2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (685+ words) Chennai: With the city having lost a significant portion of its wetlands amid unregulated urban expansion, citizen groups have called for a fundamental shift in the way the Pallikaranai watershed is planned and managed - from isolated projects to an integrated,…...

5+ day, 10+ min ago   (233+ words) Chennai: Environment minister V.K. Rajeev on Monday said sensor-based air quality monitoring stations would come up at 80 places to strengthen air quality monitoring. They would monitor the temperature, moisture and air pollutants on a real-time basis and to convey them to…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (387+ words) Kakinada: The IIT-Madras has begun giving technical support for construction of sea-wall’ at a cost of Rs 323 core that would be drawn from the National Disaster Management Fund. At the special initiative of deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan, the project…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (295+ words) S. Bharathidasan, secretary of Arulagam Nature Conservation Organisation, based at Coimbatore, an ace name in vulture conservation studies, said Arulagam had been working for nearly 25 years towards the conservation of vultures in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) that encompasses MTR, STR…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (242+ words) OOTY: Dr. B. Ramakrishnan, head of the Department of Wildlife Biology at the Government Arts College here, a celebrated name in wildlife studies and research, said vultures are critically important, but a vastly misunderstood avian. Vultures, a remarkable creature in Nature,…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (515+ words) CHENNAI: Chennai has stepped up its preparations for the northeast monsoon with chief secretary M. Sai Kumar on Saturday inspecting ongoing stormwater drain, canal and waterbody improvement works in Adyar, Perungudi and Sholinganallur zones. During the inspection, Sai Kumar reviewed several…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (190+ words) They were assisted by Hyundai Mobis and Posco companies who provided rent-free earth movers with driver's wages Tiruvarur: The environmental activists belonging to the Tiruvarur district unit of Exnora and the Needamangalam-based Green Needa have desilted 207.50 km distance of 60 canals…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (244+ words) Chennai: India’s small-scale fishing communities are facing increasingly unpredictable climate risks, including rising temperatures, stronger storms, shifting monsoon patterns and changes in fish availability, according to a diagnostic report prepared as part of the proposed National Plan of Action for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (316+ words) The early arrival has drawn the attention of birdwatchers, nature enthusiasts and residents, who have observed several species gathering around the water bodies Thoothukudi: A large number of waterbirds have arrived at the wetlands and water bodies of Perungulam village…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (81+ words) Deccan Chronicle Ariyalur: The district administration organised a special viewing of the moon and astronomical events through a telescope at the Ariyalur Fossil Museum. The Thanjavur Astronomy and Science Society provided the telescope for the event on Friday night, from…...