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[ad_1] Gracefully rising above a din of croaking frogs as the sun sets, a pelican flies over Lake Karla, one the largest inland expanses of water in Greece. Drained in 1962 to combat malaria and restored again from valley to wetland in 2018 to remedy drought, the lake is now triple its normal size after deadly floods last year. How to deal with the aftermath of the disaster has morphed…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Thousands of endangered salmon transported by truck to a US river miraculously survived a road crash, fleeing into a nearby creek, officials report.In a mountainous region of Oregon, a large tanker carrying young salmon, known as smolts, overturned and slid off the road last week. Fortunately, the 53-foot-long truck landed on its roof, conveniently positioned next to a small creek, offering a timely escape route for…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: New research from the Australian National University suggests that Australia should prepare itself for ‘megadroughts‘ lasting over 20 years due to human-induced global heating. These megadroughts, defined as prolonged periods of below-average rainfall, have recurred every 150 to 1,000 years in the continent’s history. Dr Georgy Falster, the lead researcher, pointed out that while Australia has not officially recorded a megadrought yet, historical evidence indicates their…