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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City recorded highest dengue cases this month
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) registered two more dengue cases on Saturday, taking the total to 120 — the highest recorded in a month. So far, 398 cases have been recorded this year. “Till September 29, as many as 120 people have been tested positive for dengue, whereas last month 99 cases were registered. This is the highest number of cases recorded in a month so far this year,” said a civic health official.
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New UN climate change report
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been leading the effort in collecting scientific evidence of climate change and in looking to answer the most important question,
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Heliborne survey to map water pools
To Be Done In Dausa, Its First Such Study For the first time in the country, Heliborne Geophysical Survey (HGS) will be conducted on Friday in Dausa district to map water pools beneath ground, popularly known as aquifer.
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Global warming lull haunts authors of key climate report
Scientists working on a landmark UN report on climate change are struggling to explain why global warming appears to have slowed down in the past 15 years even though greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.
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India-born scientist chosen for UN highest environmental award
Veerabhadran Ramanathan of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California is to receive the 2013 'Champions of the Earth award'. An Indian-origin scientist, who proved how cutting emissions of "black
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Nationwide drive to find TB, malaria drugs
New Delhi: Giving crowd sourcing a whole new meaning, scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have initiated a countrywide venture to build a chemical library with diverse
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Eco Trailblazers awarded top UN Prize for pioneering and inspirational environmental action
Pioneers and trailblazers, whose work has had a significant and positive impact on the environment, are set to receive the UN's highest environmental accolade, the Champions of the Earth award.The prize
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Scientists More Certain of Human Activities Behind Global Warming, Says IPCC Report
Climate scientists are more certain that ever before that global warming is being caused by human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels. A leaked draft of the first of three reports comprising
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Glass facades harm environment
Environmentalists say that till the time upcoming buildings extensively use glass, they cannot be "green". "Glass throws back heat into the atmosphere causing warming. Structures with glass facades use
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Type 3 dengue virus more predominant
NIV Scientists Find DENV-3 Was Causative Agent In 19 Of 28 Samples During July-Sept Scientists at the Punebased National Institute of Virology (NIV) have confirmed that three serotypes of dengue virus — DENV-1, DENV-2 and DENV-3 — are currently co-circulating in the city.