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From Bengaluru to MIT: How Oakridge Students are Turning the World into Th
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 3: What if the most valuable lesson a student could learn wasn't found in a classroom, but in a robotics lab in Boston or during a conversation with an ecologist on the Andaman coast? Oakridge International School, Bengaluru, is built on the belief tha
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Environmentalists, experts, and scientists convene in Shimla to make Himal
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A diverse group of environmentalists, experts, ecologists, and scientists has gathered in Shimla to strategize on transforming Himalayan cities into climate-smart hubs amid the changing climate. The day-long consultation, held in the north Indian hill town, of Shimla, on Monday, was organize
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DNA breakthrough detects genetic diversity of invasive fish: Research
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Ecologists have proven that the genetic material that species shed into their environments can reveal not only the presence of the species but also a wide range of information about the genetics of whole populations — information that may assist scientists to trace the source of a new invasi
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Study dicovers human impact on wildlife even in protected areas
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A study led by Rice University ecologist Lydia Beaudrot and colleagues found that tropical mammals living within protected areas are not immune to the effects of human activity, even when it occurs outside of the protected boundaries.
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Sri Lanka: China-funded Norochcholai Coal Power Plant could affect Maha Bo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to ecologists, there is a chance that clouds carrying dangerous acid deposits will move in the direction of Anuradhapura, where the revered Sri Maha Bodhi tree is located.
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Twin brothers of spotted hyenas are often attracted to the same new group:
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In most mammals, males disperse to a new group after reaching sexual maturity. Dispersal often entails costs and is risky. New results from spotted hyenas show that males from the same birth group and particularly twin brothers very often disperse together and choose the same group to breed.
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Personalities of Red Knots affect way they search for food: Research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Researcher Selin Ersoy, an ecologist at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), studied how 'personalities' of individual Red Knots differ and affect the way they search for food.
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Research explores possibility of life beyond Earth
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
For millennia, caves have served as shelters for prehistoric humans. Caves have also intrigued scholars from early Chinese naturalists to Charles Darwin. A cave ecologist has been in and out of these subterranean ecosystems, examining the unique life forms -- and unique living conditions --
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Climate change can be mitigated by protecting old trees: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): According to a study, ancient trees, which are hundreds or thousands of years old, play an important role in biodiversity and ecosystem preservation by providing stability, strength, and protection to vulnerable environments. A team of ecologists highlighte
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Around 53 Egyptian vultures spotted on Yamuna river in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): As many as 53 Egyptian vultures were spotted two days ago by an ecologist on a sandy mid-island on the Yamuna river in Delhi.
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Reflecting sunlight back to space might help cool down Earth's ecosystem
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Minnesota [US], April 10 (ANI): During a recent study, climate scientists and ecologists from leading research universities internationally, found that further research is needed in order to understand the ecological impacts of solar radiation modification (SRM) technologies that reflect sma
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Researchers find reflecting sunlight could cool Earth's ecosystem
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Minneapolis (Minnesota), [US], April 8 (ANI): Composed of climate scientists and ecologists from leading research universities internationally, a team of scientists found that more research is needed to understand the ecological impacts of solar radiation modification (SRM) technologies that
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