Ecological Imbalance
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What happened to beautiful Nainital? It stinks of sewage and dead fish
Water level in Naini lake, the hill station’s only source of fresh water, is down 18 feet this summer.
Mrinal Pande
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Wildfires in the US have become bigger, more frequent and longer
A review of wildfire activity in western US demonstrates the potent effect drier, warming spring seasons, due to climate change, is having on wildfires.
Karl Blanchet, The Conversation
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China’s desertification is causing trouble across Asia
As grassland turns to desert, dust is blown into the atmosphere and across oceans.
Marijn Nieuwenhuis, The Conversation
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Death of a landscape: why have thousands of trees dropped dead in New South Wales?
2,000 square km of forest have dropped dead in New South Wales, indicating big changes to the environment.
Cris Brack and Catherine Ross, The Conversation
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How shrimp farming wreaked havoc on Sri Lanka's coasts
The tropical island was one of a number of countries that joined the goldrush of prawn farming in the 1980s and 1990s. New research lays plain the results.
Mark Huxham, The Conversation