Month: July 2018

Local residents look at the carcasses of hundreds of crocodiles from a farm after they were killed by angry locals following the death of a man who was killed in a crocodile attack in Sorong regenc

To Avenge One Man, Indonesian Villagers Kill Nearly 300 Crocodiles

Reuters 16/07/2018

After the burial of the man on Saturday, villagers,...

The location of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. Source: Google Maps

Maharashtra Denies Habitat Rights to the Most Backward Tribal Communities

Asavari Raj Sharma 16/07/2018

The status of implementation of habitat rights is quite...

FILE PHOTO: Air conditioners, about to be recycled, are seen in a warehouse in Guiyu

Global Warming Leaves Over a Billion People Struggling to Stay Cool

Alister Doyle 16/07/2018

The UN’s health agency says that heat stress linked...

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After Parrikar, Three Goa Ministers Take Seriously Ill, but Veil of Secrecy on Health Remains

Devika Sequeira 16/07/2018

The response of the state – or the lack...

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A Continent’s Fate at Risk Should the Antarctic Treaty Become Modifiable

Klaus Dodds 15/07/2018

As it stands, the Antarctic Treaty acts as...

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Sanjay Gubbi’s ‘Second Nature’ Is a Field Guide to Future Conservationists

Rishika Pardikar 15/07/2018

The book is a good step towards creating an...

A simulated signal of black hole production and decay at the LHC. Credit: CERN/ATLAS

Beauty Is Truth, Truth Is Beauty, and Other Lies of Physics

Sabine Hossenfelder 15/07/2018

In the last 40 years, while there has been...