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China's anti-desertification drive restores 10 million hectares in five years, targets 6.7 million more by 2030- Hormuz halt forces Middle East trade into huge rewiring
- 1 man, 130 ponds: How a Rajasthan man’s heartbreaking encounter with thirsty desert animals inspired a remarkable mission. ‘I made a promise.’
- China is using a bacteria to turn desert into fertile soil in just 10 monthsA groundbreaking technique from China transforms barren desert sand into fertile soil in just 10 months. Researchers use resilient cyanobac...26 May, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
- Ancient Ecosystem Discovered Under Antarctic Ice After 34 Million Years Sparks Global Debate Over Drilling RisksScientists may have found a 34-million-year-old ecosystem sealed under Antarctica's ice, dating back to a warmer era. Evidence suggests mic...18 Feb, 2026, 07.24 PM IST
- China just transformed a barren desert into a thriving landscape — here’s how they did itAwati County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has been converted from a desertified, arid landscape into a flourishin...22 Sep, 2025, 09.32 PM IST
- Death of a delta: Pakistan's Indus sinks and shrinksHabibullah Khatti prepares to leave his village due to seawater intrusion in the Indus delta. Many villages disappeared, and the population...06 Aug, 2025, 12.18 AM IST
- Aravalli Green Wall: Centre targets restoring degraded ecosystems over 8 lakh ha in first phaseThe Centre is set to restore over eight lakh hectares of reserved forest in the first phase of the Aravalli Green Wall project, costing Rs ...04 Mar, 2025, 05.56 PM IST
- Unsustainable farming, forest loss driving Earth to 'precipice': UNUnsustainable farming and deforestation are endangering the planet's ability to support human life. This issue is causing severe feedback l...01 Dec, 2024, 05.40 PM IST
- Environment takes centre stage as global summits loomGlobal environmental challenges such as global warming, biodiversity loss, desertification, and plastic pollution will be the focus of upco...07 Oct, 2024, 03.08 PM IST
- The world is quietly losing the land it needs to feed itselfIronically, one of the biggest challenges in the fight against land degradation is universal: We need to eat. About 40% of the planet’s lan...14 Feb, 2024, 09.35 AM IST
- Coral reefs are in trouble. One lab in the desert is trying to helpCoral restoration programs are up against long odds because of climate change and environmental degradation, but marine scientists say they...26 Dec, 2023, 11.49 AM IST
- Ukraine's dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastropheThe destruction of the Kakhovka Dam was a fast-moving disaster that is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe affectin...12 Jun, 2023, 09.49 AM IST
- Ukraine's dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastropheThe destruction of the Kakhovka Dam was a fast-moving disaster that is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe affectin...11 Jun, 2023, 12.17 PM IST
- UN recognises Ganges project among 10 initiatives restoring natural worldAccording to a report unveiled during the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) on Tuesday, climate change, population growth, industrialisati...14 Dec, 2022, 02.42 PM IST
- Restoring land for livelihoods, climate and economyBetter management of existing water systems, along with the use of more efficient irrigation technologies are essential.10 Sep, 2019, 10.59 AM IST
- “Concept of compensatory afforestation is seriously flawed”04 Jul, 2018, 04.17 PM IST
- Conservation project of Rs 5 crore for picturesque Spiti valleyStudies and research proposals include dissemination of best practices of biodiversity conservation, monitoring of glaciers receding, clima...15 Sep, 2014, 11.47 AM IST
- Centre clears Rs 5.12 cr Spiti biosphere reserve projectAmong total 18 CDBRs of the country, only Spiti area of Himachal Pradesh was declared "cold desert biosphere reserve" in 2009.15 Sep, 2014, 06.02 AM IST
- Climate change threat looms over Kailash-Mansarovar, says new reportA new study predicts that in the Kailash region, temperatures will increase as it will rain, colder regions will recede, forests and meadow...05 Jun, 2013, 04.44 PM IST
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