Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 27, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Physical stores emit more GHG than home delivery, less than online stores

Study by European researchers assessed three types of shopping including traditional and two types of online

Nuclear power or coal plants? Study weighs in on costs and benefits

Environmental costs from both power sources were also examined by the study

Scientists accidentally discover parasite that doesn't breathe oxygen

The parasite did not have mitochondrial genome and therefore, did not perform aerobic respiration, according to researchers

Locust invasion: FAO seeks $138 million for Africa — double of what it sought in January

Swarms present in 9 east African countries; unseasonal rain adds to worry

In a first, Odisha studies potential forest land under FRA

New estimate offers ‘baseline for planning and effective implementation of forest rights Act recognition’ 

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 26, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Coming up: New set of targets to protect the natural world

This year, the Convention on Biological Diversity is set to identify a new ‘Global Biodiversity Framework’ of targets for the coming decade to 2030

US woman's bladder produces alcohol in rare medical condition: Study

The woman suffers from liver damage and poorly-managed diabetes and is on a transplant list

Double-decker buses set to make comeback — in new avatar

The new design is awaiting third and final round of clearance, likely to hit Kolkata roads in March 2020 

Higher agency helps small farmers reap globalisation benefits: Study

A new study examined how flow of goods, resources and people in global market facilitated farmers’ livelihoods 

Marsquakes: InSight lander shows active faults in the planet’s crust

It successfully managed to use a robot arm to place a seismometer on ground clear of landing platform, then cover it with a wind & thermal shield

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 25, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Camera traps click ties between species in Sumatra

The traps, deployed for eight years as part of a study, recorded the haunts and habits of dozens of species

This new protein may help diabetes patients with fractures

Diabetes patients are more susceptible to bone fractures and take longer than usual to heal

COVID-19: Are we prepared for a pandemic?

No. The world has not even made a start

Solar storms can hamper whales' navigation, cause them to strand: Study

Radio frequency noise created by solar outburst affects whales’ senses and prevents them from navigating, according to the research

Dolphin population in Odisha's Gahirmatha halves: Annual census

Total 233 dolphins spotted across Odisha, down from 259 in 2019, 270 in 2015

Revenue targets, management staff making doctors pawns in corporate hospitals: Study

‘Corporate hospitals have reduced patients to factories’

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 24, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Trump's visit got the Yamuna a makeover: How far will it go?

Over 500 cusecs of water released by Uttar Pradesh's irrigation department in River Yamuna