Hundreds of people, mostly women, living in the remote char areas in ten northwestern riverine districts are expecting huge profits by selling their locally reared sacrificial animals before the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
Category: Environment
China’s arsenic contamination risk is assessed
Nearly 20 million people in China could be exposed to water contaminated with arsenic, a study suggests.
UK Household energy consumption falls by nearly 25 pc
Household energy consumption across the nation has dropped by nearly 25% between 2005 and 2011, according to a new report by the Office of National Statistics.
Toxic nanoparticles may be entering human food supply
Over the last few years, the use of nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, pesticides, cosmetics and other industries has increased. For example, farmers have used silver nanoparticles as a pesticide because of their capability to suppress the growth of…
The ‘whole’ problem with recycling
Jennifer Argo, a marketing professor in the U of A’s Alberta School of Business, says that people are psychologically hard-wired to believe that products that are damaged or that aren’t whole—such as small or ripped paper or dented cans—are useless,…
Farmers raise resilience to climate change by diversifying crops
The loss of arable land due to climate change may amount to as much as 21 percent in South America, 18 percent in Africa, and 11 to 17 percent in Europe, according to scientists at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.…
Water leaks may become new Japan nuclear disaster
TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear watchdog said a leak of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant could be the beginning of a new disaster — a series of leaks of contaminated water from storage tanks.
Natural gas could be a bridge fuel to $1 solar
By Gerard Wynn
New initiative to integrate agriculture, conservation
By Fabíola Ortiz
Bangladesh seeks more IOC partners
M Azizur Rahman
When disaster rains, talk
By Amantha Perera
Trawler laden with Sundari wood seized from Bagerhat
A trawler laden with cut banned Sundari wood of Sundarban forest was seized by the forest department from the river Dratan that flows by the side of Bagerhat district town on the night of Sunday.
Climate panel cites near certainty on warming
An international panel of scientists has found with near certainty that human activity is the cause of most of the temperature increases of recent decades, and warns that sea levels could conceivably rise by more than three feet by the…
Isolated Mashco-Piro Indians appear in Peru
LIMA — Members of an Indian tribe that has long lived in voluntary isolation in Peru’s southeastern Amazon attempted to make contact with outsiders for a second time since 2011, leading to a tense standoff at a river hamlet.
Mechanised application reduces 50pc urea consumption
Application of granular urea using mechanised devices reduces consumption of the fertiliser by 50 per cent to yield normal rice production saving farming cost side by side improving environment and ecology.
European forests near ‘carbon saturation point’
By Mark Kinver
Scots red deer ‘breeding earlier due to climate change’
By David Miller
Beetles eat greedy offspring research finds
Burying beetles occasionally punish young who nag for food by eating those who pester them most, according to Edinburgh University research.
Storage battery breakthrough boosts solar, wind energy
MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable flow battery that doesn’t rely on expensive membranes to generate and store electricity. The device, they say, may one day enable cheaper, large-scale energy storage.
Ponds in distress
Sudhirendar Sharma
Dams fail green test: Indian MOEF denies big two clearance
Guwahati – The ministry of environment and forests has denied forest clearance to the 1,500MW Tipaimukh hydel project in Manipur and the 3,000MW Dibang multipurpose project in Arunachal Pradesh.
BMDA provides irrigation to 7.52 lakh hectares
The Barendra Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has now been providing irrigation to 7.52 lakh hectares of farming fields including 2.61 lakh hectares of irri-boro land through operating 14,090 power-driven deep tubewells (DTWs) almost everywhere in the country’s northwest zone.
Raise Voice to stop genetically modified Bt brinjal
The cultivation of genetically modified, or GM BT brinjal poses risks to the environment and possibly to human health, said speakers at a view exchange meeting on Saturday in the capital.
Scottish ospreys released in Spain to help population
By David Miller
Bird charity objects to Cuadrilla fracking plans for two sites
The RSPB has lodged objections to proposals to drill for shale gas and oil in Lancashire and West Sussex.
Long march against Rampal project planned
The National Committee on Protection of Oil and Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports has announced a long march to reignite the demand for scrapping a project to build a power plant in Rampal near the Sundarbans.
Sanitation facilities improve health, reduce child deaths
The public health index has marked a significant improvement with reduction in water-borne diseases and child deaths following laudable success in sanitation coverage throughout the country.
Olinguito: ‘Overlooked’ mammal carnivore is major discovery
By Jane O’Brien
Ecuador approves Yasuni park oil drilling in Amazon rainforest
Ecuador has abandoned a conservation plan that would have paid the country not to drill for oil in previously untouched parts of Yasuni National Park in the Amazon rainforest. President Rafael Correa said rich nations had failed to back the…