Water wealth: On groundwater exploitation in Punjab
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors22d ago
That Punjab is over-extracting groundwater is not news. According to the 2025-26 Dynamic Groundwater Assessment, its groundwater extraction rate was 152%.
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top 54%Tiny two-headed turtle found in Cape Cod
Popular Scienceby Margherita Bassi22d ago
Last week, something strange arrived at the Cape Wildlife Center. Not one turtle, not two turtles—something in between.
Cigarette butts make up 12% of aquatic litter, global review finds
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb22d ago
Cigarette butts account for roughly 12% of the litter found in rivers, lakes and beaches surveyed for a recent global review.
Fat Bear Week is back. Meet the heavyweights vying for the title - National | Globalnews.ca
globalnews.caby Rachel Goodman22d ago
It’s Fat Bear Week, which means one thing for the 16 Alaskan brown bears competing for the title of heavyweight champion: bigger really does mean better. The annual contest begins on Sept.
California Tribes receive beach and ancestral village site back from transportation authority
Mongabay Globalby Latoya Abulu22d ago
- The U.S. state of California has returned 55 hectares (136 acres) of Northern California coastline, including Blues Beach and the village site of K’etim, to three Coastal Yuki tribes.
The mosquito's transition from vegan to bloodsucker explained
Phys.orgby Swedish University22d ago
The mosquito's transition from vegan to bloodsucker explained Scents govern most key events in the lives of mosquitoes, and there is extensive research on their sense of smell.
Keralam must not return to powerless days of the 1980s
New Indian Expressby Express News Service22d ago
The ongoing power crisis in Keralam draws striking parallels to the 1980s, a time when unexpected load-shedding and wild voltage fluctuations were part of daily life. It is not much different now.
Spanberger's data center plan on collision course with her party's green energy push, critics warn
FOX Newsby Charles Creitz22d ago
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's data center plan is facing criticism that one of its key provisions may work against itself.
EPA announces $93.4M plan to rid California Superfund site of dangerous chemicals
The Independentby Kari Hulac22d ago
The EPA has released a 53-page, $93.4 million plan to remove dangerous chemicals from Richmond’s Heckathorn Superfund site, but community members who’ve long advocated for a more extensive cleanup...
Could your electric car help pay your energy bill?
The Independentby Steve Fowler22d ago
I’ve always found that a car is very good at spending your money, but what if it could start helping cut your electricity bill while it sits on the driveway?
A rare slow loris may have a much larger population in China than scientists thought
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman22d ago
- A recent study documented 98 northern pygmy slow lorises living in the wild in Guangxi, China, roughly doubling the country’s known population of the endangered species.
Where does nature fit into the circular economy? | Nature Canada
Stories Archives - Nature Canadaby Jamieson Findlay22d ago
Where does nature fit into the circular economy? Wheels within wheels, cycles within cycles — that’s nature at its heart. Things keep moving and changing and being reused.
Sheep grazing may pose greater threat to Scotland's wild pollinators than honey bees
Phys.orgby University22d ago
Sheep grazing may pose greater threat to Scotland's wild pollinators than honey bees Sheep grazing, rather than honey bees, could be the bigger threat to wild pollinators on Scotland's moorlands...
Rains cool Visakhapatnam; holiday declared for educational institutions today
The Hinduby Harish Gilai22d ago
Continuous rain under the influence of a depression over the Bay of Bengal brought considerable relief from the prevailing heat in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.
Diesel prices just hit a new record. Would a U.S. export ban bring relief?
CBS Newsby Aimee Picchi; Alain Sherter22d ago
Some Republican lawmakers are calling for a ban on U.S. diesel exports as a way to lower record-high prices.
3 rangers 'share custody' of orphaned elephant: 'She knows us as her parents'
Good Good Goodby Meghan Cook22d ago
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has seen some tough cases in their time. Since 1977, they have been leading rescue and rehabilitation efforts for orphaned and injured elephants in East Africa.
Deep depression rolls towards Odiha-AP coast, brings heavy rain
ThePrintby PTI22d ago
Bhubaneswar, Sep 22 (PTI) The Odisha government is on high alert as the depression in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression and caused heavy rainfall in coastal and southern regions...
Fourth coal mining project in MP near Bandhavgarh-Achanakmar tiger corridor gets key nod since July
ThePrintby Alind Chauhan22d ago
New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) An underground coal mining project in Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria district, close to a tiger corridor connecting the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary...
Moldova to impose 60-day energy and water emergency due to drought and rising costs
The Independentby Via AP news wire22d ago
Moldova voted on Tuesday to impose a 60-day state of emergency on its energy and water sectors due to severely low water levels on the Dniester River and global conflicts that are driving up energy...
Baldivis earthworks set to swallow 588 Olympic pools of fill
PerthNowby Michael Palmer22d ago
Equivalent of nearly 600 Olympic-sized pools of fill to be placed on Baldivis site to help create housing Nearly 600 Olympic-sized pools worth of fill will be dumped on a Baldivis property to...