Scientists working on Europe’s Rosetta probe, which is tracking Comet 67P, say they may have found evidence for how such icy objects were formed.
Category: Environment
Meteorite is ‘hard drive’ from space
Researchers have decoded ancient recordings from fragments of an asteroid dating back billions of years to the start of the Solar System.
Sustainable energy starts with the sun
By Malini Shankar Baroda, India, Jan (IPS) – It began with an experiment to install photovoltaic cells over an irrigation canal that forms part of the Sardar Sarovar canal network – a massive hydel power project across the River Narmada…
X-ray technique ‘reads’ burnt Vesuvius scroll
For the first time, words have been read from a burnt, rolled-up scroll buried by Mount Vesuvius in AD79.
Soviet Union collapse ‘affected region’s wildlife’
The socioeconomic shocks following the collapse of the Soviet Union also affected the region’s wildlife, researchers have suggested.
Greenpeace fund freezing arbitrary, illegal, unconstitutional: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday unblocked the funds that were frozen by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs in June last year. The environmental NGO Greenpeace hailed the decision as a victory for democracy and free speech, and recognition…
Agri sector struggling to cope with climate change: Experts
Environment and agriculture experts yesterday said adverse impact of global climate change may severely affect crop production in the country as agriculture sector is already struggling to cope with erratic behavior of weather pattern. Climate change impacts are visible in…
Bed-planting method wheat farming gains popularity in Rajshahi
By virtue of gradually rising interest among the farmers and others concerned, acreage of wheat farming in bed-planting method has started gaining popularity in the region including its vast barind tract for the last couple of years.
Commercial bees threaten wild bees, say researchers
The trade in bees used for honey or to pollinate crops could have a devastating impact on wild bees and other insects, say scientists.
2014 warmest year on record, say US researchers
2014 was the warmest year on record, with global temperatures 0.68C (1.24F) above the long-term average, US government scientists have said.
Russia close to having IV generation BN-1200 reactor
Technical specifications of BN-1200, sodium cooled fast reactors have been developed by Russia’s Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering (OKBM). The proposed reactor is considered to be of generation IV, for being more efficient, safe and environment friendly. Based…
Bar-headed geese: Highest bird migration tracked
A tracking study has revealed the secrets of the world’s highest bird migration – the Himalayan flight of the bar-headed goose.
Farmers urged to enhance poultry farming, cattle rearing to earn economical profit
Speakers at a function here Wednesday urged the farmers to enhance poultry farming and cattle rearing to earn economical profit to change their socioeconomic condition gradually.
Teesta falls to a quarter of its normal flow: Dhaka tells Delhi
As the flow of the Teesta River has hit extremely low – less than one fourth of the flow recorded between 1973 and 1985) levels seriously affecting its environment Bangladesh has written to India to ensure adequate flow of the…
Green or greedy corporations’ role in global sustainable dev
Washington, D.C.- As national governments flounder to resolve pressing global challenges, corporations are positioning themselves within the United Nations framework as efficient players and indispensable partners in international policy debates. But with their immense economic and political sway, can corporations…
Lack of river protection blamed on IWTA corruption
Rights and environmental activists at a discussion in Dhaka on Sunday described the pervasive corruption and irregularities at the state-owned Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) as the main obstacle to the protection of rivers and development of the shipping…
Maize cultivation continues in northern region
Cultivation of maize continues in full swing in the northern region where a target of producing over 13.49 lakh tonne of the cereal crop has been fixed from over 1.90 lakh hectares land for this Rabi season.
Wastes pollute rivers, water bodies in Rajshahi
Existing surface water resources especially the Baranai River flowing through the northern part of the city is being heavily polluted and contaminated with disposal of wastes and toxic chemicals, scientists and researchers here said.
Dhaka should raise ‘river, issue of life and death’, at UN
Speakers at a roundtable in Dhaka on Saturday called for concerted efforts to unite the people against threats to the country’s physical and environmental security posed by diversion of rivers that have treated and sustained Bangladesh for ages. This land…
Dhaka experts decry resistance to environmental plans, laws
Speakers at a day-long conference on environment in Dhaka on Saturday underlined the need for concerted efforts to ensure the implementation of laws for safeguarding the environment keeping in view the fact that those violating law become more powerful and…
Most fossil fuels ‘unburnable’ under 2C climate target
Most of the world’s fossil fuel reserves will need to stay in the ground if dangerous global warming is to be avoided, modelling work suggests.
Organic farming in India points the way to sustainable agriculture
By Jency Samuel Nagapatnam, India, Jan 2015 (IPS) – Standing amidst his lush green paddy fields in Nagapatnam, a coastal district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a farmer named Ramajayam remembers how a single wave changed his…
Family farming eases food shortages in Eastern Cuba
By Patricia Grogg Santiago De Cuba, Jan 2015 (IPS) – Meat and vegetables are never missing from the dinner table of Damaris González and Omar Navarro, since they get almost all of their food from their farm, La Revelación, on…
Water vessles start plying through Sunderban’s Shela river
The Shela river inside the Sunderbans was opened to movement of water transport vessels barely a month from the oil spill disaster that occured early last month. Environmentalists had been demanding closure of the route through the Sunderbans with a…
Facility opens to safeguard the future of chocolate
A new facility has opened in Reading, to safeguard the future of chocolate. It is a bigger and better clearing house for all the world’s new cocoa varieties, which must be quarantined before they can be grown. Demand for chocolate…
Record cold weather for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
The lowest temperatures of 2014 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland were recorded overnight. Katesbridge, County Down, hit -8.8C (16.2F). Benson, Oxon, fell to -7.6C with -6.7C at Pembrey Sands, Dyfed. Latest figures show the UK’s coldest temperature of the…
UN experts for halting water vessel movement thru Sunderbans
UN experts on Wednesday recommended halting plying water vessels through the Sundarbans to avert further environmental disasters. Considering the environmental aspects, the movement of water vessels through the mangrove forest should not be continued, they said while sharing the preliminary…
Arctic ground squirrels unlock permafrost carbon
Scientists have found that the animals are hastening the release of greenhouse gases from the permafrost – a vast, frozen store of carbon. The researchers say it suggests the impact of wildlife on this area has been underplayed. The findings…
Kanhar Project: Another unwanted dam in UP, India
Debadityo Sinha Kanhar Dam is one of those projects which is an example of how so called developments worsen the situation for the people and environment. The project conceived 37 years ago has been in abeyance since last 25 years.…
Dinajpur Chamber of commerce & Industry distribute blankets
Dinajpur (South): Members of Dinajpur Chambers of Commerce and Industry organised blankets have been distributed among the cold-hit distressed man and woman in dinajpur town on Tuesday.