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    Stay-at-home orders cut noise exposure nearly in half amid Covid-19: Study

    environment
    Updated on Oct 10, 2020 12:41 IST
    Researchers at U-M’s School of Public Health and Apple Inc. looked at noise exposure data from volunteer Apple Watch users in Florida, New York, California and Texas.

    357 leopards translocated between 2009 and 2016, most in Karnataka: Study

    Representational Photo.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 10, 2020 08:25 IST

    Kanjur draws black kites, may threaten aircraft safety while landing: BNHS tells Bombay HC

    The Kanjur landfill, where scientific waste disposal is undertaken, is adjacent to the 1,690 ha Thane creek flamingo sanctuary but has been left out of the proposed eco-sensitive zone (buffer area).
    environment
    Published on Oct 9, 2020 04:40 IST

    Urban air pollution may make Covid-19 more deadly, says study

    In a recent study conducted by researchers analysed key urban air pollutants, including fine particle matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3), across 3,122 counties in the United States from January to July.
    environment
    Published on Oct 8, 2020 08:23 IST

    Delhi: Anti-smog guns deployed at large construction sites to control pollution

    The air quality index (AQI) was reported at 260 in Anand Vihar and at 238 in Rohini -- both in the ‘poor’ category.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 7, 2020 12:03 IST

    Scientists say 2020 may smash heat record

    Global year-to-date temperatures show little deviation from 2016, the warmest calendar year recorded so far. (Representational Image)
    environment
    Updated on Oct 7, 2020 09:37 IST

    22 dead sea cucumbers worth ₹20 lakh seized in Lakshadweep

    The Lakshadweep forest department on Monday seized a consignment of 22 large sea cucumbers worth around <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>20 lakh from an abandoned building.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 7, 2020 05:11 IST

    Delta grows into hurricane in Caribbean; eyes Yucatan, Cuba

    That part of Mexico is still soaked from Tropical Storm Gamma which hit its popular coastal resorts over the weekend and forced thousands from their homes in Tabasco and Chiapas.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 6, 2020 17:33 IST

    Political ‘retreat’ on climate action harms all nations, says UN climate chief

    environment
    Updated on Oct 6, 2020 17:07 IST

    Indian capital launches campaign to curb toxic air pollution

    “Polluted air can be life-threatening in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Both affect the lungs,” Kejriwal said.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 5, 2020 11:59 IST

    Delhi’s air quality in moderate category

    The city recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 169 at 10 am which falls in the “moderate” category.
    environment
    Updated on Oct 5, 2020 11:21 IST

    Delhi to launch massive anti-air pollution campaign from Oct 5: Gopal Rai

    “Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will launch a mega anti-air pollution campaign after a meeting with officials.”
    environment
    Updated on Oct 2, 2020 09:51 IST

    Global climate events over last 3,200 years may have caused variations in Indian Summer Monsoon: Study

    Representational image
    environment
    Updated on Oct 1, 2020 16:41 IST

    Mumbai records most environmental offences among major cities for second consecutive year

    A mangrove hacked. The NCRB data for EPA, 1986 offences for Maharashtra showed 42 cases in 2019, as compared to 45 in 2018.
    environment
    Published on Oct 1, 2020 05:09 IST

    David Attenborough leads call for world to invest $500 billion a year to protect nature

    Broadcaster and film maker David Attenborough.
    environment
    Updated on Sep 30, 2020 16:04 IST

    France to ban use of wild animals in circuses, marine parks

    “It is time to open a new era in our relationship with these (wild) animals,”
    environment
    Updated on Sep 30, 2020 09:57 IST

    No major damage to local ecology: OIL on Baghjan gas and oil leak

    The Baghjan gas well blowout led to oil and gas leaking into the adjacent Maguri Motapung wetland, the surrounding grasslands and river water.
    environment
    Published on Sep 30, 2020 03:16 IST

    Need to ensure countries take their obligations seriously to combat climate change: India

    “India is doing its part to combat climate change with determination and focus and in the spirit of South-South cooperation,”
    environment
    Updated on Sep 29, 2020 09:03 IST

    Aerial images show coastal road reclamation far beyond requirement: Environmentalist to SC

    CAT’s executive trustee, Debi Goenka, said the depth and the width of the reclamation demonstrated that the Supreme Court order has been allegedly ignored and caused irreparable damage to Mumbai’s coastline.
    environment
    Published on Sep 29, 2020 04:40 IST

    High wind speed improves Delhi’s air quality marginally

    “High surface wind speed is predicted... Favourable ventilation condition is likely to keep Delhi’s AQI in the moderate category for the next three days,” SAFAR said.
    environment
    Updated on Sep 28, 2020 16:26 IST

    Identified tourism sites can be turned into green zones with use of only bio fuels: Petroleum min

    The proposed project will be the joint effort of the ministry of tourism and the ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
    environment
    Updated on Sep 28, 2020 13:16 IST

    World’s youth rallies against climate change

    Thunberg and a handful of members of her group, Fridays for Future, assembled outside parliament with signs bearing slogans including “Stop Denying the Climate Is Dying”. (Representational Image)
    environment
    Updated on Sep 26, 2020 05:57 IST

    Aarey: Final proposal allocates 329 ha forest soon to be part of SGNP

    A final proposal for reserved forest declaration has been vetted and submitted to the Maharashtra government for the allocation of 328.9 hectare (ha) within Aarey as a reserved forest under the Indian Forest Act.
    environment
    Published on Sep 26, 2020 04:56 IST

    Mahul firms catching up with state’s pollution abatement plan: Environment Minister

    Residents of the Mahul-Trombay industrial area have been demanding their rehabilitation for the past two years on health grounds because of severe air pollution.
    environment
    Published on Sep 25, 2020 04:36 IST

    Green cover in Prayagraj almost doubles in 3 years

    The forest department alone has planted over 40 lakh saplings. Besides, farmers and residents have planted trees on a large scale.
    environment
    Published on Sep 24, 2020 04:28 IST

    Whale beaching: An enduring mystery

    Mass whale strandings have occurred throughout recorded modern history, and likely earlier.
    environment
    Updated on Sep 23, 2020 13:26 IST

    Don’t give up on recycling plastic

    Other organizations are helping to provide waste collecting and recycling infrastructure to the one-third of the globe that still lacks it.
    environment
    Updated on Sep 24, 2020 03:43 IST

    Toxins in water killed hundreds of elephants in Botswana

    Representational Image
    environment
    Updated on Sep 22, 2020 07:56 IST

    10.76 million trees felled or marked for felling for infra projects since 2015

    Around 1.263 million trees have been marked for felling in 2019-20 so far. In 2018-19, the number was highest at 3.036 million.
    environment
    Updated on Sep 18, 2020 03:15 IST

    MP forest officials play down leopard scare at Jabalpur colony, offer reasons

    The forest officials maintain that a leopard cannot be considered to have turned dangerous until it attacks humans.
    environment
    Updated on Sep 17, 2020 09:05 IST
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