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Barrier removal on Hucava river in Slovakia in progress.

Explained | The 2021 Dam Removal Progress report and why removing obsolete river barriers is important

Priyali Prakash Dams, and riverine barriers at large, lead to the loss of habitat for species belonging to riverine ecosystems and severely impact the routes of migra

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A farmer walks over dried land (file photo)

Explained | The UN report that highlights India’s vulnerability to drought

Priyali Prakash More than a billion people around the world were affected by drought in 2000-19, making it the second-worst disaster after flooding.

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Chicken waste rendering plant inaugurated in Kannur

Staff Reporter The plant handles 40 tonnes of waste per day and has modern facilities such as cold storage, sewage treatment plant and biofilter

IMD Insat Satellite images update from 16 May, 2022 between 1700 to 1726 IST shows strengthening southwest monsoon winds in the lower tropospheric levels.

Southwest monsoon debuts over Andaman & Nicobar islands

PTI Andaman and Nicobar islands and adjoining areas experienced advancing Southwest monsoon due to strengthening south-westerly winds in the lower troposp

Watch | Why are birds falling down?

The Hindu Bureau

Coots, painted storks, pelicans and herons thrive on green mud flats at Nanjarayan Tank

A new bird sanctuary takes wing at Nanjarayan Tank in Tiruppur

K Jeshi Tamil Nadu’s 17th bird sanctuary, a protected birding hotspot in Tiruppur district, is an abode of colorful, vibrant, and rare migratory birds

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Indian monsoons influence Atlantic hurricanes: study

Jaipur : 04/09/2012: Rajasthan's affair with monsoon, 2012: Low flying clouds hug the Aravalli mountain ranges along the Bewar-Jaipur stretch of National Highway 17, near Nasirabad in Ajmer district after Monday's showers. Most of the districts in Rajasthan received good rains during the current monsoon while some like Jaipur, Sikar and Jhunjhunu reported damages due to excess rainfall. on Tuesday. on September 04,2012.--Photo: Rohit Jain Paras

SC shocked over ‘vanishing’ Aravalli hills

Flying high The Eurasian Hobby

All the way from Europe

Susan Joe Philip

Pilgrims praying after a dip at Gangasagar in West Bengal.

Where Ganga meets the Bay of Pollution

Shiv Sahay Singh

Prof Vasudevan at his lab in the college

plastics Environment

Plastic Man speaks out on disposal

Tourists gather on a platform above the Baishui Glacier No.1 on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Yunnan.

China’s melting glacier draws tourists amid climate worries

Mother Power — harnessing of solar power

Indian monitor lizard

Thiruvananthapuram

Kochi city boasts rich wildlife

Aathira Perinchery

Bengaluru, Karnataka: 19/01/2017: Due to heavy crop Carrot arriving on trucks to Bengaluru city and sold Just for 10 Rs per Kg near KR Market, normally Carrot price will be between 40 to 80 per kg in Bengaluru.
Photo: Sampath Kumar G P

Carrots could be key to making greener buildings

NEW DELHI, 26/03/2018: The paddy straw is of no use to the farmers unlike the wheat straw, which is used as animal fodder. Agriculture left over stubble being burnt at the field causing Air Pollution near Rohtak in the outskirts of Delhi on March 26, 2018. The smog and poor air quality in the National Capital Region has been blamed in part on stubble burning by farmers, especially in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana.
Photo: R.V. Moorthy

The lowdown on NCR's air quality

Bindu Shajan Perappadan

Ecotism

In India, the drastic change in climatic conditions is higher than global averages

ECOLOGIC Environment

Time’s running out in the hothouse

The stupa in Chushul, Ladakh.

Red earth Environment

Stupa for the wolf

Aathira Perinchery

Krishna river: a lifeline in peril

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