More tremors possible
the earth underneath Greece and Turkey is fracturing like a pane of glass, increasing the possibility of further tremors in the region, says seismologist James Jackson of the earth sciences
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Farming system developed
A unique aquaculture-agriculture farming system has been developed by farmers at the Fulpur Thana in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. They have developed this technique through their age-old
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Sulphur in ships' exhaust gases
The exhaust gases that come out of the funnels of ships could be having a significant effect on the global climate, according to a report in the August 19 issue of Nature. Spyros N Pandis of Carnegie
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Antarctic ice sheet steadily melting, study finds
A big chunk of Antarctica has been melting for thousands of years and will likely continue to melt until it swamps millions of miles (km) of coastland, scientists said. They said
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Global warming wipes our penguins from zoos in UK
Global warming is being blamed for an epidemic in British zoos that has wiped out 30 birds in recent months, believed to have been killed by an insect-borne tropical disease that attacks the brain.
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Devils in the sky
It is possible to identify non productive clouds through satellite transmitted pictures, say Israeli scientists
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A long journey
To really understand what the chauka system has done to the pastures of the village and its neighbouring areas, it must be kept in mind that the village was declared drought-prone in the 1970s.
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Funds for J&K park
the Jammu and Kashmir government has formulated a Rs 1.36-crore project for the Hemis National Park, situated 40 km south-east of Leh. The national park derives its name from Hemis Gorpa
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The deadly public sector
It is clear that the state does not function in India. Politicians and bureaucrats can go hang themselves
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Drought may continue
THE drought which hit the us recently may extend to the next year, John Kelly, director, National Weather Service has said. Dan Glickman, agriculture secretary, has declared Connecticut "a farm
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Lead free motors
Here is some great news for car manufacturers. Metallurgists at the University of Pittsburgh have developed lead-free steel that will allow carmakers to prepare for a new legislation in the US that
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Remedy for kala azar?
a recent article, in one of the dailies in Delhi reported that Bihar accounts for 90 per cent of kala-azar cases countrywide and 5.5-crore people are prone to it in 30 of the 56 districts of the
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It is wetter in the south
Australian scientists say ocean warming has increased rainfall over the Southern Ocean
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Rising mercury kills 150
around 150 people have succumbed to heatwave conditions in Chicago. New York recorded its hottest July in history with temperatures soaring above 32 degrees for eight days in a row. Officials
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Dam woes in Japan
The Nature Conservation Society of Japan, a Tokyo-based non-governmental organisation, has released a research report on the effects of a dam at the mouth of the Nagara River in Mie Prefecture. The
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Zeroing in on health
the Third European Conference on Environment and Health was recently organised in London. Ministers of health and environment from 51 countries, non-governmental organisations and professionals
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Nature s second course
Do not lose sleep over insomnia, says the physic. Resort more to behavioural changes and less to pills. The rest is zzz...
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SPREADING SMOKE
Strict US legislations are forcing cigarette companies to shift business to developing countries, where they are helped by lax laws and political reluctance to deal with the menace
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NET WORK
Adieu mouseIt is time to bid the mouse of your computer a goodbye. No more clicking
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UGANDA
Meteorologists have warned that the current drought in Uganda is likely to worsen in the coming months and called on the government to formulate a strategy to cushion the country against its