Scientists are deploying ultra-sensitive sensors in the Amazon to collect images and sounds of the rainforest’s rich biodiversity in real time, in an effort to track preservation efforts. The Big Brother-style Providence Project was launched two years ago by French scientist Michel Andre of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Mamiraua Sustainable Development Institute in […]
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Scientists find cocaine in shrimps from UK rivers
Scientists found cocaine in freshwater shrimps when testing for chemicals in UK rivers. Researchers from King’s College London, working with the University of Suffolk, tested at 15 sites across Suffolk and found cocaine at all of them. The study, published in Environment International, found other illicit drugs such as ketamine, pesticides and pharmaceuticals were also […]
Every citizen needs to take ‘The Earth Care Pledge’
We don’t see any visible policy advocacy or awareness-raising effort or citizens’ engagement in Pakistan on the Earth Day by those who are responsible to do it either from the government or the nongovernment. The concerned departments in the federal capital and in the provinces found sleeping as usual though their mandate includes public engagement […]