Chennai colleges set aside time for wildlife
Little did Vivek Puliyeri know that he would be able to build a prospective career and also cater to his interest in conserving nature and wildlife when he walked into the campus of Indian Institute of...
View ArticleKarnala bird sanctuary is fast losing its feathered friends
Avian refuge on the outskirts of the city has not been as chirpy as it once used to be. The Karnala Bird Sanctuary in the Raigad district that has been home to 140 species of resident and 37 species of...
View ArticlePolicing the bird highway
On a nice, sunny day in the 1960s, air taxi pilot Dick Hamlin picked up two women and their babies to take them to a logging camp on Kasaan Bay. As the air taxi approached Grindall Island, Hamlin...
View ArticleScare at airport as animal strays into runway
KOLKATA: A canine was seen on the runway at Kolkata airport on Saturday evening, forcing an Air India flight to abort landing and hover around till the trespasser was chased away. It caused quite a...
View ArticleJet wheel gets stuck in runway crater
KOLKATA: Two incidents in a span of 30 minutes affected operations of three flights at Kolkata airport on Friday morning. In the first incident, a GoAir flight bound for Bagdogra was taxiing for...
View ArticleWhen bird-scaring can be serious, life-saving business
Sohail Sayed scaring away birds with sound bombs at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Hemant Padalkar dna Fliers to...
View ArticleBird-hit fears loom over city airport
AHMEDABAD: With the onset of monsoon, birds have been returning to the city airport in large numbers, increasing the risk of bird-hits. In second half of June, Airports Authority of India (AAI)...
View ArticleNew 'dogged' approach to airport safety
Christchurch Airport's newest employee comes with her own water bowl and a kennel to sleep in. Border collie puppy Jet will soon join the ranks at Christchurch Airport, working to scare birds away from...
View ArticleAnimals' constant battle against firecracker enthusiasts
As the city gears up to celebrate the festival of lights, animal activists have once again raised an alarm over the rising pollution and high decibel levels due to the bursting of fire crackers during...
View ArticleSnowy owl at Reagan National Airport may have taken off
WASHINGTON • A snowy owl that spent the holidays at Reagan National Airport may have moved on with the new year. After a night of reveling and nearby fireworks displays, airport officials reported that...
View ArticleDouble bird hit delay’s international flight by 18 hours
COIMBATORE: The city's international airport witnessed its first major bird hit in the last six months. A double bird hit on the Air Arabia flight that landed in the city early Monday morning, led to...
View ArticleNASA Hosts Media for Update on Asteroid Grand Challenge, Robotics Tour (NASA...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Media and social media are invited to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland Tuesday, June 16 for an update on the...
View Article$40bn to save Jakarta: the story of the Great Garuda
Forget Venice. The fastest-sinking city is the Indonesian capital, parts of which are dropping at 25cm a year. Can an outlandish plan for a giant seawall and luxury waterworld city in the shape of a...
View ArticleBeyond Gang Green: The Changing Face of Environmentalism
David Brower & Martin Litton, Photo: John Loeffler On May 3, 1969, after hours of bitter debate, the Sierra Club fired David Brower. The organization’s first paid staffer, Brower had transformed...
View ArticleWhere have the birds gone?
Migratory birds which fly thousands of kilometres from places like Siberia every winter are now increasingly giving the Okhla Bird Sanctuary a miss. Okhla Bird Sanctuary has for long been known as a...
View ArticleFlydubai flight records – the leaked documents
Pilots describe incidents including a bomb threat, bird strikes, mistakes caused by fatigue and abuse from passengers...
View ArticleFear of bird strikes factors into effort to solve landfill issues
Beyond radioactive waste, burning trash and dangerous chemicals, there’s another risk that could hamper construction of a protective barrier between Bridgeton and West Lake landfills. Birds. City of...
View ArticleCan India's Sacred But 'Dead' Yamuna River Be Saved?
i Men watch the fires of a cremation along the banks of the Yamuna River against the backdrop of the Wazirabad Barrage and floating industrial waste. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption toggle caption David...
View ArticleThe Black Fish: undercover with the vigilantes fighting organised crime at sea
Illegal fishing controlled by organised crime is a growing menace, offering big rewards for low risk. But the seaborne raiders have a new force to contend with. An army of amateur sleuths are spending...
View ArticleID# 7245 (Filebank) (City of Palo Alto, CA)
(Source: City of Palo Alto, CA) City of Palo Alto (ID # 7245) City Council Staff Report Report Type: Consent Calendar Meeting Date: 10/17/2016 Summary Title: Design Services for WQCP Primary Outfall...
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