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Topic: Biodiversity

Where’s climate in AI conversations? Biodiversity collapse is missing

As global innovation and tech agendas evolve, the challenge lies in ensuring that biodiversity is not an afterthought, but a central component of climate-AI partnerships.

Delhi is having extravagant & unhealthy obsession with palm trees

“The palm fashion really came from Dubai and Sharjah," environmentalist Pradip Krishen, and author of Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide, said.

‘Scientifically unsound’. Conservators flag ecological blind spots in govt’s report on forests

Conservationists and former forest officials say the new accounting inherits the same weaknesses of the India State of Forest Report, which overlooks forest fragmentation.

Why are humans able to speak & learn complex languages? The answer could be locked in a gene variant

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Measure biodiversity loss, just like carbon emissions. It’s critical for our future

To create a global goal for nature restoration, we must be able to measure how far on- or off-track we are to achieving it.

Set to present updated biodiversity action plan, India seeks financial support at UN conference

The event is being held in Colombia between 21 October and 1 November. In his speech, Union Minister Kirti Singh highlighted the steps India has taken in global wildlife preservation

Digital 3D models of Indonesian coral reefs could help revive precious ecosystems

Beyond coral reefs, photogrammetry technology is also being used to monitor forests, soil erosion, and landscape changes.

4 charts show how organised crime threatens world’s ecosystems, wildlife

Pangolins, rhinos, elephants, eels, cedar and rosewoods are just a tiny sample of the 4,000 animal and plant species affected by wildlife trafficking.

India at 176 among 180 countries in Environment Performance Index 2024, high emissions flagged again

EPI 2022, which placed Indian at bottom, was rejected by the Centre. Bad air quality, high projected emissions & low biodiversity-habitat scores behind poor rank this year.

Who are the ‘guests that never left’? New book documents India’s invasive alien plants

Mexican Poppy, a toxic yellow flower that is found on roadsides & near fields is one of India's many invasive species. In Hindi, it is aptly called ‘Satyanashi’ or destroyer. 

On Camera

Should you pick your partner from the airport? It can be the ultimate gesture or a lovebomb

Imagine someone came to pick you up at Bengaluru airport. Spend more than two hours in traffic to see you? And pay for a cab both ways? There’s no bigger confession of love.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.