Environmentalists and animal lovers perceive a grave threat to the future of the African wild elephant population after China was granted permission to become a licenced buyer of ivory from Africa.
In a recently concluded meeting of the UN’s…
China’s legal ivory trading status puts African elephants’ fate in jeopardy Read More »
United States was regarded as the worst handler of the global warming issue. It ranked at the bottom in addressing the environmental issue in the recent G-8 summit. But now, the US scientists have got a new way to reduce CO2 levels, by burying it…
Geologic Sequestration: Burying Carbon dioxide, getting oil Read More »
There is finally some good news for environment enthusiasts! A five-year ban on fishing around Lundy Island off the Devon coats has significantly revived sea life. The eastern coats of Lundy is the only zone where fishing in completely prohibited…
Fishing ban – A boon to marine life Read More »
Food and fuel scarcity is rising high day-by-day. There is a vast gap between the demand and supply of these necessary products. We need an urgent balance to check the fast growing inflation. For that, more of farmlands are required to grow food crop and.
Forests need to be destroyed to feed the masses? Read More »
Ultimately, the time has come for human beings to start taking concrete steps to check global warming. After threatening to endanger life forms, submerge land masses under water bodies, cause adverse climatic changes and pollute the environment; global…
Study: More kidney stone cases likely owing to global warming Read More »
A living exhibit of plant life and urban art, Public Farm One (PF1) is a part of PS1 extension of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in Long Island City, New York. And apart from offering an outdoor social space, PFI also grows vegetables, herbs and fruit.
Self-sustaining initiatives: Public Farm One Read More »
The marine life is under continuous damage by various human activities. The sea-birds are hooked up by the fishing ship, large and small all the fishes are caught for food, coral-reefs are dying fast because of global warming and chemicals discharged…
Scotland’s Marine Bill: A ray of hope at last Read More »
Most of us are aware of the ozone layer problem. Ozone is a gas containing 3 atoms of oxygen. It is a harmful gas if inhaled in large quantities. Naturally it is present in the lower part of the second layer of our atmosphere. So there is a layer of..
Threat from safe gases Read More »
If you think we haven’t screwed the Earth enough, here’s more bad news. We have, apparently, put almost one third of the world’s coral reefs at risk of extinction because of climate changes and human activities including increase in carbon…
Corals at extinction risk, human activity is to be blamed Read More »
The biggest challenge before modern man is perhaps the food crisis. The leaders of all the nations are concentrating on how to increase the production of food, so that no one should die just because of hunger. Even the government is encouraging the…
World’s farmland degrading at a fast pace Read More »