Freshwater jellyfish in the reservoir of the Suichang Gold Mine National Mine Park in Suichang county, Lishui. At the Suichang Gold Mine National Mine Park in Suichang county, Lishui, staff members spotted freshwater jellyfish in the Yinkengshan reservoir, according to local media on Nov 21. "The continuous presence of freshwater jellyfish in the mining area is rare and serves as …
In the south-eastern corner of May Day Park in Chintadripet stands a barringtonia acutangula tree with gnarled branches and a striking buttress. In that avian environment, the barringtonia acutangula trees would stand in knee-deep water, spaced apart to the extent that each tree would come across as an islet of green. Adds Babu, “This area would have once been the …
THOOTHUKUDI: The Thoothukudi corporation constructed four parks abutting each other and encroaching upon freshwater conduit in front of the VOC College on Palayamkottai Road under the smart cities mission scheme, revealed an RTI reply from the civic body. The four parks were constructed at a total cost of Rs 7.95 crore -- a traffic park costing Rs 4.47 crore, planetarium …
Spooked by a historic drought, local authorities in China have renewed controversial plans to dam the country's biggest freshwater lake. Migratory birds at the dried-up freshwater Poyang Lake in Juijiang, China's central Jiangxi province. Conservationist Zhang Daqian said that if realised, the 3,000-metre-long sluice gate across one of the lake's channels would cut it off from the river Yangtze, "leaving …
A newly-discovered species of small caddisfly, endemic to a national park in Kosovo, has been named after the coronavirus. The species, Potamophylax coronavirus, was collected near a stream in the Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park in Kosovo by a team of scientists, led by professor Halil Ibrahimi of the University of Prishtina. The river basin of the Lumbardhi i Deçanit …
