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Study indicates global warming could reduce biodiversity in tropic
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): New research by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln suggests that temperature can largely explain why the greatest variety of aquatic life resides in the tropics but also why it has not always and, amid record-fast global warming, soon may not again.
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Report highlights nature-based solutions to mitigate climate chang
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
London [UK], April 29 (ANI): A new report highlights planting urban trees, increasing community green spaces, utilising brownfield sites and building sustainable drainage systems as effective nature-based solutions in cities to improve wellbeing, bring economic benefit, increase biodiversity
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Short-lived plant species are more climate-sensitive, claims study
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Bern [Germany], March 23 (ANI): Short-lived plant species are more sensitive to climate change than long-lived ones, a collaborative study by researchers of German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Helmholtz-Centr
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French Parliament votes to include climate change clause in consti
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], March 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The lower house of the French parliament, the National Assembly, on Tuesday voted in favor of amending the country's constitution with provisions that include climate and biodiversity protection.
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SC issues notice to Centre, Delhi Govt on petition to bar entry of
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi Government on a petition seeking to immediately stop entry and parking of vehicles inside the Sunder Nursery in the Nizamuddin area here beyond the Mughal Pavilion as it is endangering
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Research reveals how pollutants affect fertility
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Portsmouth [UK], March 6 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study found that individuals who lived near the South Coast of England were 6 times less fertile than any other lesser polluted location in the world. The study was conducted on shrimp-like creatures that lived in the survey area an
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Study discusses effect of pollutants on fertility
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], March 2 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have found that shrimp-like creatures on the South Coast of England have 70 per cent less sperm than any other lesser polluted location in the world. They also discovered that individuals who lived in the survey area were 6 times le
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PM Modi has shown enormous leadership on issues relating to climat
Updated : 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): Alok Sharma, President-designate of 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "shown an enormous amount of leadership" in the area of climate change and issues relating to nature and biodiv
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Assam CM lays foundation stone of Wildlife Health and Research Ins
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 9(ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of the Institute of Wildlife Health and Research (IWH&R) at Dinjan, Dibrugarh on Monday.
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UP: Noida gets its first musical fountain in Sector 91
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Gautam Buddh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 6 (ANI): Noida's first musical fountain opened on Tuesday for people as part of Biodiversity Park here in Sector 91.
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Biodiversity is life insurance for humans: French President Emmanu
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New York [US], October 1 (ANI/Xinhua): French President Emmanuel Macron was philosophical on Wednesday in his appeal for global efforts to reverse biodiversity loss, saying it is the life insurance of humans.
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Over 60 countries back 2030 Biodiversity Protection Pledge ahead o
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New York [US], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Political leaders from more than 60 countries including Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom came together to commit to protecting biodiversity in a pledge released on Monday.
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