Sun, sea and garbage

Science and Technology - Briefs

World Turtle Day 2020: Here's an app for you to aid conservation

Kurma mobile application lets users collate, exchange data on turtles

Australia says no to protecting Japanese whale hunters

Does not buy country’s argument that it is whaling for scientific reasons

Killing dust

African dust clouds cause red tides that kill millions of fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Natural burden

Oil in the well

Science & Technology - Briefs

Forest guards protecting Olive Ridley turtles to be exempted from poll duty

Decision taken after forest officials tell authorities that not exempting them would hamper conservation of wildlife and sea turtles

Odisha plans regulated Olive Ridley tourism

State's coast is nesting ground for the half the world's population of the endangered turtle; tour operators sceptical of the plan

News - In Short

The unholy accrual

Pesticides pollution threatens the aquatic life of the Ganges, especially the Gangetic dolphins

Great Barrier Reef decides Queensland election

Voters favour Labor party that pledged to revive the condition of the fragile ecosystem

Science and Technology - Briefs

Nowhere to nest

Olive Ridleys jostle for space at the shrinking Gahirmatha beach in Odisha

Fishers at bay

When it was introduced in 1991, Coastal Regulation Zone was a blanket notification to protect India's coast and fisherfolk. In 17 years, it was …

ECUADOR

World's biggest colossal squid found

Duplicity

The CMZ notification

Sri Lanka: tourism impacts corals, fish catch in coastal town

Coastal conservation law has done little for the health of the very marine park that brings tourists in hordes to Hikkaduwa

Scorching salt

As the world celebrates yet another Environment Day, groups of marginalized people in some part of the globe or the other get evicted from their …

Kudankulam meltdown

The spectre of Fukushima continues to haunt the world, forcing governments in most parts of the globe to rethink their plans to tap this …

Baghjan blowout shows why we need to fix liabilities

There is also a need to address inland oil spills through regulations

The Philippines, Australia partner to study ecosystem services of coral reefs, mangroves

Economic cost of dredging on Great Barrier Reef could be as high as $1 billion