Shreya Dasgupta

Science Writer and Podcast Producer at Freelance

Newswire editor, Mongabay

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Nature on the move: How conservation must adapt to survive

6 days ago | news.mongabay.com | Shreya Dasgupta

Resilience means getting through something — tough, messy, with losses, but surviving. So said Andrew Whitworth, executive director of Osa Conservation in Costa Rica, summing up a growing shift in conservation thinking. As the planet hurtles toward a future 3-5° Celsius (5.4-9° Fahrenheit) warmer by 2075, holding the line is no longer enough. The goal now is to help nature endure what’s coming, reports Jeremy Hance in a feature published on Mongabay News.
Kenya arrests 4 suspected ant traffickers, seize 5,300 harvester ants

1 week ago | news.mongabay.com | Shreya Dasgupta

In two separate but related incidents, Kenyan authorities have arrested four suspects for illegally possessing and attempting to smuggle some 5,300 ants valued at about 1.2 million Kenyan shillings ($9,250), destined for the exotic pet trade. The ants, which included the giant harvester ants (Messor cephalotes), were being trafficked to Asia and Europe.
Why conservation research findings are rarely surprising

1 week ago | news.mongabay.com | Shreya Dasgupta

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. “We already knew that.”I frequently receive complaints from readers about findings in scientific papers being commonsense or obvious. And yes, it’s true: science often confirms what we’ve long suspected or seen in practice. By its nature, science is slow and methodical.
Daripalli Ramaiah, India’s tree man, died April 12, aged 87

1 week ago | news.mongabay.com | Shreya Dasgupta

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In Reddipalli, a village tucked into the dry red soils of Khammam district in India’s Telangana state, there lived a man who measured life not in years or wealth, but in saplings. By his own modest estimate, Daripalli Ramaiah planted more than 10 million trees.
Invasive water hyacinths are effective at removing microplastics, study finds

1 week ago | envirolink.org | Shreya Dasgupta

Microplastics are pervasive in the environment and often so small they can’t be seen with the naked eye. Removing them has been a big challenge, but recent research finds that water hyacinths can be effective at remediating microplastic from aquatic environments. Native to South America, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) has become invasive in waterways across the globe.
Outlook improves for wattled crane in South Africa

1 week ago | envirolink.org | Shreya Dasgupta

In what’s being hailed as a conservation success, the wattled crane has seen its conservation status in South Africa improve from critically endangered to endangered. Globally, the wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with an estimated population of 6,000 mature individuals in the wild as of a 2018 assessment.
Corals recover faster on artificial structures than on natural reefs, study finds

1 week ago | news.mongabay.com | Shreya Dasgupta

As climate change causes ocean temperatures to rise, coral bleaching events are expected to become more frequent. So, scientists are looking for ways to help coral reefs recover more quickly, and a new study from Japan suggests that artificial structures like breakwaters may be helpful. When oceans become excessively warm, corals can expel the symbiotic algae living within their limestone skeletons, causing them to turn a ghostly white, as if bleached.
Corals recover faster on artificial structures than on natural reefs, study finds

1 week ago | envirolink.org | Shreya Dasgupta

As climate change causes ocean temperatures to rise, coral bleaching events are expected to become more frequent. So, scientists are looking for ways to help coral reefs recover more quickly, and a new study from Japan suggests that artificial structures like breakwaters may be helpful. When oceans become excessively warm, corals can expel the symbiotic algae living within their limestone skeletons, causing them to turn a ghostly white, as if bleached.
Heat wave scorches parts of India with record temperatures

1 week ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Shreya Dasgupta |Kristine Sabillo

Several cities across India saw temperatures top 40° Celsius, or 104° Fahrenheit, this past week, with some areas exceeding 46°C (114.8°F). Delhi experienced a heat wave for three consecutive days, recording its warmest April night in three years, with temperatures 5-6°C (9-10.8°F) above normal for the period.
New bat detection system in India promises more efficient data collection

1 week ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Shreya Dasgupta

Studying insect-eating bats isn’t easy: they’re tiny, fly at night, and navigate using ultrasonic frequencies far above human hearing range. But experts in India have come up with a potential solution to make long-duration bat research easier: they’ve devised an automated, solar-powered instrument called BatEchoMon that continuously listens for bat calls in the surrounding landscape, and relays the data back to researchers in near-real time, reports contributor Aisiri Amin for Mongabay India.

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