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Study finds reduced feeding activity of soil detritivores under warmer and drier conditions
In molecules of an ‘overcompensating’ little red flower, promise of a supercrop in future.
Source: www.indianexpress.com, 24-09-2017
THE SCARLET gillia(Ipomopsis aggregata), also known as scarlet trumpet or skyrocket, a wild flowering plant native to Western North America, belongs to a type that biologists call the “overcompensators”.
More:-http://sbb.uk.gov.in/files/biodivsity%20news/New_Doc_2017-11-28_1.jpg
Tiger Species Thought Extinct Is Possibly Spotted in Indonesia
Ancient Antarctic Volcanic Eruptions Sparked Climate Change
NDTV (India), 2017-09-05
A series of volcanic eruptions in Antarctica over a period of 192 years may have accelerated the deglaciation event and onset of the most rapid, widespread climate change in the Southern Hemisphere that took place about 17,700 years ago, a study has found.
More: http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ancient-antarctic-volcanic-eruptions-sp...
Can business save the world from climate change?
GreenBiz.com, 2017-09-05
"We are still in." On June 5, with these four words a group of U.S. businesses and investors with a combined annual revenue of $1.4 trillion sent a powerful message to the world: U.S. President Donald Trump may have withdrawn from the Paris agreement on climate change four days earlier, but corporate America was not following suit.
More: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/can-business-save-world-climate-change
Changing landscapes: From forests to food
CIFOR, 2017-09-05
The growing demand for food — demand that is expected to double by 2050 — has led to widespread agricultural expansion, primarily at the expense of forests. It is estimated that between 1980 and 2000, more than half of new agricultural land across the tropics was developed on forested land and a further 28 percent opened up on secondary forestland. Despite this expansion and significant progress made to reduce hunger, the UN estimates that more than 840 million people worldwide remain hungry and undernourished.
More: https://forestsnews.cifor.org/51278/changing-landscapes-from-forests-t...
80% of Bornean orangutans live outside protected areas
Mongabay (India), 2017-09-05
Four fifths of wild orangutans in Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of Borneo, live outside national parks and other protected areas, according to a new study by the Indonesian government.
More: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/09/80-of-bornean-orangutans-live-outsid...
Community development: Role of tourism
Himalayan Times, 2017-09-05
A new challenge in the tourism sector is the construction of new roads in various spots including inaccessible areas mainly affecting trekking tourism.
More: https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/community-development-role-tourism/
The ivory game
Source: www.indianexpress.com, 2017-09-04
NO LANDSCAPE was dearer to Wayne Lotter than the savannah of southern Africa, and in particular one corner of it, the Selous-Niassa Wildlige Corridor round the Ruvama river in Tanzania.
State-sponsored quackery
Source: www.indianexpress.com, 2017-09-04
Promoting Traditional Chinese Medicine will only exacerbate the damage it is causing the environment and endangered species.
Indian home to 60% of Asian elephants: Census report
Source: Timesof india, 13/08/2017
With 60% of the Asian elephant population, India is home to a total of 27312, free ranging megaherbivores, an official said here on Saturday on the occasion of the release of a census report to mark the World Elephant Day.
Bacteria Killer in Holy Ganga Water
source:www.indianexpress.com, 25/08/2017
Bacteriophages that kill pathogenic bacteria responsible for diseases, Including pneumonia, were found in the entire stretch of the Ganga, from the Gaumukh to Gangasagar in West Bengal.
The Egg Scare Across Europe and Asia
Source: www.indianexpress.com,25/08/2017
A scandal involving eggs contaminated with Insectiside sperad to 15 EU countries and Asia as the Europian Commission called for a special meeting on the growing crisis.Here is all you need to know.
3 Out of 4 deep-sea creatures make their own light
Source: www.theindianexpress.com, 25/08/2017
N 1932, William Beebe became the first scientiest to descend into the sea's inky darkness. A tiny window in his submersible let him gaze out.
