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School students increase green cover by ‘seed-bombing’ Bihar

School children in Bihar are taking initiative in “seed-bombing” their surroundings in order to reverse the fast depleting green-co...

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Environment

Sweden's Highest Peak diminishes due to Rising Temperatures

Heatwaves are gripping much of the Northern Hemisphere, with record heat recorded from Japan, to Italy, through...

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Environment

Wetland in Assam under Jeopardy

Wetlands in Assam are repositories of diversity, ecology and livelihood support system of the local people. Located about 30 kms from Upper ...

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Environment

An Antidote for Bandipur

Bandipur National Park in Karnataka is facing a severe crisis today, trying to deal with an invasion by Read More

Environment

Why Living Around Nature Can Make You Live Longer

Living closer to nature is better for your health, new research suggests — and may even extend your life. A study just published in the journal Environmental Health P...

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Environment

Plants Appear To Be Trying To Rescue Us From Climate Change

For decades, we’ve been pumping billions of tons of harmful greenhouse gases into the air, and for decades plants have been obligingly sucking it back out again. In f...

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Environment

Hydroelectric Dams Emit A Billion Tonnes Of Greenhouse Gases A Year, Study Finds

Hydroelectric dams contribute more to global warming than previously estimated, according to a study published in BioScience.
It appears that the current and planned b...

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Sustainable Development

Changing Kenya’s Landscape For Wildlife And Jobseekers

Twenty years ago, this wildlife corridor in southern Kenya was in jeopardy. A scarcity of jobs in this impoverished, arid landscape meant people were hunting wild giraffe a...

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Sustainable Development

India to be Land Degradation Neutral by 2030

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar says the government is working on a plan to `stop and reverse’ the serious threat With India’s food security under threat...

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Sustainable Development

Sustainable energy through biomass

Biomass fuels come from things that once lived, such as wood products, dried vegetation, crop residues, aquatic plants and even garbage India’s energy demand is on th...

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