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Pictures on social media can help in conservation of ecology
Hundreds of geotagged photos are being analysed to find out how people use different natural spaces
EU to label Canadian tar sands “dirty oil”
Sustained public opposition has led to a revenue loss of $17 billion for the tar sands industry in Canada, says latest report
NASA tests Orion—the spacecraft that might carry people to Mars
The spacecraft is believed to be NASA's best hope for putting people back in space after the retirement of the Space Shuttle program in 1972
Only one Indian has died of Ebola, says government
Earlier this month, India had quarantined a 26-year-old Indian who travelled from Liberia and had traces of virus in his semen
NGT bans cutting of trees in forests without requisite clearance
Complaint says felling of trees for charcoal production affects a forest area of 20,000 sq km annually
UN targets for Ebola response may not be met in West Africa
Targets for treatment and safe burials likely to be achieved in many places, but not in others, says WHO
Plague kills 40 in Africa’s Madagascar, El Nino blamed
High level of resistance to deltamethrin, an insecticide used to control fleas, has complicated the problem
Winter 2014 set to be 'coldest of the century'; climate change may be held responsible
In the UK, winter may even equal the record historic winter of 1947 which saw snowfall every single day between January and March
Green Climate Fund gets richer after G20 pledges; Australia refuses to contribute
Contributions are believed to be a vital step towards reaching global climate agreement in Paris
Black hole producing mysterious particles, says NASA
Figuring out where high-energy neutrinos come from is one of the biggest problems in astrophysics today
Iraq needs US $38.5 million aid to avert collapse of agriculture sector: FAO
Many of Iraq's water resources, including two great rivers—Tigris and Euphrates—flows through areas that are under IS militants’…
Environment is one of wars’ greatest victims
Illegal logging by US-backed warlords and wood harvesting by refugees caused more than one-third of Afghanistan’s forests to vanish between …
Attenborough film calls for saving gorillas of Congo’s Virunga
A recent report by non-profit Global Witness showed how secret payments and local violence helped a multinational company open Virunga national …
World leaders promise US $8 billion aid to Horn of Africa initiatives
The region is grappling with problems like unemployment, corruption, gender bias and people trafficking
First heart surgery on foetus in India, 3-D printing saves another baby in US
Despite cutting-edge technologies being available, such surgeries are not easy to perform, say doctors
Cosmic rays a serious threat to manned Mars missions, warn researchers
A highly abnormal and extended lack of solar activity is causing dangerous levels of hazardous radiation to pervade the environment of space
Ethical concerns eclipse world’s race to develop Ebola vaccine
World Health Organization and international community have been repeatedly slammed for delayed intervention
What Nigeria did to become Ebola-free
Technology combined with good detective work was instrumental in Nigeria’s fight against Ebola
2014 is International Year of Family Farming
Smallholder farming which is the predominant form of agriculture in the food production sector faces various challenges at governance and …
Simbhaoli Sugar Mills fined Rs 5 crore for polluting Ganga
National Green Tribunal orders another polluting units, Gopaljee Dairy, to pay Rs 25 lakh
Indian president visits Norway, marks country’s presence in the ongoing Arctic rush
India’s interests in the Arctic region are scientific, environmental, commercial as well as strategic, says president
From Phailin to Hudhud: a year of extreme weather events
Year 2014 has witnessed a series of floods, droughts and an unusual spell of hailstorms in a few states. A look at the damage and displacement …
Poor governance, weak institutions threat to agricultural commodity markets: FAO
Ministers have been asked to discuss how commodities should be related to post-2015 development goals
First case of Ebola diagnosed in US, death toll nears 3,000
In August, two American health workers were successfully treated in Atlanta after having contracted the disease in Liberia
Forests changing more rapidly than expected
Shifts in species composition associated with environmental change and increased biomass have been identified