Noida: A single-day count has shown a sharp drop in the number of sarus cranes in Gautam Budh Nagar, where the birds thrive. The district forest office has counted 142 sarus cranes this year, which is the lowest since 2018
Of the 142 cranes that were counted this time, 20 were chicks. Researchers on sarus cranes the state bird questioned the decision to count the birds in a single day. They insisted there would be 180-200 cranes in the district.
After 2018, the population of sarus cranes has only increased in Gautam Budh Nagar. While there were 113 birds in 2018, their numbers rose to 146 in 2019 and 166 in 2020.
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Series of hate-motivated vandalism leaves Windsor s LGBTQ community on edge
In just one week, WE Trans Support has filed three reports to Windsor police regarding homophobic and racist vandalism, along with property damage. This has left members of the LGBTQ community feeling uneasy.
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The recent glacier burst around the Nanda Devi glacier in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district is seen as an outcome of the insensitivity of the Government in executing the developmental projects particularly construction of hydroelectric (HE) projects. Experts say that authorities have been executing numerous projects one after the other without properly assessing the impact of these projects on the local environment particularly the mountain ecosystem. A study published in the journal Science Advances in June 2019, shows that glaciers have been losing the equivalent of more than a vertical foot and half of the ice each year since 2000 – double the amount of melting that took place from 1975 to 2000. Researchers at Columbia University in the US say that the data indicates that the melting is consistent in time and space, and that rising temperatures are to blame. Temperatures vary from place to place, but from 2000 to 2016 they have averaged one degree Celsius h
Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat The recent glacier burst around the Nanda Devi glacier in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district is seen as an outcome of the insensitivity