To save the planet, first save elephants
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
Scientists
-
Ten percent of fish caught in oceans get dumped- study
Fishing fleets dump about 10 percent of the fish they catch back into the ocean in an "enormous waste" of low-value fish despite some progress in limiting discards in recent years, scientists said on Monday.
-
SA geologist wins international science award
Pretoria – Geologist Tshiamo Legoale has made history by being the first South African to be crowned the FameLab International Champion for a project which researched a method of using wheat to harvest
-
Scientists begin research to ensure food security in Nigeria
Determined to ensure food security by improving yield of the grains, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) team of researchers has began study on the local grain, Fonio (Acha). Fonio (Digitaria
-
Senegalese scientists monitor climate change effect on the ocean
As world leaders criticise the United States for pulling out of the Paris climate agreement, scientists are trying to work out exactly what a warmer world will mean. That includes researchers in Senegal,
-
Uttarakhand farmers resist genetically modified tide with local seeds
UPLI NAGNI, TEHRI-GARHWAL: The words 'seed capital' take on a whole new meaning in the hills of Uttarakhand. Far from the networks of seed corporations, farmers here still do agriculture in the traditional
-
Scientists discover worm that can biodegrade polythene
A caterpillar commercially bred for fishing bait has the ability to biodegrade polyethylene Scientists have found that a caterpillar commercially bred for fishing bait has the ability to biodegrade
-
Africa needs new approaches to fight climate change and hunger
Scientists on Tuesday called on sub-Saharan Africa to devise innovative technologies in the fight against climate change and hunger. The scientists attending the Science Week in Kenya’s Nairobi also
-
Green ministry reissues GM mustard FAQs
Anti-GM groups argue conflict of interest in Harsh Vardhan's appointment as he holds S&T portfolio After withdrawing it for a few days, the ministry of environment and forests has brought back its ‘Frequently
-
Antarctica is five times greener than it was in the 1950s because of climate change
Green moss banks on the Antarctic Peninsula. These have been growing 5 times faster since the 1950sMatt Amesbury The growth of green mosses in Antarctica in the past 50 years has shot up due to warming
-
Sangh farmers' outfit joins anti-GM groups against transgenic mustard
The Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, farmers' group linked to the RSS, on Wednesday joined hands with anti-GM groups in their protest against regulatory clearance to transgenic GM mustard and demanded rejection of