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How ravens maintain their social relations

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2014, 19:35

A new study has found that like many social mammals, ravens form different types of social relationships - they may be friends, kin, or partners and they also form strict dominance relations.

Climate change likely to make climbing Everest riskier, less predictable

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2014, 19:04

Scientists have claimed that climbing Mount Everest is becoming less predictable and possibly more dangerous, as climate change brings warmer temperatures that may eat through the ice and snow on the highest peak in the world.

Iceberg larger that island of Guam drifts away from Antarctic glacier

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2014, 11:59

Scientists have observed an iceberg bigger than the island of Guam, which is slowly moving away from an Antarctic glacier.

`Everest glaciers in Tibet have shrunk due to warming`

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 19:31

Glaciers on Mount Everest in Tibet have shrunk by 10 per cent over the past 40 years due to global warming, a Chinese researcher said Wednesday, warning that climate change has impacted the plateau.

Effluent discharge in Ganga: NGT warns pollution control boards

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 22:17

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today warned the Central and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Boards that it would pass "coercive orders" if effective steps were not taken to control pollution due to effluent discharged by sugar mills and a dairy firm in the river Ganga.

Students learn ways to protect environment on Earth Day

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 22:13

Disadvantaged students today participated in workshops learning how to protect the environment on the occasion of the Earth Day.

Earth Day 2014 with Green cities theme celebrated

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 22:04

More than a billion people around the world celebrated Earth Day Tuesday with the theme `Green Cities` calling for transformation in the public transportation systems to make them more accessible, convenient, and clean fuel-run.

Earth Day 2014 : Facts about this global tradition

Earth Day 2014 : Facts about this global tradition

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 16:14

Earth Day is the day we celebrate our amazing planet and pledge to protect it.

Ancient Antarctica was as warm as today`s California coast

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 12:53

Using a new way to measure past temperatures, scientists have claimed that parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today`s California coast, and polar regions of the southern Pacific Ocean registered 21st-century Florida heat.

Survey on house sparrows begins

Last Updated: Monday, April 21, 2014, 19:14

Kerala Forest Department and the Writers and Nature Lovers` Forum launched a two-day survey to document the status of house sparrows here.