Young turtle rescued with a gut full of plastic waste
A young turtle defecated almost a dozen of bits of plastic and trash after being rescued in a fishing net off the coast of Argentina
Dec 20, 2021, 16:32 PM IST
Chennai techies have underwater wedding: Clad in Dhoti, Sari Tamil Style
Picture an underwater wedding and one might think of a couple clad in tight fitting scuba attire and heavy gear. Perhaps, all of this in an exotic foreign destination. But a techie couple in Chennai has proven that they can get married underwater, the desi style - groom clad in a Dhoti and Shirt, Bride in a sari, amid decorations and cameras, at a depth of 60 feet!
Feb 03, 2021, 13:41 PM IST
Devotees visiting West Bengal's Gangasagar get cloth bags to curb use of single-use plastic
Till now the volunteers have distributed 25000 cloth bag in the Gangasagar Mela which were made by using nearly 4000 cloths. According to the West Bengal government, nearly 50,000 devotees will visit Gangasagar to take holy bath in 2020.
Jan 13, 2020, 19:06 PM IST
Multinationals aggravating ocean pollution: Greenpeace NGO
The environmental non-profit, along with the Break Free From Plastic Campaign, carried out a study about ocean pollution that included an audit of plastic waste spanning 30 hectares in Manila Bay.
Sep 22, 2017, 20:41 PM IST
Ganga second-most polluting river in world; China's Yangtze tops the list
The study added that two-thirds of the pollution comes from the 20 most polluting rivers, with majority of them in Asia.
Jun 09, 2017, 16:10 PM IST
Plastic in rivers major source of ocean pollution: Study
Researchers at The Ocean Cleanup - a Dutch foundation developing new technologies for ridding the oceans of plastic - say rivers carry an estimated 1.15-2.41 million tonnes of plastic into the sea every year, an amount that need between 48,000 to over 100,000 dump trucks to carry it away.
Jun 08, 2017, 23:53 PM IST
India plans automated ocean pollution observation
India is all set to opt for automatic observation of pollution in the ocean to crunch data that will aid the tourism industry and could also come in handy in countering allegations levelled by developed nations against the country being a major polluter
May 12, 2017, 12:26 PM IST
