Environment
Over 100 dolphins dead in Amazon as it hits record-high temperature
Over 100 dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon due to historic drought and increasing water temperatures. The deaths are believed to be connected to the drought period and high temperatures in Lake Tefe. Researchers are attempting to rescue surviving dolphins by moving them to cooler waters, but this operation is challenging due to the remote location.
- Texas's Canyon lake uncovers historic treasures as water level reaches historic low
- Crossing glaciers and fjords: Norwegian reindeer migrate for winter
- Australia swelters through 'scorching' heat lifting bushfire risk
- Monsoon 2023 to end with below-normal rains, global warming fuels erratic weather
- Endangered red wolf can make it in the wild, but not without 'significant' help, study says
- US adopts plan to phase out single-use plastics at national parks
- Rich nations exploiting Paris Agreement clause to deny essential fossil fuel development in developing countries: India
- India slams rich nations' climate inaction; calls for focus on pre-2020 gaps, equity in Global Stocktake
- Exposure to air pollution linked to increased stroke risk within 5 days: Study
- Wildfires can make your California red taste like an ashtray. These scientists want to stop that
- Plastic pollution: Cub with a gumboot toy raises alarm
- As climate change and high costs plague Alaska's fisheries, fewer young people take up the trade
- Wildfires can make your California red taste like an ashtray. These scientists want to stop that
- Plastic pollution: Cub with a gumboot toy raises alarm
- As climate change and high costs plague Alaska's fisheries, fewer young people take up the trade
- Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America's largest and rarest tortoise species
- COP28’s biggest conflicts are on display at the UN General Assembly
- G20 countries must fast forward their net zero plans by 10 years: Climate transparency alliance
Global Warming
- Over 100 dolphins dead in Amazon as it hits record-high temperature
- Texas's Canyon lake uncovers historic treasures as water level reaches historic low
- Australia swelters through 'scorching' heat lifting bushfire risk
- Monsoon 2023 to end with below-normal rains, global warming fuels erratic weather
- Rich nations exploiting Paris Agreement clause to deny essential fossil fuel development in developing countries: India
The Good Earth
- Five Indian youths named among 2023 International Young Eco-Hero award winners
- In a first, US startup plants carbon-guzzler GM trees
- Climate fund: Donor base, beneficiaries to be clarified by ’23
- COP27 inclusion of sustainable lifestyle key for India: Union minister Bhupender Yadav
- COP27: Countries reach historic decision on loss and damage but fail to address cause of global warming
Developmental Issues
- ITC commits to tackling plastic waste through innovative solutions
- UN, other agencies aim to standardise measurement of environmental impacts
- Shift to Net-zero buildings is not only cheap now, but viable too; India slowly finding solutions as well
- As UN Secretary General makes fresh appeal for carbon neutrality, a Coalition of Indian industries sign charter for ‘near zero’ emissions by 2050
- Record 212 environmental activists murdered in 2019: NGO
Flora & Fauna
- Over 100 dolphins dead in Amazon as it hits record-high temperature
- Crossing glaciers and fjords: Norwegian reindeer migrate for winter
- Endangered red wolf can make it in the wild, but not without 'significant' help, study says
- Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America's largest and rarest tortoise species
- Peta highlights absence of sexual violence provision against animals in code replacing IPC
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Pollution
- US adopts plan to phase out single-use plastics at national parks
- Exposure to air pollution linked to increased stroke risk within 5 days: Study
- Plastic pollution: Cub with a gumboot toy raises alarm
- Climate change and air pollution must be tackled together -WMO
- Study finds how oceans release microplastics into atmosphere
Wild & Wacky
- Uttar Pradesh: Bird lover urges people to save ‘Goraiya’ on World Sparrow Day
- Thriving seal numbers have Great White Sharks baying for human blood
- Fossils reveal dinosaur forerunner smaller than a cellphone
- Karnataka Govt order to kill a man-eating tiger in Bandipur
- Tigress Avni, blamed for 13 deaths, killed in Maharashtra
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