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CPCB uploads list of industrial units polluting Ganga on its website

Last Updated: Thursday, July 24, 2014, 19:12

Following an order of National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has uploaded a list of 972 industrial units polluting river Ganga and its tributaries on its website, government said on Thursday.

Alaskan frogs freeze themselves to survive extreme cold

Last Updated: Thursday, July 24, 2014, 11:42

Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have found that wood frogs in subarctic interior Alaska survive cold during winter season by freezing themselves below minus 18 degrees Celsius for up to 218 days and then come back to life in the spring season.

Mutilated bear gets new lower jaw in Mexico

Last Updated: Thursday, July 24, 2014, 11:27

A team of surgeons and veterinarians in Mexico implanted a titanium lower jaw in a bear that was mutilated, an official said.

Climate change ravaging Antarctic fur seals: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, July 24, 2014, 09:20

A food shortage likely caused by climate change is shrinking a South Antarctic fur seal colony and changing the profile of its surviving members, researchers have said.

Rising temperatures hinder Indian wheat production: Study

Rising temperatures hinder Indian wheat production: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 21:55

Geographers at the University of Southampton have found a link between increasing average temperatures in India and a reduction in wheat production.

Self-cooling solar cells to last longer

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 14:58

What if a solar cell could keep itself cool even in the blistering heat of the sun?

Court seeks government view on using eco-friendly engine

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 22:21

The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a scientist`s plea seeking permission to fit his invention -- an eco-friendly fuel-cell auto engine -- in vehicles plying on a commercial basis here.

Migrating birds map routes to prevent interbreeding?

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 17:42

Genes may lead migrating birds to take particular routes to their destination that could prevent interbreeding, suggests a study that tracked hybrids between songbird species.

`Natural cooling fluctuation` masked greenhouse effect during last decade: Study

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 17:38

A new study has revealed that a natural cooling fluctuation between 1998 and 2013 largely masked the warming effects of a continued increase in man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Atlantic salmon can adapt to warmer waters

Last Updated: Saturday, July 19, 2014, 11:17

Populations of Atlantic salmon have a surprisingly good capacity to adjust to warmer temperatures that are being seen with climate change, scientists have found.