The return of the Irrawaddy dolphin
Source: The Hindu, 25/08/2017
The first sighting of the endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in the Rambha sector of Chilkika lake in the three decades has brought much cheer to nature lovers.
Deep Blue Sea for Tamil Nadu Fisherfolk
Source: www.newindianexpress.com, 25/08/2017
After several phases of conflict and relative peace, the troubled life of Tamil Nadu fishermen has now entered new waters, thanks to the Sri Lankan Fisheries and the Aquatic Resources (Amendment) Bill moved last month.
Brain Food: Chocolate Makes You Smarter & Sharper
Source:www.indianexpress.com, 25/08/2017
Cocoa can give you a performance boost and give you a lift when you're extra tired, improving your memory.
A cocktail geo- engineering approach to reversing global warming
Source: www.indianexpress.com, 2017-08-21
A recreation of pre-industrial conditions of temperature as well as precipitation, a rare simultaneous balance on the way to combating global warming.
A speedy way to catalogue human cells
Source: www.indianexpress.com, 2017-08-21
New method helps scientists look at large numbers of cells at the same time, but they have miles to go before they can catalogue all 37 trillion cells..
How, far from Doklam, a second India-China battle of claims is on — over Tibet’s medicine
Source: www.indianexpress.com, 2017-08-21
As Indian and Chinese troops face off at Doklam on the edge of the Tibetan plateau, their countries are locked in another, lesser known but longer running, argument — this too involves Tibet, but is playing out in a theatre far away.
A KING IN HIDING
Source: THE HINDU, 2017-08-08
The barren, cold desert of Ladakh sees signs of a new life- theotter
IIT Delhi team develops a new antibacterial drug-delivery system
Source: THE HINDU, 2017-08-06
The Nano conjugates will be useful for cancer patients suffering from bacterial infections.
Elephant dung shows stress levels
Source: THE HINDU, 2017-08-06
Traces of hormones come through in the dung and indicate.
River, a strong brown God
Source:www.indianexpress.com, 2017-08-06
A DEAFENING sound at midnight suddenly woke up the village. The Solengi had torn through an embankment somewhere..
Erratic monsoons, vanishing vipers
Source: THE HINDU, 2017-08-06
The Malabar pit viper is encountered less frequently in the Western Ghats, worrying conservationists.
Call to Nature
Source: THE HINDU, 2017-08-08
The organic farming sector in India has a supply chain problem and technology may just be the answer.
The classroom and the field
Source:www.indianexpress.com, 2017-08-08
Although autarky on Indian farms is a distant dream, as the 71st year of Independence dawns..
Study finds serious changes in Pampa Riverine System.
Source: THE HINDU, 2017-08-06
The Environment Resource Centre (ERC) of the Pampa Parirakshana Samiti has observed that indiscriminate sand-mining..
The animals on my farm
Source:THE HINDU, 2017-08-06
The hills of Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary(CWS) loom over Duntoor village, a few hour’s frive from Bangaluru.
Amid clamour over cows, who will save the Deoni?
Source:THE HINDU, 2017-08-06
The debate over the protection of cows across the rescued the Deoni, an important native breed of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana, from complete neglect.
Two new species of Cycas found
Source: THE HINDU, 2017-08-06
Research conducted on a tree found in the Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Indian Botanical Garden in West Bengal..
Learning from space and teaching from space
Source: THE HINDU, 2017-08-05
July 24 has turned out to a Monday of sorrow, since it was on that day that India lost two of its sons….
The price of living with tigers
Source: THE HINDU, 2017-08-05
In a matter of days, a tigress will find a new home in Bor Tiger Reserve…
Seven species of grasshoppers found
Source: http://www.thehindu.com ,2017-08-04
A small-granulated dark black and brown coloured pygmy grasshopper measuring about 9.07 mm revealed itself to the world in the forests of Chhattisgarh last month.
More:http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/seven-species-of-grasshoppers-found/article19409873.ece
Coconut palm declared State tree of Goa
Source: http://www.thehindu.com, 2017-08-04
The State government has decided to include coconut palm as tree in the Goa
It’s a wonderful weed
Source: www.indianexpress.com, 2017-06-09
The peskiest weed in Cuba sprouts a charming flower. Pink and wispy, with a bushy yellow tail, it looks like a cross between a Chinese lantern and Muppet.
