Environment
UN offers help as worst Kerala floods kill 324, cause Rs20,000-crore loss
18 Aug 2018
The UN has offered help in tackling the flood situation in Kerala if a request is made,after the worst flood in a century killed over 324 and caused losses estimated at Rs20,000 crore
Over 167 dead as water released from 33 dams soak Kerala
17 Aug 2018
Thirty people died in rain-related incidents in Kerala on Thursday alone with the state receiving 10 times the normal rainfall in the last 24 hours — with no signs of a let up before Saturday, the Met office said
Water use for fracking has risen by up to 770% since 2011
17 Aug 2018
The volume of wastewater new wells generate during their first year of production has also increased -- by up to 1,440 per cent
How forests improve kids' diets
17 Aug 2018
Key factor may be missing from models that predict disease outbreaks from climate change
17 Aug 2018
Tough life in the savannah? Chimpanzee foods are mechanically more demanding than previously thought
13 Aug 2018
Abandoned farmlands enrich bird communities
06 Aug 2018
Can pollution alter wildlife behaviour
28 Jul 2018
Soil bugs munch on plastics
27 Jul 2018
Border wall threatens biodiversity
25 Jul 2018
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