New snake species found in Ganjam named after Odisha

The author has posted comments on this articleTNN | Sep 28, 2014, 11.11AM IST Page 1 of 4 BHUBANESWAR: A new species of snake, found by a group of herpetologists and snake lovers in Odisha last year, has been named after the eastern state as...

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World Land Trust raising funds for the ‘ambitious’ Chilkiya-Kota elephant corridor

LONDON: World Land Trust is an international conservation charity, which protects the world's most biologically important and threatened habitats acre by acre. In one of its most ambitious projects till date, WLT has decided to fund purchase of alternate...

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NGT fines water packaging unit for not taking permission

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has directed a water packaging unit in Greater Noida to pay Rs 1 lakh to the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) for operating without permission from any of the competent authorities and causing damage to the environment.A...

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New snake species found in Ganjam named after Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: A new species of snake, found by a group of herpetologists and snake lovers in Odisha last year, has been named after the eastern state as Lycodon Odishii, becoming the latest addition to the list of 297 species of snakes found in the country.The...

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Maharashtra's Rajapur forest belt sees 20% rise in deer, blackbuck population

NASHIK: The forest belt of Rajapur in Yeola, 104 km from here, has seen 20% rise in the population of deer and blackbucks in the past couple of years, according to forest officials.They said the population has risen due to plantation and sufficient water...

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Uma Bharti participates in cleanliness drive in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Union water resources minister Uma Bharti became the latest minister to take part in a cleanliness drive at the Shram Shakti Bhawan here on Saturday as a part of the NDA government's 'Swachh Bharat' Mission.After picking up litter in the park,...

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Roads emerging critical threats to leopards in Madhya Pradesh

BHOPAL: An adult leopard was run over by a vehicle at Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh (MP) on Wednesday night.The big cat, fifth to have been killed in vehicular collision in last six months, was hit while it was dragging its kill, a half-eaten cow,...

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Land-ice decay behind fast sea level rise

CANBERRA: Land-ice decay at the end of the last five ice-ages caused global sea levels to rise at rates of up to 5.5 metres per century, according to a new study.An international team of researchers developed a 500,000-year record of sea-level variability...

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Govt should ensure ‘aviral’ flow of Ganga, says environment scientist BD Tripathi

VARANASI: After the UPA government constituted the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) in 2009 and announced "Mission Clean Ganga by 2020", the NDA government led by Narendra Modi has set a target to clean the holy river in the next 18 years....

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Natural gas usage won't help curb CO2 emission: Study

NEW YORK: Increased use of natural gas will not help arrest carbon dioxide (CO2) emission significantly because it delays the widespread construction of low-carbon energy facilities, such as solar arrays, says a US-based study.Inexpensive gas boosts...

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Pet chimpanzees suffer behavioural problems

NEW YORK: Chimpanzees who are separated from their mothers early in life and raised by humans as pets or performers are likely to show behavioural and social deficiencies as adults, say researchers.In a year-long study, scientists from Lincoln Park Zoo...

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Lion found dead near Junagadh

RAJKOT: A lion was found dead in Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU)'s research farm on the outskirts of Junagadh town on Tuesday morning.The lion is believed to be around one-and-a-half-year old. The decomposed body was found some 10 km away from...

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CO2 emissions set to reach record high in 2014

NEW DELHI: Carbon dioxide emissions will reach a record high of 40 billion tonnes in 2014, according to the latest report of the Global Carbon Project, which is co-led in the UK by researchers at the University of East Anglia and the University of Exeter....

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Punjab government to start campaign for clean, green schools

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Sep 22, 2014, 07.18PM IST Page 1 of 4 CHANDIGARH: In a bid to make government schools clean and green in Punjab, the state education department will start a month-long campaign from Friday.This...

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CO2 emissions set to reach record high in 2014

NEW DELHI: Carbon dioxide emissions will reach a record high of 40 billion tonnes in 2014, according to the latest report of the Global Carbon Project, which is co-led in the UK by researchers at the University of East Anglia and the University of Exeter....

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Punjab government to start campaign for clean, green schools

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to make government schools clean and green in Punjab, the state education department will start a month-long campaign from Friday.This decision was taken during a high-level meeting held under the chairmanship of education minister...

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Over 1,500 participate in march on climate change in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Over 1,500 people on Saturday took part in a march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar here to press for stronger action on climate change, a statement said."India saw its largest ever climate change mobilization with over 1,500 people coming...

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Decline in wind may affect predator-prey balance

WASHINGTON: A new study by a University of Wisconsin Madison zoologist has found that declining wind may alter predator-prey relationships.The study has demonstrated the way "global stilling" or declining wind may alter predator-prey relationships."There...

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US power plants world's worst polluters: Report

WASHINGTON: America's power plants are among the leading global sources of carbon emission than the entire economies of Russia, India, Japan or any other nation put together besides China, a latest report said on Friday."US power plants are polluters...

