...More
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| Centre of excellence for abatement of pollution, soon |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, January 25, 2017 |
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JAIPUR: If all goes well, dump yards of medical, municipal waste or marble slurry will be a thing of past in the state with the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) setting up first of its ...More
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| 'Extinct' birds to fly from new habitat |
| Syed Akbar |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, January 25, 2017 |
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HYDERABAD: Jerdon's Courser and Great Indian Bustard, the critically endangered birds of Andhra Pradesh, got a new 'lease of life' with the Centre according priority to these avian species in National ...More
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| Bad air brings down migratory bird count in Sultanpur |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Monday, January 23, 2017 |
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GURGAON: Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, a popular destination for winter migratory birds, welcomed more species of winged visitors this year as compared to the last two years, but the bird count remained l ...More
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| Are we losing bird species in J&K? |
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| Greater Kashmir , Sunday, January 22, 2017 |
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Hey! ‘You may have more in common with pigeon than you realize’.
Recent Research has shown that many high cognition areas in brain of Pigeon are similar to that of humans. There is an intricate rela ...More
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