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Topic: Ecology

How Does Math Relate to the Life Cycle of Periodical Cicadas?

Two broods of periodical cicadas have emerged together for the first time in over 200 years. Brood XIX appears in the southeastern U.S., while Brood XIII is found...

November 25, 2024

Protecting Global Pollinators – Key Facts

Pollinators are vital for agriculture and food security as they contribute to over 75% of food crops and flowering plants but these small insects face numerous threats including...

November 19, 2024

Pando: World’s Oldest Living Organism

Pando is a remarkable clonal colony of quaking aspen trees in Utah, which spans 106 acres and consists of around 47,000 individual trees. Pando is connected by an...

November 18, 2024

Migratory Bird Deaths Linked to Avian Botulism

High temperatures and low salinity in Sambhar Lake have led to a concerning outbreak of avian botulism. This situation has resulted in the deaths of at least 600...

November 18, 2024

Crinum Andhricum: New Flowering Plant Discovered in Eastern Ghats

Botanists have recently identified a new flowering plant species named Crinum andhricum. This discovery took place in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh. A team led by scientist...

November 15, 2024

Agro – Climatic Zones of India

Agro – Climatic Zone is a land that is suitable for growing particular type of crop. It is essential to delineate the land in the country into agro...

December 4, 2021

Earth Overshoot Day: observed on August 22

“Earth Overshoot Day” was observed on 22nd August. The international research organization Global Footprint Network, which is also a partner organization of the New Economics Foundation observes the...

August 24, 2020

Railways bans use of single-use plastic

The world is actually littered with plastics. The rapid pilferation of plastics has contaminated land spaces and takes up massive amounts of dump fill space. The pollution is...

August 22, 2019

Jamnagar Refinery to produce only Jet Fuel and Petrochemicals

In light of the growing uncertainty over the future of gasoline-powered cars, one of the world’s largest oil refineries and India’s largest oil refinery, the Reliance Industries owned...

August 12, 2019

Species Protection in India

India is home to diverse species of both flora and fauna which are found all across the nation. While the Indian Government is concerned about the protection of...

August 9, 2019

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