2019-07-11 11:24:00
77 percent of the world’s cities will experience a ’’striking change’’ in climate conditions, while 22 percent will experience ’’novel’’ conditions -- ie something that has never before been encountered...
2019-07-05 11:30:00
The Sri Lanka Navy yesterday (4) commenced another coral reef restoration project in the Northern Naval Command...
2019-07-05 00:10:00
Intense heat waves have killed more than 100 people in India this summer and are predicted to worsen in coming years, creating a possible humanitarian crisis as large parts of the country potentially become too hot to be inhabitable...
2019-07-04 13:00:00
Many tourists roamed over Northern Chilean desert on Tuesday (02) as a total solar eclipse projected in the skies...
2019-06-12 13:28:00
Russian and Japanese scientists have unveiled the first intact adult head of an Ice Age wolf species, which was preserved in permafrost for 40,000 years...
2019-06-08 00:31:17
Climate change could make large swathes of Siberia habitable before the end of this century, a new study suggests. ..
2019-06-06 06:30:48
Human civilisation as we know it may have already entered its last decades, a worrying new report examining the likely future of our planet’s habitability warns. ..
2019-06-06 05:35:58
Thousands of heat-related deaths in major US cities could be avoided if rising global temperatures are curbed, new research has found. ..
2019-05-05 13:26:07
A beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) wearing a tech-gear was spotted in the northern coast of Norway last week. The fishermen were astonished by simply what they witnessed. ..
2019-04-15 05:51:47
President Maithripala Sirsena requests the public to clad in white attire and plant a sapling today (15) at 11.17 am facing east to observe 'Thun Pokuru Yoga', an auspicious time which falls on today. ..
2019-04-08 05:50:32
A suspected rhino poacher has been trampled on by an elephant then eaten by a pride of lions in Kruger National Park, South Africa. ..
2019-03-29 03:44:10
Certain people who speak of Wilpattu forest destruction don’t pay any attention to the Lower Malwattu Oya project which destroyed 19,000 acres, said Ven. Wekandawala Rahula Thera of Center for Environment and Nature Studies. ..
2019-03-26 13:55:56
The wildlife of Sri Lanka managed to shoot a few selfies during the filming of a short tourism documentary that was released today. ..
2019-03-22 07:32:55
World Water Day is celebrated annually on 22 March and this year’s theme ‘Leave No One Behind’ focuses on ensuring that everyone, everywhere has access to safe water. ..
2019-02-14 15:00:51
The Earth is facing a climate crisis, but it's also getting greener and leafier. According to new research, the rise is largely courtesy of China and India. ..
2019-02-03 07:15:19
Five Slovakian individuals at an attempt of biopirating specimens of insects, tissue samples from plants and animals, that are being designated extincting, from Sinharaja forest were arrested by the local wildlife authorities at the premises. The Dep..
2019-01-31 07:45:53
The Devon falls won by many tourists' hearts may not be as appealing as it used to be amid a troubling information received to which its Devon Canal has been exposed into waste matter released by a nearby farm. ..
2018-12-01 16:23:22
An elephant with tusks of an age around 08 years has been killed by gunshot at the Udawalawa reservoir of Udawalawa National Park near the Thanamalwila Udawalawa Road early today (01). The postmortem for the dead elephant has been carried out by Vete..
2018-10-21 06:09:02
Two elephants had been killed last night (20 October) after they were hit by two separate trains that were travelling from Colombo to Kankasanthurai, and Colombo to Batticaloa. ..
2018-09-25 13:14:43
Information received from the Department of Wildlife Conservation according to the Information Act revealed that half of the Turtle Conservation Centres around several places of the country including the Southern are maintained of illegal base. Accor..
2018-09-09 07:40:11
The Hambantota Proposed Wild Elephants Management Reserve built for wild elephants by now has become a prey for the forest-firers, due to the fact that it is only reserved for name boards. ..
2018-08-14 06:10:32
Although the Human Being is dependent from the environment to continue his living, we feel that he lacks courtesy, or is ignorant to learn at all, to treat and devote himself into the environment. ..
2018-05-24 16:35:45
A beach cleaning took place on the 23rd at Rekawa beach, the only conservation area for reptilians in Sri Lanka, in view of the upcoming world turtles’ day. ..
2018-05-21 07:51:45
Improper operations of an electronic waste (e-waste) management factory (Ceylon Waste Management Pvt Ltd) located at Godaparagahahena, Kiriwattuduwa, Homagama is currently damaging the environment while creating severe health issues to the residents...
2018-02-07 11:39:13
The Land and Agricultural Reforms Movement alleges attempts by Indian plant seed companies which held a conference in Colombo to bring in plant seeds to Sri Lanka without seed quarantine approval. This will pose a grave threat of disease outbreaks to..
2018-02-01 11:17:14
Sri Lanka is a county with a very high rate of elephant and tusker deaths, said coordinator of the Environment and Nature Studies Centre Dr. Ravindra Kariyawasam. ..
2018-01-20 10:56:44
A flurry of meetings should help curb greenhouse-gas emissions. But the global agreement is still essential IN MAY France’s environment ministry moved to an 18th-century mansion close to the National Assembly and Elysée Palace. The relocation—a..
2017-07-25 04:28:36
By Julia Proctor A recent paper authored by Dr. Ronald Geyer from the University of California Santa Barbara, has exposed that in the last 65 years humans have produced 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic in total. This figure is found to be equal to that..
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