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Cleaner-looking lakes are not always better; as freshwater turns brown across North America and Europe, trout, bass, perch and whitefish decline- World's highest-consuming 10 pc causing environmental damage of up to USD 5.7 trn annually: Study
- Are the world’s freshwater sources vanishing before our eyes? Satellite images reveal an appalling global water crisis
- Why Saudi Arabia imports sand despite being covered by desertDespite vast desert landscapes, Saudi Arabia imports construction-grade sand due to its smooth, wind-shaped grains being unsuitable for con...17 Jun, 2026, 02.48 PM IST
- A 15-year-old from Ontario built a bionic underwater “robot turtle” that detects what is quietly killing our seas and just won $50,000 for itA young innovator has created BURT, a robotic turtle that moves quietly underwater. This AI-powered machine mimics natural swimming to obse...09 Jun, 2026, 03.33 PM IST
- Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...08 Jun, 2026, 07.45 PM IST
- In the 1960s, Sudbury's nickel smelters turned Ontario's lakes acidic, and tiny creatures evolved to survive, but when the pollution cleared, something unexpected happenedScientists witnessed evolution in action as a tiny copepod species, Leptodiaptomus minutus, adapted to acidic lakes in Killarney Provincial...06 Jun, 2026, 05.14 PM IST
- Researchers stuck a pair of googly eyes on the coast of Denmark and let them sit for 46 days, and here's what happened nextA floating windmill with giant spinning eyes, the Looming-Eye Buoy, was tested to deter seabirds from raiding fish traps in Europe. While i...20 May, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
- In 1871, a farmer left five cows on a remote island, 130 years later, scientists studied their DNA and found something that stunned themFive cows left on Amsterdam Island in 1871 became a feral herd of 2,000, a remarkable survival story. A 2024 genetic study revealed their m...12 May, 2026, 06.35 PM IST
- World Earth Day 2026: Theme, significance, history and why it is celebrated across the globeWorld Earth Day 2026: Observed annually on April 22, Earth Day mobilizes around a billion people globally to address environmental protecti...22 Apr, 2026, 09.00 AM IST
- Groundwater Is Vanishing Faster Than Ice and Most of Us Never NoticedGroundwater, vital for drinking and farming, is disappearing globally. This hidden crisis, revealed by satellite data and aquifer studies, ...10 Feb, 2026, 03.15 PM IST
- Pakistan among top countries with 'inefficient' agricultural water use: World BankPakistan faces critical water inefficiency in agriculture. This contributes to a global freshwater loss of 324 billion cubic metres annuall...06 Nov, 2025, 10.25 AM IST
- Brain-eating amoeba kills 9-year-old in Kerala: How it enters the human body, symptoms, treatment, and precautionsBrain-eating amoeba symptoms and treatment: A nine-year-old girl in Kozhikode, Kerala, has died from amoebic encephalitis. This rare brain ...18 Aug, 2025, 03.18 PM IST
- Satellites reveal a hidden global water crisis that could change life on EarthSatellite data reveals Earth's continents are drying at alarming rates, impacting billions and accelerating sea level rise. Four major dryi...28 Jul, 2025, 04.03 AM IST
- Is there less fresh water available for everyone on earth? Nasa reveals shocking detailsFreshwater Crisis: Scientists discovered a sudden drop in Earth's freshwater levels starting May 2014. The decline has continued, reaching ...18 Nov, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
- HCL Group, UpLink announce $1.9 million Swiss francs for ten entrepreneursHCLTech parent HCL Group in collaboration with UpLink, the open innovation platform of the World Economic Forum, today announced the ten wa...17 Jan, 2024, 07.39 PM IST
- 'NASA satellites reveal freshwater decline in India'Areas in northern and eastern India, the Middle East, California and Australia are among the hotspots where overuse of water resources has ...18 May, 2018, 12.52 PM IST
- Dams may cause huge losses of freshwater: StudyDams and irrigation significantly increase evapotranspiration, an effect that increases the loss of freshwater to the atmosphere, thereby r...04 Dec, 2015, 05.15 PM IST
- Leaked IPCC report predicts violent conflict due to global warmingA leaked report of the United Nations panel has predicted severe impacts of global warming on food-grain production, fresh-water resources ...18 Mar, 2014, 11.14 PM IST
- From butterflies to giant Squids, world's spineless creatures being pushed to extinctionIn a first ever evaluation of how invertebrates, that is, spineless creatures, are surviving in the face of human intervention, a study has...05 Sep, 2012, 06.51 PM IST
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