The Iranian Space Agency is making good on its promise to develop the remote environmental monitoring capability.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel hammered out the framework for a deal with state premiers on Wednesday on reforms to Germany’s renewable energy law aimed at curbing the costs and controlling the speed of…
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Common water hyacinth has emerged as a new source of concern in the northern province of Gilan.
The aquatic plant that made headlines last year by appearing in the Anzali Wetland’s…
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Animal rights activists are reacting strongly on social media after a gorilla was killed at a zoo in Cincinnati, USA on Saturday.
The 17-year-old male gorilla named Harambe was shot by a…
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At least 35% of corals in the northern and central parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have been destroyed by bleaching, Australian scientists say.
The experts from James Cook…
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The office of the governor of Neka in Mazandaran Province has issued a statement denying claims that a new road will be constructed in Paband National Park.
The media picked up on a report…
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The salinity of the Persian Gulf has been increasing for the past two decades, and is now 1.5 times as saline as it was 20 years ago, according to Parvin Farshchi, deputy for marine environment at…
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The law has been left unenforced for so long that brazen contractors see no need to comply with orders issued by authorities; case in point being the construction of Sabzkouh Water Supply Tunnel…
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Prenatal exposure to harmful air-borne pollutants can likely increase the risk of stillbirth during the pregnancy’s third trimester, finds a new study based on ‘suggestive evidence.’
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With the gradual rise in temperatures as summer sets in comes the added risk of wildfires, and on the weekend Iran got a taste of what may be in store in the scorching months ahead.
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The Department of Environment has thrown out a plan to construct a dam on the Shabliz River after reviewing the project’s impact assessment. Citing “limited water resources” in the river’s…
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Norway is a leader in funding forest conservation around the world, and has also taken a stand for the human rights of forest communities. But now the country has announced that it will walk the…
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A resolution proposed by Iran and backed by Pakistan and Iraq that aims to enlist the aid of Middle East countries to tackle dust storms in the region was approved at the second UN Environment…
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The biggest sponge in the world has been discovered in the deep sea off the north-western Hawaiian Islands. The enormous specimen measures 12ftx7ft (over 3.5m by 2m) – about the same size as a…
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Two golden eaglets (immature young of an eagle) which were trapped live by the locals in Aligoudarz County, Lorestan Province, died due to mishandling and poor conditions.
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A researcher at Pars Herpetologists Institute has called for a plan to determine the population of the newly-found Parsigecko ziaiei (also called the Persian gecko) in Homag Protected Area,…
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A new study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, has revealed that feeding cows with antibiotics may increase greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung, burps and farts. Cows feeding on…
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Volkswagen AG has made substantial progress toward reaching a final settlement by late June with car owners and the US government over the German automaker’s cheating on diesel emissions tests, a…
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All activities in the Iranian capital’s gravel pits located in District 18 (southwest) have been stopped until relevant organizations address the site’s environmental issues.
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Chinese capital Beijing will implement the world’s new strictest vehicle emission standards by next year to reduce hazardous hydrocarbon emissions by 5%, authorities said today. Beijing took the…
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Forest management in Iran is a relatively new area, so it is too early to say whether or not it has been implemented successfully, according to a senior official at the Forests, Range and…
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A new report published by North American Bird Conservation Initiative says that 37% of all migratory bird species on the continent are at risk of extinction due to a myriad of harmful…
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Some find it difficult to accept that proper waste management can have a huge impact on environmental conservation, but that does not change the fact that recycling waste can have a profound…
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Scientists at Iran’s Meteorological Research Center have devised a model to predict the concentration of particulate matter in the air on an hourly basis for up to 72 hours in Iran and the Middle…
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Bioremediation, which is the use of microbes that naturally consume contaminants such as oil and gasoline, is a top government priority this year.
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