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Climate change could become main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century: Study
"By including all world regions in our model, we were able to fill many blind spots and address …
PTI
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Climate-smart villages to come up in Tamil Nadu to protect state's agriculture against climate change
The impacts of climate change-fuelled changes not only affect individual farmers' livelihoods, but …
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First successful IVF rhino pregnancy could save the Northern White Rhinoceros from certain extinction
In a groundbreaking feat, scientists have achieved the world's first in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) p…
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Project Tiger to complete 50 years of tiger conservation next month
As per official data, there are 54 tiger reserves in the country presently, with the Ranipur Wildli…
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Climate change and human encroachment is making India's tigers move higher up the mountains
Recently, camera traps set up in various locations in the mountains of Sikkim have captured the a…
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Window to address climate change closing rapidly: IUCN seven Commissions ahead of COP28
The window of opportunity to address climate change and biodiversity loss is closing rapidly, the I…
ANI
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Newly-discovered beetle named after beer company due to its bottle opener-shaped penis!
To capture the imagination of the public, the researchers have created a functional stainless steel…
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Blue is the next green: Bonds financing water conservation projects are approaching a 'tipping point'
The blue bond market is small, just about $5 billion today, but it's seeing more enthusiasm than gr…
Aruni Soni
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Southeast Asian forests may be more resilient to climate change that we thought, new study offers hope
For decades, scientists believed that during the Last Glacial Maximum, roughly 19,000 years ago, So…
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These Indian species are most threatened by climate change and severe weather, according to the IUCN
Here are some of the species endemic to our country that India stands to lose to climate change and…
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Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur to plant 13,000 mangroves in one week to protect seashore life
It may be noted that mangroves play a major role as feeding and breeding areas for a large variety …
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"Mutilation of tree of life": Human activity wiped 71 branches of species from Earth, 35 times faster than expected
We're not just losing animals by the species anymore; it's by the genus now. Examining 34,600 land-…
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Deforestation and logging aren't just decimating the Amazon's forests. They're making them quieter.
Researchers recorded thousands of hours of chirps and grunts in the forest to assess its biodiversi…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Experts from the World Resources Institute and Climate Policy Radar discuss biodiversity and climate change.
Biodiversity and climate change have long been connected. Two experts spoke with Insider about the …
Elizabeth Wood
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The steps that could help address biodiversity loss could also help fix the climate crisis
Panelists who took part in an Insider panel said issues like biodiversity loss and the climate cris…
Catherine Boudreau
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New species are more likely to emerge in extreme environment ‘coldspots’ rather than ‘hotspots’ like the Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest is one of the most biodiverse ‘hotspots’ of the world. Yet, it may not be the…
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OPINION: Time to scale-up nature-based solutions to forge a low-carbon and climate-resilient future for India
A report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (I…
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Pilibhit Reserve bags a global award for doubling tiger population in four years
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh)The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) and the Uttar Pradesh Forest department ha…
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More than 25% of biodiversity is under our feet — but we're destroying it. A biotech startup that's raised $56 million has a plan to help save our soil.
Humans rely on healthy soils for 95% of our food. The women-led startup Trace Genomics uses DNA dat…
Amanda Paule
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Russia-Ukraine war has killed 'several thousand dolphins' and harmed the marine ecosystem, say Black Sea scientists
Scientists who study the Black Sea fear the impact the Russia-Ukraine war is having on dolphins, be…