Agriculture and the overexploitation of plants and animal species are significantly greater threats to biodiversity than climate change, new analysis shows. Joint research published in the journal Nature on Wednesday found nearly three-quarters of the world’s threatened species faced these threats, compared to just 19% affected by climate change. It comes a month before the International Union for […]
Recently, some research was shared across print and electronic media where it was predicted that a 9.0 magnitude mega-earthquake will hit the central-eastern part of Bangladesh, especially in and around Dhaka city. This prediction not only puts the 140 million residents of the capital city at risk, but also raises immense concerns as to the […]
There can be few more beautiful city sights in the world than that from the Marina da Gloria, where the Rio 2016 Olympic sailing events will be launched this weekend. Look out from the quayside across Guanabara Bay and the panorama takes in Sugarloaf mountain, the Niteroi bridge and the distant hills of the Serra dos Orgãos […]
Aug 4 2016 | Posted in
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Raging floods that started on July 25 submerged up to 80 percent of India’s Kaziranga National Park, in the northeastern state of Assam. The flooding subsided on July 31, but hundreds of animals have drowned, including more than a dozen rare Indian rhinoceroses. Across the country, the flooding has displaced millions of people and killed 152. As of […]
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