Toxin detector

No need to use mice anymore

In Short

Cast away

What are oyster reefs?

Nuclear plant triggers reaction

Konkan villagers protest land acquisition for 9,900 MW power plant

Taking stock of biodiversity

The Convention on Biological Diversity, 20 years on, is still struggling to stem the precipitous decline in biodiversity. After missing the 2010 …

Housing plan, at sea

An artificial reef could be the ideal habitat for threatened sea creatures

POSCO clearance illegal: activists

Say the claims made by Odisha government are barefaced lies

POSCO gets final approval

Environment ministry endorses state government’s claim that there are no forest rights to be settled in the project area

No mermaid fairytale

A scientific conservation programme notwithstanding, the dugong remains in peril

Molting seals add mercury to seawater, reveals study

Mercury, the most toxic metal, is easily absorbed and accumulated in marine organisms 

Fish take oil spills to heart

2010 oil spill in Gulf of Mexico may have caused heart defects in tuna species, reducing their numbers

Chewing up the resources

Melting to extinction

Biodiversity in the UK threatened due to climate changes

Doubts cast over Sethusamudram

Oceanography institute says data too meagre to assess navigation canals impact

Odisha may ban catching under-sized fish

The state has also banned use of purse seine nets, gill nets to protect the baby fish, particularly the Hilsa 

Simply put: Arunachal's pristine river Kameng turns into a dumpyard

Antarctica is melting: Opportunity for realtors?

Microplastics, now, in human stool: study

The study says consuming plastic packaged food, water allows microplastics to be ingested, & that consumers must rethink individual plastic usage

For the first time, study confirms presence of microplastics in Indian cosmetics

Results show that 50 per cent of the face wash products and 67 per cent of the facial scrubs contain microplastics

Trawlers push small fisherfolk out of business

Bottom trawling has spelt doom for small-scale fishermen in Bengal's East Midnapore district. Faced with a bleak future due to reduced fish catch,…

'Sea Gliders can help predict where dead zones will form'

Jack Barth, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, spoke on how underwater Sea Gliders track dead zones

Eavesdropping on animals via satellite

Technological advances allow biologists to sit in their labs and monitor animal movements.

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