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
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Polluted Sea Water Altering DNA of Snails: Study
BANGALORE: Scientists in Goa have found that pollution of sea waters brings about changes in the DNA of snails. They have discovered that the changes in the DNA is more along the Goan coast as the level
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NIO pilot study ESI maps 7 talukas for oil spill vulnerability
PANAJI: A pilot study by the national institute of oceanography (NIO) has found that the environmental sensitivity index (ESI) can serve as a road map to combat an oil spill and the consequent formation
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No need to panic on litchi virus: Experts
More children were admitted to Malda Medical College and Hospital with “litchi syndrome“, bringing the total number of afflicted to 37. The report of blood and cerebral spinal fluid, which reached
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Scientists explore using trees to clean up pollution
Before the sprawling Texas city of Houston and its suburbs were built, a dense forest naturally purified the coastal air along a stretch of the Gulf Coast that grew thick with pecan, ash, live oak and
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Encephalitis strikes: 25 children killed in Muzaffarpur
Dreaded Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) that has taken toll of 25 children in the last fortnight in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur continue to baffle the experts who have for the first time noticed absence of basic
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GM mosquitoes to help wipe out malaria: Experts
Mosquitoes that only gives birth to male off springs are the new weapon in the global fight against malaria. British scientists announced on Tuesday that in what will be a massive boost against the world's
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Greenhouse gas emission by oceans rising due to global warming
Rising temperatures can indirectly increase the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by the oceans, a study shows. While previous studies had shown that warming climates lower iron levels at the sea surface,
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Met director: Too early to say global warming is around
Anomalies in weather pattern during the last decade in the Himalayan region have now become a point of discussion among scientists and academicians. Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Anand
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Three die of heat-wave in Raipur
RAIPUR: As heat-wave continues to grip state capital, three persons died here of heat stroke in last three days with temperature soaring to highest on Sunday to 45.9 degree celsius. Monsoon may have
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Holy sites 'may offer clues to antibiotic resistance'
The Hindu holy sites in the Indian cities of Rishikesh and Haridwar attract millions of pilgrims each year - but they are now the destination for another group of devotees. Scientists trying to understand