A genome-wide survey of highly endangered staghorn coral in the Caribbean has identified 10 genomic Read More …
Category: Environment
Staghorn coral & white band disease
ICCM5 Bonn adopts Global Framework on Chemicals
The 5th International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5), which concluded on 30th September in Bonn Read More …
Gujarat bans Conocarpus plants
The Gujarat government has banned the planting of ornamental Conocarpus trees in forest or non-forest Read More …
Ephemerals
In parts of Maharashtra, certain plant species wait throughout the year to bloom only during Read More …
Cabomba furcuta and Kole wetlands
Kole wetlands, an internationally important Ramsar site of high value biodiversity, has been facing the Read More …
Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure
Researchers have discovered remnants of world’s oldest known wooden structure, an arrangement of logs at Read More …
Pterygotrigla intermedica
The scientists of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered a new species of Read More …
Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve
Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve has become the seventh tiger reserve of Madhya Pradesh. Key points
Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries
According to a recent report, six of nine planetary boundaries—climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, synthetic Read More …
Agumbe Rain Forest
Agumbe in Shivamogga district receives an average rainfall of about 8000 mm and thus called Read More …
Batillipes kalami: A new species of marine tardigrade
Researchers at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) have identified a new species Read More …
Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) has launched the Joint Call to Action for Forests Read More …
Operation Sajag
‘Operation Sajag’, a drill involving all stakeholders of the coastal security construct, was conducted by Read More …
One year of implementation of Project Cheetah in India
On 17th September, 2022, the World’s fastest land animal finally back to India after almost Read More …
Global Stocktake Report
The United Nations climate secretariat made public a ‘synthesis report’ on the results of three Read More …
Elephant Corridors of India
The Union Environment Ministry has released a report titled “Elephant Corridors of India”. Key findings
India launches Global Biofuel Alliance (GBA)
India on 9 September launched the much-awaited Global Biofuel Alliance (GBA). The Global Biofuel Alliance Read More …
Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2023
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav announced the awards of Read More …
Vijayawada Railway Station awarded the ‘Green Railway Station’ certification with the highest rating of Platinum
Vijayawada Railway Station was awarded the ‘Green Railway Station’ certification with the highest rating of Read More …
Atlantification and Arctic Dipole
One of the reasons that Arctic sea ice has been disappearing over the past decades Read More …
Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has published the “Assessment Report on Read More …
Kakapo genome sequencing
To safeguard the critically endangered kakapo, the genomes of nearly all remaining individuals have been Read More …
Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs)
According to a recent study published in Science Advances, the rate of depletion of groundwater Read More …
UN Biodiversity urged people to use ‘funga’ with ‘flora and fauna’
United Nations Biodiversity has urged people globally to use the word ‘funga’ whenever they say Read More …
Walking leaves
An international team of scientists has unveiled seven new species of leaf insects, commonly known Read More …