Ecology

SC suspends mining in Bellary 29 July 2011

Taking into consideration the report of the Central Empowerment Committee that the mining activity in the Bellary district of Karnataka had heavily damaged the environment in the surroundings, the Supreme Court today ordered immediate suspension of mining in the district....

Keywords: Mining in Karnataka, Mining in Bellary, suspension of mining in Bellary, Mining in Bellary

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Huge Ocean may be hidden underneath, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography research says 30 July 2015

According to a breakthrough discovery by Chinese scientists, there could be an “ocean” hidden under one of the driest areas on the earth. The amount of salt water found beneath the Tarim basin in northwestern Xinjiang province might be equivalent...

Keywords: Hidden ocean, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese scientists, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography

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Rainforest Amazon....Wildest beauty on the Earth! 06 March 2013

"Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal." Edward O. Wilson (An American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist and author). About the Rainforests... Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on...

Keywords: biologist, Brazil, biologist, temperate rainforest

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Stop Eating Nutella - France's Ecology Minister 17 June 2015

I still wonder how environmental friendly, the European nations are. Anything that hampers the eco-friendliness will face the furor there. Setting an example to that, the France Ecology Minister Ségolène Royal today urges the nation to oppose Italian sweetened hazelnut...

Keywords: France, Ségolène Royal, France, France

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