Over 500 new species of plants, animals discovered in India in 2016
Live Mint, 2017-06-08
Over 500 new species of plants and animals were discovered in India in 2016, in addition to 194 found in the country for the first time, according to the environment ministry.
More: http://www.livemint.com/Science/4w6Ls8sX7UEjUtMDLxeNEO/Over-500-new-sp...
First Biodiversity Heritage Site in India: fish for everyone
The Hindu, 2017-06-05
On the western fringes of Hyderabad, surrounded by fantastic primordial rock formations, modern apartments, factories and a village, is a sprawling and ancient man-made lake. Ameenpur Lake dates back to the time of Ibrahim Qutb Shah, who ruled the kingdom of Golconda between 1550 and 1580. According to one account, the tank was excavated to irrigate a large public garden. The lake is now divided into two parts called Pedda Ameenpur and Chinna Cheruvu.
More: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/fish-for-every...
Environment education calls nature lovers
Source:-TOI Jun 5, 2017
PUNE: Students who love nature have an opportunity to pursue it as a career. Courses in biodiversity will provide them not only an inquisitive scientific approach, but also a profession.
Gurugram may soon be “living hell”
Source:-Gurugram, june 02, 2017
The Millennium City’s woes include depleting groundwater table, pollution and poor waste management.
More:-http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/gurugram-may-soon-be-living-hell/article18702548.ece
An escape from a shopping bag triggers an idea.
Source:The Indian Express 02/05/2015
Plastic-eating caterpillars could save the planet.
In Himachal Pradesh, a few new ideas to tackle an old problem
Source:-The Indian Express 01/05/2015
They bite people, contaminate drinking water in storage tanks, steal, tear, break and snatch.
Bovine IVF: Mobile lab helps farmers breed perfect calves
Source:-The Indian Express 18/04/2017
FOR the last few days, the sight of a constantly-parked “ambulance-like” vehicle at the cow farm of Indapur-based Majid Khan Pathan had made his neighbours curious
How Ants Figured Out Farming Millions of Years Before Humans
Source:-The Indian Express 18/04/2017
We humans think we’re pretty smart because we invented farming. But we didn’t.
More:-https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/science/ant-fungus-farmers-evolution.html?_r=0
#Hunger4 Bees: Declining Bee Populations Mean and Our Food
Slow Food, 2017-03-27
Something that affects every single one of us—food—is being used as a way to offer a new perspective on the global problem of falling bee populations. The impact of the decline in pollinating insects on our diets and the tangible, daily consequences for our health, the environment and biodiversity are the driving forces behind the Hunger For Bees journalism project, winner of an “Innovation in Development Reporting” award from the European Journalism Centre.
More: http://www.slowfood.com/hunger4bees-declining-bee-populations-mean-food/
Poachers account for 53 of 131 leopard deaths across India in 2017
Source- HINDUSTAN TIMES, MARCH 15, 2016
Since the start of the year, 131 leopards have died across the country. Of these, 40% were killed by poachers. Wildlife activists said that while conservation efforts were largely focused on tigers, other big cats also needed protection.
On the origin of species in India
Source-THE HINDU, MARCH 12, 2016
Whenever you imagine planet Earth or sit and look at the stars on a dark moonless night, the thoughts that creep in are about life in our universe.
More:http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/on-the-origin-of-species-in-india/article17450238.ece
Monkeys wreak havoc with crops in Himachal Pradesh
Source- THE HINDU, MARCH 12, 2016
Monkeys have unleashed devastation in Himachal Pradesh. In the last one year, they have caused a loss of Rs. 184.28 crore to the State’s farmers by destroying their crops.
Study on fish reveals key to cure blindness
Source- THE HINDU, MARCH 12, 2016
Scientists have discovered a chemical in the zebra fish brain that helps reveal how it regrows its retina, a finding that can potentially cure blindness in humans.
