Palaoesciences film festival Lucknow: Scientists, filmmakers, educators and students from across the country will converge in Lucknow this week for PRITHVI 2026 – The Palaeoscience Film Festival of India and National Dialogue on Earth Science Communication, a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at making Earth sciences more accessible to the public through films based on Earth sciences.Organised…
Beavers may weigh only around 20 kilograms, but their engineering skills can reshape entire landscapes. Using little more than their powerful teeth, branches, stones and mud, these rodents build dams that slow rivers, create wetlands and transform dry valleys into thriving ecosystems. While these structures are best known for forming ponds, scientists have discovered they…
Under the watchful eye of scientists, volunteers clean the skeleton of a mastodonsaurus A huge fossilised skeleton weighing 1,300 kilograms (2,865 pounds) that was found in southern Poland is currently being chipped out of solid rock by a group of more than 2,000 public volunteers.According to a report by the Associated Press, this unusual public…
Coastal flooding that was once considered unusual is becoming a more familiar part of life in many parts of the world, and rising sea levels appear to be a major reason why. A new international study suggests that the gradual increase in ocean height has fundamentally changed how often exceptionally high sea levels occur, making…
The NIT-Bhopal study is expected to guide the city’s heat action plan Pune: The state has approved Rs 2.1 crore for an NIT-Bhopal research project on how to make the city cooler and more resilient to extreme heat.Instead of treating the entire city as a uniform entity, the study will explore its small pockets because…
BMC hopes to begin construction next month Mumbai: BMC plans to integrate the city’s first seawater desalination plant at Manori with Mumbai’s existing water distribution network through a 7.2km underground tunnel to Charkop and further to Mahavir Nagar in Kandivli.A proposal seeking approval to award the contract at Rs 2,241.3 crore to Afcons Infrastructure Ltd…
In April 2022, a routine field survey on a quiet Canadian lake turned into one of the most puzzling wildlife investigations in recent years.What first appeared to be the isolated death of a freshwater turtle soon escalated into a grim discovery involving nearly 150 carcasses scattered along the shoreline. The incident left scientists searching for…
Every summer, a vast stretch of the Gulf of Mexico transforms into what scientists call a “dead zone,” an area where oxygen levels in the water become so low that most marine life cannot survive. Fish flee if they can, while shrimp, crabs and bottom-dwelling organisms are often trapped in what researchers describe as “hell…
Margao: There was a time when Goa’s first monsoon showers announced themselves with the deep, rhythmic croaks of the Indian bullfrog echoing across paddy fields and puddles. The sound, immortalised in Konkani nursery rhymes and wedding ballads, is now fading, and environmentalists warn it is a sign of a deeper ecological crisis.Once regarded in Goan…
Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Spain on high alert amid ongoing widespread summer wildfires. Edited by: Saim Dušan Inayatullah Firefighters battled to contain a fast-spreading wildfire north of Spain’s capital, Madrid, on Sunday. The country is still reeling from one of the deadliest wildfires in modern times that killed…
