The wild frontier of animal welfare Earth Day 2021: Restore Our Earth Soil degradation: the problems and how to fix them How We Can Put a Halt to Biodiversity Loss Rhino numbers recover, but new threats emerge Govt afforests over 25,000 hectares of land in nearly three years How to stop discarded face masks from polluting the planet How plastics contribute to climate change Unplanned industrialisation killing the Sutang river ‘Covid-19 medical waste disposal neglected’
Archive for: February, 2014

বরেন্দ্র অঞ্চলে বদলে যাচ্ছে কৃষিচিত্র বাড়ছে গম,সরিষার চাষ

জলবায়ু পরিবর্তনের প্রভাব মোকাবেলায় অভিযোজনের প্রস্তুতি নিচ্ছেন বরেন্দ্র অঞ্চলের কৃষক। প্রতিবছর তারা বাড়িয়ে দিচ্ছে কম সেচ নির্ভর রবি ফসল গম, সরিষা, মসুর ও সবজির আবাদ। পক্ষান্তরে কমিয়ে দিচ্ছে অধিক সেচ নির্ভর বোরো ধানের আবাদ।আলাপে রাজশাহী বরেন্দ অঞ্চলের কৃষক ও কৃষিবিদরা জানান, জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন ও অধিক পরিমাণে ভূ-গর্ভস্থ পানি ব্যবহারের ফলে বরেন্দ্র অঞ্চলে পানির স্তর দ্রুত […]

অপরিকল্পিত উন্নয়নে বিপর্যস্ত পরিবেশ

শিল্পায়ন আধুনিক সভ্যতার এক অনবদ্য উপাদান। মানুষের দৈনন্দিন চাহিদা পূরণ, নতুন নতুন প্রযুক্তির উদ্ভাবন শিল্পায়নকে করছে আরও বেগবান। নতুন কলকারখানা স্থাপনের সঙ্গে যুক্ত হচ্ছে অপরিকল্পিত নগরায়ন। উন্নয়ন অগ্রযাত্রা সময়ের সঙ্গে তাল মিলিয়ে চললেও চারদিকে পড়ছে এর ক্ষতিকর প্রভাব। অতিরিক্ত জীবাশ্ম জ্বালানি ব্যবহারের ফলে যানবাহন ও কলকারখানার কালো ধোঁয়ায় দূষিত হচ্ছে বায়ু, অপরিশোধিত বর্জ্যে বিষাক্ত হচ্ছে […]

New breeding technique to save wallabies and kangaroos

It involves transferring joeys from the endangered brush-tailed rock wallaby and the tammar wallaby into the pouches of common wallaby species. Marsupial reproduction specialists hope the fostering technique will lead to a six-fold increase in breeding rates. The University of Newcastle’s Professor John Rodger says taking the offspring means the endangered females are able to […]

Biological control to kill carp

Carp’s destructive feeding habits, which stir up sediment, muddy the water and make it difficult for other fish and birds to feed, as well as the way they rip up water plants, are the main reasons why the fish are a problem in Australia. The program leader for the freshwater pests research program, Dr Dean […]

A Monstrous Mess: toxic water pollution in China

Further research indicated that this plume was coming out of a discharge pipe from the Wubao Dyeing Industrial zone and more specifically, the Haitian Environmental Engineering Co. Ltd wastewater treatment plant which serves 19 of Shishi’s textile dyeing facilities. Following this discovery, Greenpeace activists collected and tested discharge water coming from two of the facilities at […]

EU outlines 2030 climate goals

The Commissioners want a binding target to reduce carbon emissions by 40% from 1990 levels. Renewables will need to provide 27% of EU energy by 2030, but while the target will be binding at EU level there will be no mandatory targets for member states. The policy proposals are subject to review by heads of […]

Climate change and Bangladesh

The last 12 months have seen some important events and actions regarding climate change both globally as well as in Bangladesh. The article will review some of the key events and activities over the last year and point to important upcoming events. Science of climate change The most significant development on the science of climate […]

Global warming clearly hasn’t stopped: the ten hottest years

A lot of the energy from global warming has been hiding lately under the surface of the Pacific Ocean—and in the future it will come back out in a burst of heat, a new study concludes. The study published in Nature Climate Change finds that equatorial trade winds have been blowing harder over the Pacific for the past two […]

Togo seizes tusks of 500 dead elephants hidden in cargo bound for Vietnam

Authorities in Togo have seized nearly 4 tons  of ivory —  the tusks from over 500 dead elephants — hidden in containers destined for Vietnam, officials said on Monday. tusks, disguised as cashew nuts and timber, were found late last month, underscoring a flow of ivory to Asia that environmentalists warn is decimating elephant populations […]

60pc Dhaka wetland lost over last 30 yrs

News Report Over the last thirty years more than 60 percent of wetlands in Dhaka have been lost. Due to land grabbing, illegal and upland inclination drive has created massive distraction of city wetland. But, the wetland is essential for adapting of climate change impact and reduction of subsequent flooding, says a press release. Experts […]

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