Mumbai heading for disaster?
Studies show eco-degradation has accelerated in Mumbai of late. In fact, in just a
weeks, a hill has been demolished in Powai, acres of mangroves destroyed in Andheri and
Goregaon and sand pilfered by the truck load from a beach in Alibag.The Times of India |
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A shark as city
mascot?
In a first of its kind, Porbandar has adopted the whale shark as its mascot. This is part
of a Wildlife Trust of India campaign to spread awareness about the world's largest known
fish, which was till recently being brutally slaughtered along the Gujarat coast for
export.Terragreen Website |
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The cost of air travel
Environmentalists say airlines rate as one of the most polluting forms of transport, with
16,000 commercial jets producing over 600 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year.Business Line
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Quacking in their own accents
Researchers have found that London ducks have a rougher, louder accent call than West
Country ducks. Cockney ducks have developed loud, shrieker quacks because of competing
noises of city life like sirens, horns, trains but their laidback friends in Cornwall have
softer accent calls.The Hindu |
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