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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Severe dengue could be linked to combination of certain genes: NIV
Pune: In trying to determine why a small percentage of people contract severe forms of dengue fever, the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) has found that a combination of certain genes in
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Scientists for sun-charged power grid system for Himalayas
Technologists have prepared a road map for building a sun-charged, smarter direct current (DC) power micro grid system that suits the power sector, mainly in the ecologically sensitive Himalayas. “This system will be secure from terrorist and virus attacks, stable, low cost and reliable for sustainable energy sector in the country,” technologists said.
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Scientists develop new hybrid variety of BT cotton
Gandhinagar: Scientists at government agriculture research station at Talod in Sabarkantha have developed a new BT hybrid variety of cotton. The seeds of this new variety have been sent to genetic engineering
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Scientists in Talod develop new BT hybrid variety of cotton
Scientists at government agriculture research station at Talod in Sabarkantha have developed a new BT hybrid variety of cotton. The seeds of this new variety have been sent to genetic engineering approval
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A joint campaign against GM crops, Biotechnology Bill
We will oppose the Bill in Parliament, says Yechury Cutting across party lines, several political leaders participated on Tuesday in a joint campaign with civil society groups and farmers’ organisations against Genetically Modified crops and the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill at Jantar Mantar here.
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New Himalayan lakes pose strategic threat
As receding glaciers form new lakes across the Himalayan frontier, a new dimension has been added to the strategic paradigm. Geological and climatic considerations apart, many of these lakes lie close
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‘Earth’s temp rise rate equals heat from 4 atom bombs/sec’
Melbourne: Earth has been building up temperatures at a rate equal to the heat generated by four Hiroshima nuclear bombs every second, a climate scientist has warned. According to John Cook, Climate Communication
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'Poor quality seedlings stymying crop growth'
Failure to implement legislation hurting farmers Poor quality seedlings and lack of monitoring of nurseries selling seedlings of fruits and vegetables to farmers are the main reasons why horticulture farmers in the State are losing out on their crop yield, said Dr M Krishna Reddy, Principal Scientist, Plant Pathology, Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR).
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Agri scientists guiding farmers to address global warming
Agricultural scientists in Bangladesh are guiding farmers to address global warming that poses serious threat to food production in the country in the coming decades, officials at the Ministry of Agriculture
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Concern over ecological imbalance at Kadalundi
Study on disappearance of Sandwich Tern from the estuary begins The disappearance of Sandwich Tern, one of the unique migrant bird species found in the Kadalundi Vallikkunnu Community Reserve, from the Kadalundi estuary over the past couple of years has raised concerns about the changes taking place to the ecology of the sanctuary.