Indian researcher uses novel strategy to increase wheat yield
Source-THE HINDU, MARCH 11, 2016
Using a novel route, an Indian researcher has been able to increase wheat grain yield by 20% and also improve the resilience of wheat to environmental stress such as drought
New clone of MRSA identified in Kerala aquatic environment
Source-THE HINDU, MARCH 11, 2016
A new clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which is exclusive to Kochi, has been identified. The new clone, christened ‘t15669 MRSA’, is unique to seafood and the aquatic environment of Kerala.
Ganja attracts Shivamogga farmers as drough wilts paddy and ginger hopes.
Source- THE HINDU, MARCH 06, 2016
An agent enters a village bordering the verdant Western Ghats forests of Shivamogga district, in the guise of being a scrap merchant or ginger dealer. Acquaintances are made, and a proposition is put forth: start cultivating lucrative ganja (cannabis) instead of the low-profit paddy.
Couple Buys 300 Acres Of Barren Land, Converts It Into India's First Private Wildlife Sanctuary
Source- Indiatimes.com, MARCH 06, 2016
A couple has transformed 300 acres of denuded farmland in Karnataka into what is probably India's first private wildlife sanctuary. Pamela Malhotra walks through the forest, pointing out a spot where she and her husband saw a herd of 10 elephants a few days ago. She also shows off a giant tree nearby.
Why are pandas black and white?
Source- THE HINDU, MARCH 05, 2017
उत्तराखंड में एक अप्रैल से 'सुरक्षित हिमालय'
Source:- Dainik Jagran, 20/02/2017
पर्यावरण, वन एवं जलवायु मंत्रालय और संयुक्त राष्ट्र विकास कार्यक्रम (यूएनडीपी) के तत्वावधान में इन क्षेत्रों में एक अप्रैल से 'सुरक्षित हिमालय' परियोजना की शुरुआत की जा रही है। देहरादून, [केदार दत्त]:
दीमक दे रहे हैं पर्यावरण में बदलाव के संकेत
Source:- Dainik Jagran, 20/02/2017
जंगल में पाए जाने वाले दीमक के टीलों की संख्या में गिरावट आ र ही है, जो कुमाऊं की पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र में बदलाव के संकेत दे रहे हैं। हल्द्वानी, [अंकुर शर्मा]:
The giant panda’s distinct black-and-white markings have two functions: camouflage and communication, a new study has found.
More:http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/why-are-pandas-black-and-white/article17409189.ece
Source- hindustantimes, FEBRUARY 18, 2017
A continent two-thirds the size of Australia has been found beneath the south-west Pacific Ocean, scientists reported in the journal of the Geological Society of America.
Butterfly find enriches Indian faunal diversity
Source- THE HINDU FEBRUARY 5, 2017
Marking an important addition to India’s rich wildlife, researchers have described Limenitis rileyi, a butterfly spotted in Arunachal Pradesh three decades ago as the first record of the species in the country
Scientists claim discovery of ‘Zealandia’, a continent drowned in the Pacific Ocean
Source- hindustantimes, FEBRUARY 18, 2017
A continent two-thirds the size of Australia has been found beneath the south-west Pacific Ocean, scientists reported in the journal of the Geological Society of America.
Tribe offers clues to hidden wonders of medicinal plant
Source- THE HINDU FEBRUARY 5, 2017
A medicinal plant endemic to the southern parts of Western Ghats and Sri Lanka could offer scientists the key to new herbal formulations and modern drugs for the treatment of cancer and wounds and burns.
Uttarakhand biodiversity board selects 13 sacred groves for eco-tourism
Source- TOI, October 1, 2016
Local residents have dedicated around 400 sacred groves to their deities and hence have shunned tree felling or any other exploitation of natural resources which help in conservation of biodiversity.
Uttarakhand’s largest bird reserve to come up near Nainital. view(123 KB)
Common Peacock declared as state Butterfly of Uttarakhand. View(168 KB)