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ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF WAR
In the 1940s, the brown tree snake reached Guam hidden in post-WWII cargo and set off a chain reaction that scientists are still measuring today; birds gone, tree seedlings down by up to 92%, and spiders multiplying up to 40-fold on an island that once had neitherAn invasive brown treesnake on Guam has decimated native bird populations, leading to a silent forest. This loss has crippled the island's ...- When the Black Death killed half of Europe in the 1340s, ecologists expected the land to bloom; instead, plant diversity plummeted for 150 years until farming returnedA new study reveals the Black Death's devastating impact on Europe's plant life. The plague's population crash led to a sharp decline in pl...
- In 1958, when China ordered a nationwide sparrow slaughter to protect grain crops, what followed was 2 million human deathsChina's war on sparrows in 1958 had devastating consequences. The campaign, aimed at protecting grain, instead led to a surge in crop-destr...
- Business as second nature: Biomimicry offers a framework to shift from replication to innovation using natural principles
- Video, satellite photos show Iran war oil spill on Persian Gulf islandA recent attack on an Iranian oil refinery has led to a devastating oil spill impacting Shidvar Island, a vital wildlife breeding ground in...
- A ship earlier hit by Yemen's Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea, the first vessel lost in conflictThe sinking of the Rubymar, which carried a cargo of fertilizer and previously leaked fuel, could cause ecological damage to the Red Sea. P...
- 'Oppenheimer' sheds new light on the legacies of the Manhattan Project: Nuclear legacy, public health hazards, and governmental secrecyAs Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer" brings attention to the creation of nuclear weapons during World War II, the consequences of the ...
- Joshimath: No development is needed at the cost of human life, plea seeks SC interventionA plea has been filed in the Supreme Court to immediately intervene to assist the reparation work of Uttarakhand and to provide urgent reli...
- A year of hunger: How the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening climate-linked food shortagesCountries in the Middle East and North Africa are likely to be hit hardest in the short term, given they are the major importers of Ukraini...
- China's plans for Himalayan super dam stoke fears in IndiaThe structure will span the Brahmaputra River before the waterway leaves the Himalayas and flows into India, straddling the world's longest...
- View: A new economic order is afootWe will come out of this catastrophe with not only positive changes, but negative practices as well.
- Missing aircraft from WW II: Shrugging off Chinese 'concerns', government allows US search missions in ArunachalThe US B-24 bomber disappeared in Arunachal Pradesh on a supply run from Kunming, China, to Chabua, Assam, on January 25, 1944.
- Fast-growing fish risk dramatic fall in populationIn a counterintuitive discovery, scientists have found that ocean fish species that grow quickly and reproduce frequently are more likely t...
- Promoting healthcare comes under CSR ambit: GovernmentActivities undertaken by corporates to promote healthcare will be considered as social welfare activity under the new companies law.
- Meghalaya introduces mining policy, silent on rat-hole miningMeghalaya cabinet gave nod to the mining policy even as it ruled out doing away with rat-hole mining, which is facing opposition.
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asks NAM to take stand on SyriaPrime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked the Non-Aligned Movement to take a stand based on "universally accepted principles" on Syria.
- PM Manmohan Singh regrets that Rajya Sabha did not pass Lokpal BillPrime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it was "unfortunate" that the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill could not be passed by the Rajya Sabha.
- Human error: Man-made ecological disastersThe oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is now about the size of Puerto Rico. It has already reached the marshes of Louisiana. As environmental...
- Nuclear war between India, Pak could spell climate disaster : ReportA nuclear war between India & Pakistan could cause severe climate cooling and may have a devastating impact on agriculture worldwide, says ...
- Japan's 2Q GDP rises 3.7 per centJapan's economy grew 3.7 per cent at an annual pace in the second quarter, signaling exports were gradually picking up after the nation's w...
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