A hidden camera has captured an image of a wolf crossing a wooded clearing in the Czech Republic, a hundred years after the predator disappeared from the area, it’s been reported.
Category: Environment
Mainstreaming disaster management urgent, say experts
Experts has stressed the need for mainstreaming the disaster management in policymaking to address the emerging natural and manmade calamities with a view to ensuring the country’s sustainable economic growth. “If we fail to mainstream the disaster management, we won’t…
Volcanic islands merge in Pacific Ocean
A volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean has merged with its neighbour to form one landmass, the US space agency says.
Australian triathlete injured after drone crash
Australia’s air safety body is looking into reports that a triathlete has been injured by a falling drone.
Why Hillary Clinton ‘deeply worried’ about UN climate report
Dr. Rajiv Shah (L), Administrator for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have a conversation at a launch event for a new organization, the U.S. Global Development Lab, on April 3, 2014…
Recommendations to check flashfloods at Muria Haor fall on deaf ears
Although Boro rice cultivation at Muria Haor in the district is frequently affected by flashfloods, the government has taken no remedial measures so far.
Biodiversity in river basins discussed
Patna: Experts from Bangladesh and different parts of the country participated in the symposium jointly organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Patna University, and University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, on Saturday. As many as 47 participants discussed…
Villagers eye Ecuador volcano after spectacular eruption
Quito – Villagers and experts warily eyed an Ecuador volcano Saturday that spewed a 10-kilometer (six-mile) high column of ash a day earlier in a spectacular eruption.
Time running out to meet global warming target: U.N. report
Related Stories * Climate change to disrupt food supplies, brake growth: U.N. draft Reuters * Britain’s greenhouse gas emissions down 1.9 percent in 2013- govt Reuters * Threat from global warming heightened in latest U.N. report Reuters * UN author…
Greens call for protecting Baily Road nursery
Citizens on Saturday demanded the government take immediate steps to stop developing lands of the 90-year-old government nursery in Baily Road area of the city. They organised a sit-in programme in front of the Fine Arts Faculty at Dhaka University…
Climate meeting to discuss future of fossil fuels
Berlin — After concluding that global warming almost certainly is man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the U.N.-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what to do about it.
To understand our climate future, look to the past
Modern human civilization is fragile — fragile to crop failures, droughts, and extreme weather. We are extremely susceptible to energy and water shortages.
Global cooling – The real inconvenient truth
Three months ago, it snowed in Cairo, Egypt for the first time in 112 years.
Dhaka Wasa produces 17cr litres surplus water daily: LGRD Minister
Currently, Dhaka WASA has a daily surplus of 17 crore litres of water, LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam told Parliament on Thursday. The Dhaka WASA has achieved a daily production capacity of 242 crore liters of water against…
Shark kills woman swimming off New South Wales beach
A woman has been killed by a shark while swimming off a popular beach in Australia’s New South Wales.
Dinosaur tracks: Prehistoric chase scene reconstructed
Scientists have digitally reconstructed the scene of a dinosaur chase – preserved in the mud of an ancient river bed in Texas.
Bumper Boro production likely in Narsingdi
The farmers in the district have cultivated Boro paddy on 54,710 hectares of land during the current season and expecting a bumper production of the yield.
Air pollution: High levels to spread across England
People with health problems are being warned to avoid strenuous activity after forecasts that air pollution will reach high levels in parts of England.
Bumper production of Boro expected in Panchagarh
The farmers of the district are expecting bumper production of Boro paddy in the current season.
Optimum and safer use of pesticides underscored
Experts at a training workshop have underscored the need for optimum and safer use of chemical pesticides in crop fields to save the agro-products from poisonous contamination that causes harms to the public health.
Modern lions’ origin revealed by genetic analysis
The origin and history of modern lions have been revealed by scientists. A genetic analysis of living lions and museum specimens confirms modern lions’ most recent common ancestor lived around 124,000 years ago. Modern lions evolved into two groups; one lives…
First Fukushima evacuees return to exclusion-zone homes The first group of Fukushima evacuees have returned to their homes, three years after the disaster at the nuclear power plant.
After 29 years of Ganga Action Plan, river turns dirtier
Juhi Chaudhary India’s most worshipped river, theGanga, continues to be the fifth most polluted river in the world, despite a 29-year-old clean-up plan Flowing over 2,500 kilometres across northern India and Bangladesh, the Ganga is revered as a goddess with…
Climate inaction catastrophic – US
The costs of inaction on climate change will be “catastrophic”, according to US Secretary of State John Kerry. Mr Kerry was responding to a major report by the UN which described the impacts of global warming as “severe, pervasive and…
Japan accepts court ban on Antarctic whaling
The UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Japan must temporarily halt its whaling programme in the Antarctic.
Farmers produce 2.94 lakh tonnes mustard in N’region
The farmers have produced over 2.94 lakh tonnes of mustard oilseeds during this Rabi season after completion of harvest everywhere in the northern region a couple of weeks ago, official sources said.
Re-excavating work of ponds is progressing fast in Gaibandha
Re-excavating work of twoponds and construction of boundary and retaining walls of the Fish Seed Farm (FSF) of the district has been progressing fast.
Scientists struggle to complete climate impacts report
Negotiators worked through the night here in Yokohama in an effort to complete their review of a key report on the impacts of climate change.
Dhaka can house 1.75cr people ‘if DAP implemented’
Some 1.75 crore people could comfortably be accommodated in the capital by effectively implementing the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) without filling wetlands and low-lying areas as it envisages, according to urban planners. “As per DAP, about 1.75 crore people could…
The climate crisis, in 3 news stories
There’s no mystery to the climate change crisis, as three news articles published this week make clear. Higher oceans threaten disaster, but greenhouse gas emissions continue, because they are lucrative.