India among nations that face grave danger to soil biodiversity: WWF
India’s soil biodiversity is in grave peril, according to the Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas prepared by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Delhi tops national charts in bad air quality
Fourteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India as per figures compiled and released earlier this year by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Children under 15 at serious risk from polluted air: WHO
Every day about 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 (1.8 billion children) breathe polluted air that puts their health and development at serious risk, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report.
Moths are key pollinators in Himalayan ecosystem
Moths are widely considered as pests, but a recent study by scientists of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has revealed that these group of insects are pollinators to a number of flowering plants in the Himalayan ecosystem.
Mammals of India (MaOI)
Scientists and researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore have come up with a new citizen-science repository on Indian mammals, called Mammals of India (MaOI)
Where Ganga meets the Bay of Pollution
An exponential increase in the number of pilgrims coming to the Ganga Sagar Mela, which takes place at the Sagar Island every year during Makar Sankranti, has been responsible for the worsening water pollution, prompting scientists to raise serious concerns about the likely outbreak of several diseases.
Climate fund allots $1bn for poor nations
U.N.-backed fund to help poor countries tackle climate change have approved more than $1 billion in new investments after a four-day meeting in Bahrain.
China’s melting glacier draws tourists amid climate worries
More projectiles were tumbling down the hulk of ice that scientists say is one of the world’s fastest melting glaciers.
Fines fail to deter stubble burning
Between September 27 and October 14, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) imposed ₹8,92,500 as fines.
Flood alert in Arunachal Pradesh
Districts along the Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh have been put on high alert for possible flash floods.