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Meghalaya : World’s largest cave fish species found in Jaintia Hills
- February 15, 2020
Source: South Asia Views
The world’s largest cave fish measuring which are blind and pigmented and around one and a half feet in length have been found in a cave in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills. According to an article by four researchers in the November 2019 issue of Cave and Karst Science, a journal published by the British Cave Research Association. The fish, part of the Golden Mahseer but has no eyes and is white due to lack of melanin pigmentation, was found in a cave located in a remote and densely forested area in Jaintia Hills region of Meghalaya by a team of researchers .
World is looking at India in finding ways to combat climate change: Harsh Vardhan
- July 17, 2017
Source: Indian Express
Union environment minister Mr Harsh Vardhan on 17 July 2017 said the world was looking at India in finding ways to combat climate change and global warming as it has traditional knowledge and solutions to protect the nature. Asserting that protecting nature is in the country’s DNA, he said experts feel that India’s traditional knowledge on environment protection can be utilised to deal with the dangers associated with the environment.
On thin ice: the farmers adapting to Peru's melting glacier
- April 15, 2015
Source: The Guardian
Drip by drip the Pastoruri glacier is melting before the eyes of the decreasing number of tourists who visit it. Water runs down the ice wall which, if you listen closely, you can hear creak as it gradually disappears. Local farmers are working to tailor the existing highland wetlands – which act like slow release sponges for glacial meltwater – to combat the deteriorating quality of the water as well as storing it. With technical help from the Mountain Institute and the local Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo (UNASAM), the farmers are planting certain species in specific areas and monitoring the results.