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Bangladesh's ties with India 'will depend on' Ganges water treaty renewal: BNPBangladesh's ruling BNP has stated that relations with India hinge on a new Ganges Water Sharing Treaty. The party seeks immediate talks wi...- Bangladesh approves project to 'negate negative impact' of India's Farakka BarrageBangladesh has approved a major project to construct a barrage on the Padma River. This initiative aims to mitigate the adverse effects of ...
- Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosisEngineers have opened the world's second osmotic power plant, generating electricity from the difference in salinity between treated sewage...
- An Underwater River Beneath the Black Sea That Behaves Just Like One on LandScientists have discovered a remarkable underwater river on the Black Sea floor, stretching 37 miles and plunging to depths of 115 feet. Th...
- Why Do Certain Rivers Glow Blue at Night?Rivers and coastal lagoons worldwide emit an electric blue glow after sunset, a phenomenon caused by bioluminescent dinoflagellates. These ...
- Indus water drying, 12 lakh people moved out: Pakistan’s river-dependent region faces existential crisisPakistan Indus Water: Saltwater intrusion in Pakistan's Indus delta, exacerbated by reduced river flow due to dams, irrigation, and climate...
- 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...
- Rejuvenating Ganga can help fight climate change, keep Sundarbans alive: NMCG chiefAccording to NMCG Director General Mishra, it is crucial to have a minimum environmental flow in the river at all times to prevent the sea ...
- Opposition MLAs draw Goa government's attention to Mahadayi issueIndependent MLA Rohan Khaunte on Friday requested Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to initiate a survey on the water levels, salinity and impac...
- Tamil Nadu rivers in reverse gearSeawater incursion up to 20km upstream in parts of the Cauvery delta which includes Thanjavur, the rice bowl of TN is ruining soil fertilit...
- Climate change widening world's wet-dry region divideLondon, Dec 13 (IANS) While the wet regions of the earth are getting wetter, the dry regions are getting even drier thanks to the warming c...
- Tiny islands in Kerala 'sinking' due to sea erosionPanchayat officials said the shrinking tiny islands, ranging from one acre to over one hectare, were inhabited by humans.
- Man-animal conflict to rise in Sunderbans : studyThe study also brought out the fact that most of the dense mangrove forest will degrade into less dense, open mangrove forest by the turn o...
- Lack of piped water leading to high instances of diarrhoea: World BankSundarbans is situated in both North and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal.
- Sunderbans mangrove trees losing capacity to absorb CO2: StudyThe vast mangrove forest in the Sunderbans is fast losing its capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, one of the main greenhouse gases, from the...
- Hilsa catch dwindles due to falling river salinityHilsas need a middle zone or ecotone while travelling from the sea to the rivers.
- 32 nesting sites for crocodiles foundWildlife personnel in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district have spotted 32 nesting sites of estuarine crocodiles as t...
- Salinity rise in water driving crocs to stray from habitatsRising salinity in the waters of the Bhitarkanika river system is driving crocodiles towards other water bodies close to human habitation.
- Sundarbans’ Saline KillerAshutosh Dali could not grow a single shoot in his field ever since it got flooded by saline water during last year’s Cyclone Aila. Yet, th...
- Will global warming kill Kabir's 'tree of life'?Kabirwad, home to one of the largest banyan trees in the country, is facing threat from global warming and rising sea waters.
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