Like the dodo bird and the Tasmanian devil, the Caribbean monk seals too will be seen only in pictures and sketches. The U.S. government has officially announced that the species is extinct. A sad loss to all animal lovers. Native to the Caribbean…
World Environment day (5th June) this year brought yet another nation endangered on account of global warming to the fore. The low lying pacific islet Kiribati that is believed to become uninhabitable in about half a century from now is facing mass…
At the U.N. Summit held on World Environment Day yesterday, leaders across the world pledged to cut trade barriers and promote agricultural productivity to fight the food crisis spreading hunger and violent unrest across the world.
The summit was…
As I read the local paper today, another incidence of a cloudburst is reported from the Rajgarh area of Himachal. Unlike tropical cyclones, tornadoes and hurricanes, cloudbursts hardly make it to the news headlines. Perhaps because they affect only a…
