Environment
Jahangirnagar University Holds Bird Fair on Friday
Jahangirnagar University's zoology department is holding its 20th bird fair on Friday to build public awareness of bird conservation.
Categories
Environment
Daily life
Which Foods Are the Most Environmentally Friendly?
Food production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, and small changes to the weekly shop can make a big difference, experts say.
Environment
How Will Architects Fight Noise Pollution in Future Cities?
Science shows noise pollution is a serious threat to health, and acoustic experts say architecture can help build better-sounding cities.
Environment
Australia Bushfires: Did Eucalyptus Trees Help the Fire Spread?
Scientists say eucalyptus forests, which cover most of Australia's woodland, catch fire easily, and burning bark can carry flames up to 30 kilometres away.
Environment
Plastic Posters and Late-Night Noise in Dhaka City Polls: How Much Responsibility Will Candidates Take?
As plastic-laminated posters cover Dhaka and loud campaigning runs late into the night, candidates promising a better city are asked how much they think about pollution.
Environment
Rare Birds Spotted at Tanguar Haor
This year's bird census at Tanguar Haor counted 51,368 migratory waterbirds, including rare and threatened species, and researchers expect numbers to rise sharply in February.
Environment
Insects Will Drive Crop Losses in the Tropics
A US study suggests that as the climate warms, insects will destroy 10 to 25 per cent more wheat, rice and maize for each degree of temperature rise.
Environment
Light Drizzle Possible
The Met Office forecast a slight fall in daytime temperature and light rain or drizzle in parts of the country on 20 January.
Environment
What Would Happen If All the World's Insects Died?
Insects are declining fast around the world, and scientists warn that without them birds, bats, frogs and even people could not survive.
Environment
Are Mangroves Swallowing Carbon Making Rain Scarcer?
A Bose Institute study finds the Sundarbans mangroves absorb airborne carbon particles that would otherwise pollute Kolkata, but the process may be disturbing monsoon rainfall.
Crops
A Different Kind of Drive to Protect Migratory Birds
A businessman in Jhalakathi led a speedboat awareness campaign along about 20 kilometres of river to protect the migratory birds wintering on the Bishkhali's banks.
Environment
How Would Bangladesh Benefit If Air Pollution Were Reduced?
Villagers in Rajbari say brick kilns have made their air heavier, as a report finds more than 90 per cent of South Asians live with polluted air.
Environment
Lava Begins Spewing From Philippines' Taal Volcano, 'Hazardous Eruption' Feared
Lava began spewing from the Taal volcano south of Manila, and authorities warned a hazardous eruption could follow within hours or days.