Environment

Agriculture-based elephant deterrents are both humane and profitable

A massive mural which was put up at the Viharamahadevi Park early yesterday ahead of a protest highlighting ecocide in Sri Lanka, was taken down by officials yesterday allegedly on the instructions by high ranking government officials

Beijing was cloaked in thick yellow smog on Monday with pollution levels surging off the charts as the worst sandstorm in a decade descended on China's capital.

The small and harmless or mildly venomous snakes which cause no real harm to man, are also ecologically important, says Sriyan de Silva Wijeratne

Rewatha, the 45 year old tusker who visitors to the Kalawawe national park yearned to see, has died after getting electrocuted by an illegal fence which surrounded a maize cultivation.

Thousands of panels glinting in the sun stretch into the sea off Singapore, part of the land-scarce city-state's push to build floating solar farms to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Scientific surveys have found that the oxygen percentage in the atmosphere of the Colombo city is gradually declining in proportion to its population, the Ministry of Environment said.

Global emissions have rebounded to worrying levels after a historic decline in 2020, according to new data.

Air pollution caused an estimated 54,000 premature deaths in the Indian capital New Delhi last year, a higher toll than in any other big global metropolis, according to a study released on Thursday.

LTTE sharp shooters were using the fleet-footed blackbucks for target practice, says Lt.Gen.Baljeet Singh in as tetonly requested to stop their criminal act and, mercifully, they stopped.