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Radio-collar infection kills tigress in MP

BHOPAL: The first tigress in India to be translocated to the wild after being hand-bred was on Friday found dead of an infection caused by its radio collar at the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. T4 had earlier being showcased as the biggest success...

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Peacock's train doesn't affect its flight: study

LONDON: The magnificent plumage of the peacock may not be quite the sacrifice to love that it appears to be, a new study on Indian peacocks has found.Researchers filmed five Indian peacocks taking off using two high-speed video cameras to try to work...

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'Miracle' panda triplets open their eyes in Chinese zoo

HONG KONG: A set of panda triplets, known as the world's only surviving trio, have opened their eyes for the first time more than a month after their birth in a Chinese zoo.The trio's births at the end of July were hailed as a "miracle" given the animal's...

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‘Lesser’ Florican prompts Madhya Pradesh to develop habitat at Sailana

The author has posted comments on this articleBagish Jha, TNN | Sep 17, 2014, 05.42PM IST This season, number of Lesser Florican migrating to state has come down by 26% as compared to last year. Page 1 of 4 INDORE: Alarmed over continuous...

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Peacock's train doesn't affect its flight: study

LONDON: The magnificent plumage of the peacock may not be quite the sacrifice to love that it appears to be, a new study on Indian peacocks has found.Researchers filmed five Indian peacocks taking off using two high-speed video cameras to try to work...

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Scientists given rare glimpse of 350-kilo colossal squid

WELLINGTON: Scientists said on Tuesday a female colossal squid weighing an estimated 350 kilograms (770 lbs) and thought to be only the second intact specimen ever found was carrying eggs when discovered in the Antarctic.The squid had been kept in optimum...

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‘Lesser’ Florican prompts Madhya Pradesh to develop habitat at Sailana

INDORE: Alarmed over continuous decline in migration of Lesser Florican locally known as Likh and Kharmor in Madhya Pradesh, forest department has taken up the task to protect and develop habitat of the endangered bird at Sailana Wildlife Sanctuary.This...

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Environmental norms will be made more stringent: Prakash Javadekar

NEW DELHI: Amid criticism of mindless clearances to many projects at the cost of green concerns, environment, forests and climate change minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that his ministry had taken many steps to bring transparency and emphasized...

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Global wild tiger population to be counted by 2016

DHAKA: Thirteen countries with wild tiger populations agreed on Tuesday to take part in a global count to establish how many of the critically endangered big cats are left and improve policies to protect them.Experts say that although the tiger population...

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Asian monsoon almost 40 million years old

WASHINGTON: Asian monsoon, one of the largest and crucial climate system in the world, existed 40 million years ago — much earlier than previous estimates, according to a new study.Scientists believed the climate pattern known as the Asian monsoon began...

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Javadekar to represent India at UN Climate Summit on September 23

NEW DELHI: India will be represented by environment minister Prakash Javadekar at the UN Climate Summit which is to be held in New York on September 23. One-day summit is being organized to give a 'political' momentum to the climate deal negotiations...

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Wild Chinese Sturgeon faces extinction

BEIJING: The wild Chinese Sturgeons, believed to have lived since the age of dinosaurs, had no natural reproduction last year, leaving the rare species of fish at the risk of extinction, according to a latest research."It is the first time that we found...

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Leopard found dead in Betul

BETUL (MP): Around seven-year-old leopard was found dead near Bhoura village in north forest division, a forest official said here on Sunday.The carcass of the leopard was spotted by the forest guards during their routine patrol on the intervening nights...

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Whale huddle braces for clash over Japanese hunting

PARIS: Nations will square off in Slovenia next week over the fate of hundreds of whales in the crosshairs of Japanese and Greenland hunters accused of sidestepping a commercial killing ban.The stage is set for fiery debate among International Whaling...

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Outfit flays move to renew ownership certificate for captive elephants

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Noted animal rights group Heritage Task Force has criticised the Kerala forest department's move to renew the ownership certificate for captive elephants, holding that the move will lead to the regularization of illegal ownership...

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Hunt on for man-eater leopard in Alirajpur district of MP

INDORE: A day after a pregnant woman was mauled by a man-eater leopard at Chhoti Jwari village in Alirajpur district, wildlife rescue team and battery of forest officials have launched a massive hunt to trace the beast.DFO Alirajpur RS Sikarwar said,...

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Govt launches an exclusive portal for river Ganga

NEW DELHI: Government on Friday launched an exclusive website on the river Ganga. The move will provide a digital platform to people to extend their suggestions and tips on good practices to keep the country's national river clean.The idea of this launch...

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Climate-damaging greenhouse gases reached new record high in 2013

NEW DELHI: With world leaders getting ready to give a political push to the efforts to deal with the climate change at a mega summit in New York on September 23, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday came out with an alarming disclosure...

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