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How the Mithi was destroyed

The Mithi is sweet only in name. Over the decades, the river has been systematically ravaged by pollutants, settlements along its banks, and governmental neglect. Afroz Shah, who spearheaded the Versova beach clean-up, is doing his bit here as well, but is it enough?

Blackbuck and a bluebull at a rescue centre at Fazilka in Abohar district of Punjab on February 16, 2019.

Caught down the wire: Punjab’s blackbuck fight for existence

K4, the tigress with a snare around its abdomen, captured in a camera trap in Chennur forests in January this year.

Chennur tigress, K4, is hale and healthy

S. Harpal Singh There are reports of K4 killing cattle, wild boars and a nilgai

Migratory birds at Vaduvoor bird sanctuary in Tiruvarur district.

Fewer migratory birds reported at Vaduvoor bird sanctuary post cyclone Gaja

C. Jaisankar The number of migratory birds, especially flamingos and painted storks, visiting Vaduvoor bird sanctuary in Tiruvarur district, has come down post cyclone Gaja.According to the recent census carried out by the Forest Department, conservationists and volunteers recorded 114 species of birds in the sanctuary as against 138 last year.As many as 23,687 birds were counted during the annual synchronized bird census recently. It was 29,284 last year.Ruff, spot billed duck, pin tailed duck, cotton teal

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During issoh, islanders set fire to the grassland to help regenerate it

How tsunami rehabilitation robbed the Nicobarese of their sense of home

Manish Chandi The 2004 tsunami washed away almost every traditional house on Chowra island. Rehabilitation efforts have forced the islanders into nuclear housing units and devastated the grasslands

Untreated sewage has been stopped from going into the rivers

Ecologic Beyond Ganga and Yamuna: replicating a successful river cleanup

Soumya Sarkar At the Allahabad Kumbh this year, devotees dipped in unusually clean waters. Can other rivers be similarly salvaged?

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Last four years hottest on record, U.N. confirms

AFP 2016 remains the hottest year on record; U.N.’s World Meterological Organisation also said that the 20 warmest years in history all occurred within the last 22 years.

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The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world.

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Aussie mammal the first ‘climate change extinction’

Watch: Pangolin - the most trafficked mammal in the world

Synthetic fibres contribute to plastic pollution

Chennur tigress, K4, is hale and healthy

How the Mithi was destroyed

Fewer migratory birds reported at Vaduvoor bird sanctuary post cyclone Gaja

Caught down the wire: Punjab’s blackbuck fight for existence

Stray cattle and dogs, barbed ‘cobra’ wire and changed land use patterns spell trouble for the majestic State animal.

The last of the elusive pangolins

Demand for scales in China has made it nearly extinct

Maharashtra, where a high-speed train corridor puts spotlight on a Flamingo sanctuary

An environment clearance to the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed train corridor has put the spotlight on the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (TCFS) in Mumbai.

Ecotism

Wayanad sanctuary yields a new spider

Team from CATE spots a spider taxonomically related to an Australian species

How to break up with plastic, The Switch Fix way

Is the plastic industry being too clingy and always asking you to invest? Delhi-based online portal The Switch Fix offers India a way to end such a toxic relationship

Blink and miss: Kerala’s mystery frog

It inhabits roadside puddles for a few days every year, then just disappears

A canvas for the rhino

Rhinos in South Africa have been given another shot at life through ‘The Rhinos Are Coming’, an initiative that brings together art, conservation and the travel industry

India, China lead global greening effort: study

The greening in China is from forests (42%) and croplands (32%), but in India it is mostly from croplands (82%)

Zoologist discovers ‘crying’ snake in Arunachal Pradesh

A new species of ‘crying’ snake has been discovered in Lepa-Rada district of Arunachal Pradesh.The discovery of the non-venomous crying keelback,

KKR completes buying 60% stake in Ramky Enviro for $510 million

Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited is a provider of environmental services and solutions in India and overseas

Moving continents created new centipede species

Ethmostigmus centipedes dispersed across peninsular India to form new species

Ecotism

Beyond Ganga and Yamuna: replicating a successful river cleanup

At the Allahabad Kumbh this year, devotees dipped in unusually clean waters. Can other rivers be similarly salvaged?

