Mercurial exhalations
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ornl) researchers in the US have theorised that mercury in soil gas is absorbed by plants when the plants ' mercury level is low. But when their mercury level rises
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ornl) researchers in the US have theorised that mercury in soil gas is absorbed by plants when the plants ' mercury level is low. But when their mercury level rises
Of late, the public and the private sectors saw a great deal of activism by the Supreme Court (SC) and high courts (HC).
Trees contaminated by radioactivity from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster are to be burnt to produce electricity. Scientists from the us and Belarus are planning to construct a power plant fueled by
Spirogyra along with another algal species Cladophora, disrupts normal aquatic life and forces municipalities to spend enormous sums on declogging water bodies (Frontiers -Newsletter of the
YET another instance of mindless destruction of forests: a pine forest, specially grown at a cost of Rs 10 lakh a decade ago, will be razed to make way for a VIP, complex close to the Raj Bhawan
When the earth gave birth to this free, There came no sound, A green shoot thrust In silence from the ground. Our births don't come so Quiet
The stubborn juliflora, which grows mostly in drylands and wastelands, is now invading arable areas. One still speculates about the repercussions
Fig trees are pollinated by fig-wasps who in turn lay eggs in the flower so that wasp babies can grow there. This, however, does not tea to extinction of fig trees as man of the fig
The Indian Gypsy Moth is slowly but surely munching its way through Bhutan's treasure of oaks. A study conducted by the Forestry Research Institute, based in Taba, reveals that the swarm has since
BENIGN REGULATIONS: Go green and mint money: this is the message that Allied Colloids, a Bradford- based chemical company has been conveying to other industrial houses in the UK. In a
A gigantic "tree-felling" scam has recently been unearthed in Indonesia.
Teak is found in the tropical, moist regions with heavy rainfall, and are thickly forested. Felling of teak trees in this region results in a replacement by Xylia xylocarpa. And teak never reinvades
Can merely conserving trees save the environment?
An unique insurance policy linked to growing teak trees has been launched by Ceylinco Insurance, a Sri Lankan insurance company. A policyholder of Ruk Rekawaranaya (protection of trees) reaps several
Rajasthan villagers have taken to uprooting the eucalyptus trees, popularly known as safeda, which they had welcomed a decade ago as harbinger of greenery in the desert state. Residents of Samredpur
Trees in the cities of the UK are feeling the cutting edge of the latest communications boom. Tree roots are being severed as cable companies dig trenches along an estimated 80 km of streets a day to
An ornamental plant -- Eremostachys superba -- found only in India and Pakistan, is on the verge of extinction. A study conducted by researchers R R Rao and Arti Garg of the Lucknow-based National
Why did they have to do it?
Spirited village women in Himachal Pradesh save a clump of deodar trees from being chopped by mercenary woodcutters.
ATMOSPHERIC pollution is taking a heavy toll of European trees. The 1991 survey of trees conducted by the UN Economic Commission for Europe shows nearly a quarter of all trees are defoliated.The