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Silver prices crash over 40% from Rs 4 lakh/kg high to Rs 2.35 lakh, but buyers are still staying away; bigger problem yet to arrive as 2,000 tonnes ordered by Indian dealers risk piling up

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Silver prices crash over 40% from Rs 4 lakh/kg high to Rs 2.35 lakh, but buyers are still staying away; bigger problem yet to arrive as 2,000 tonnes ordered by Indian dealers risk piling up

Traders and analysts have said that the slowdown in investment demand can be seen across silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs), bars and coins. A huge crash in silver prices should have led to a revival in demand, but investors seem to be staying away. And this has raised a fresh worry ahead of the festive season.Silver … Read more

Nearly 70 years after Tucson’s Santa Cruz River ran dry, 2.8 million gallons of reclaimed water began flowing daily; within 4 months, 37 dragonfly and damselfly species were recorded

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Nearly 70 years after Tucson’s Santa Cruz River ran dry, 2.8 million gallons of reclaimed water began flowing daily; within 4 months, 37 dragonfly and damselfly species were recorded

damselflyRepresenative image from Canva For much of the 20th century, the Santa Cruz River that winds through Tucson, Arizona, existed more as a memory than a living waterway. Groundwater pumping, drought and urban growth drained the riverbed, leaving long stretches of dry sand and scattered pools. Then, in a quiet but transformative experiment, treated wastewater, … Read more

Nearly 70 years after Tucson’s Santa Cruz River ran dry, 2.8 million gallons of reclaimed water began flowing daily; within 4 months, 37 dragonfly and damselfly species were recorded

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Nearly 70 years after Tucson’s Santa Cruz River ran dry, 2.8 million gallons of reclaimed water began flowing daily; within 4 months, 37 dragonfly and damselfly species were recorded

damselflyRepresenative image from Canva For much of the 20th century, the Santa Cruz River that winds through Tucson, Arizona, existed more as a memory than a living waterway. Groundwater pumping, drought and urban growth drained the riverbed, leaving long stretches of dry sand and scattered pools. Then, in a quiet but transformative experiment, treated wastewater, … Read more

Sebi to tweak CAS, change method for derivative trade

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Sebi to tweak CAS, change method for derivative trade

The decision comes exactly a month after CAS was rolled out on Aug 3 MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday said it will revise the settlement price mechanism for derivatives contracts for Closing Auction Session (CAS). The decision comes exactly a month after CAS was rolled out on Aug 3. Sebi will soon come out … Read more

A 12.5-mile pipeline supplied water to the Grand Canyon, now a deadly flood has damaged the lifeline, threatening the park’s 6 million annual visitors

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A 12.5-mile pipeline supplied water to the Grand Canyon, now a deadly flood has damaged the lifeline, threatening the park’s 6 million annual visitors

Grand CanyonRepresentative image from Canva For decades, a single 12.5-mile pipeline has carried water across the arid landscape of northern Arizona to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, sustaining lodges, campgrounds, restaurants and restrooms for one of the world’s most visited national parks. In late August 2026, a sudden, deadly flash flood tore through … Read more

A 12.5-mile pipeline supplied water to the Grand Canyon, now a deadly flood has damaged the lifeline, threatening the park’s 6 million annual visitors

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A 12.5-mile pipeline supplied water to the Grand Canyon, now a deadly flood has damaged the lifeline, threatening the park’s 6 million annual visitors

Grand CanyonRepresentative image from Canva For decades, a single 12.5-mile pipeline has carried water across the arid landscape of northern Arizona to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, sustaining lodges, campgrounds, restaurants and restrooms for one of the world’s most visited national parks. In late August 2026, a sudden, deadly flash flood tore through … Read more

Scientists built 10 giant chambers around a Minnesota peat bog and warmed it by up to 9°C; within 3 years, every warmed plot switched from storing carbon to releasing it

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Scientists built 10 giant chambers around a Minnesota peat bog and warmed it by up to 9°C; within 3 years, every warmed plot switched from storing carbon to releasing it

Pic credit: Misha Krassovski/ORNL,U.S. Dept. of Energy Swamps and peatlands play an important role in the global carbon cycle and, consequently, in the global climate. Scientists wanted to know if there was a link between climate change and carbon loss in peatland ecosystems. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory looked at … Read more

Scientists built 10 giant chambers around a Minnesota peat bog and warmed it by up to 9°C; within 3 years, every warmed plot switched from storing carbon to releasing it

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Scientists built 10 giant chambers around a Minnesota peat bog and warmed it by up to 9°C; within 3 years, every warmed plot switched from storing carbon to releasing it

Pic credit: Misha Krassovski/ORNL,U.S. Dept. of Energy Swamps and peatlands play an important role in the global carbon cycle and, consequently, in the global climate. Scientists wanted to know if there was a link between climate change and carbon loss in peatland ecosystems. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory looked at … Read more

In 2016, conservationists put the bends back into a Lake District river straightened 200 years earlier; within months, Atlantic salmon were spawning there for the first time in centuries

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In 2016, conservationists put the bends back into a Lake District river straightened 200 years earlier; within months, Atlantic salmon were spawning there for the first time in centuries

Centuries after people forced a Cumbrian river into a straight, artificial channel, nature has reclaimed its original course in the Lake District, bringing endangered wild fish back to historic spawning grounds almost immediately. In the summer of 2016, conservationists restored a 1.1-kilometre stretch of Swindale Beck near Haweswater by putting its natural bends back into … Read more