Showing results for "#Deforestation"
Tamil Nadu hill stations warming up due to construction surge and...
As tourists rush for a quick chilly respite, the continuous development at TN hill stations is taking the mercury up a notch, finds report
World Earth Day: There is no Plan - B or Planet - B
22 April 2024 7:00 AM ISTFrom cosmic dust to a thriving space that sustains a gazillion forms of life, Mother Earth is being pushed to her inhabitable limits by man’s...
In Peru, a mission to save the stingless bee
2 Feb 2024 7:00 PM ISTThe Amazon is home to hundreds of species of stingless bee, but as deforestation converts the tropical landscape into farms and ranches, native...
Logged forests, climate change driving birds in tropical mountains to...
8 Jan 2024 2:30 PM ISTSmaller bird species are able to withstand higher temperatures, and thus colonise these logged forests better
Climate change may permanently alter mountain forests: Study
8 Sept 2023 1:30 PM ISTScientists have studied the forests of five susceptible mountain locations in Italy and predicted the future of these fragile ecosystems
Brazil: Amazon nations launch alliance to protect rainforest
9 Aug 2023 8:31 PM ISTThe group’s members – Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela – signed a joint declaration in Belem.
Amazon in trouble: Deforestation down as leaders convene
9 Aug 2023 3:00 PM ISTDeforestation in Brazil in 2015 accounted for just over a quarter of global tree cover loss in tropical primary forests, which are some of the oldest...
Deploying blockchain to mitigate natural disasters
17 July 2023 7:00 AM ISTTo have any chance of effectively responding to them, we must be aware of them as early as feasible.