How tsunami rehabilitation robbed the Nicobarese of their sense of home

The 2004 tsunami washed away almost every traditional house on Chowra island. Rehabilitation efforts have forced the islanders into nuclear housing units and devastated the grasslands

Last four years hottest on record, according to the UN

The last four years were the hottest since global temperature records began, the UN confirmed in an analysis that it said was a "clear sign of

On the brink of change

Raphael Mathevet leads birders through the wetlands surrounding Ossudu lake, which hosts 20,000 migratory birds each year

Beyond the stripes we see

Daulat Singh on his encounter with a tiger and his fascination for the great outdoors

Last four years hottest on record, U.N. confirms

2016 remains the hottest year on record; U.N.’s World Meterological Organisation also said that the 20 warmest years in history all occurred within the last 22 years.

Expert panel defers clearance to Andamans resort project

‘It doesn’t account for the biodiversity of the islands’ coast’

Informal lessons about birds for students

Last Sunday at Perumbakkam Wetland, besides the regular weekend birdwatchers, there were two groups, one consisting of families, including lisping

Bullet train gets green light via flamingo haven, national park

Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan-led panel gives nod.

The garden of 400 bonsais

Suseela Vergis has taken four decades to fill her garden with bonsai and bougainvillea

The case of the missing hibiscus in Chennai

As exotic plants and trees multiply, vital indigenous species are being pushed out of city spaces

Fundraiser to secure 96 elephant corridors

Initiative launched by Asian Elephant Alliance, an umbrella of five NGOs

Emission levels rising faster in Indian cities than in China

Study analysed link between population density and emissions from vehicles across the districts in the country

‘Two-thirds of Himalayan ice cap may melt’

Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers, the world’s “Third Pole”, could melt by 2100 if global emissions are not reduced, scientists warned in a major new

Centre’s crackdown hits Greenpeace

Environment NGO cuts workforce, shuts down two offices in India

‘Inkjet’ solar panels set to reshape green energy

Perovskites-coated cells are light, flexible and inexpensive

In Assam, temples stave off extinction of turtles

Species that have disappeared in the wild are being bred in Assam’s shrines.

‘Microplastics found in dolphins’

Scientists find tiny particle in 50 marine animals, including seals and whales

Tangled food: forest animals near villages ‘gulp’ down plastic

Deer, foxes cannot separate waste from food and ingest it.

What happened on 31 January 2019?

Deep freezeTens of millions of Americans braved Arctic-like temperatures on January 31 as low as minus 49 degrees Celsius that paralysed the U.S.

‘Protecting biodiversity outside Ecologically Sensitive Areas is critical to protect Western Ghats’

K. C. Malhotra of SWGM says such places constitute 90% in Western Ghats

Ecotism

Ocean mixing that drives climate found in surprise spot

Challenges the long-held view that it was in the Labrador Sea

Visakhapatnam college students promote waste management

A student-led waste management club shows the way in keeping the city clean

Living Food Company is all about the micro-green rage

A company delivers 10 to 12 day old plants that are rich in nutrients and anti-oxidants

Sharks drawn to warm waters by Israeli coastal power plant

Researcher Aviad Scheinin says the hundreds of sharks flocking exclusively to the Hadera power plant every winter qualifies as “a legitimate and rare phenomenon.”

With winter nearing an end, look out for these birds

As numbers of some winter visitors dwindle, there are splashes of colour from elsewhere to keep the spirits up

Guess who just flew in?

Bird lovers in the city are beside themselves with excitement as some rare birds have shown up in the Eastern Ghats

No Indo-Nepal pact on tigers yet

They had agreed to collaborate on conducting census of the big cat in their respective countries in 2018

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