As we all know, millions of living species depend on Oxygen for breathing, including humans. Has the oxygen percentage been the same throughout history? What provides the highest percentage of Oxygen to the planet? These are some of the intriguing questions many argue about. When asked about what kind of plants mostly produce oxygen, most […]
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In a recent media briefing in Colombo regarding the extent of deforestation issues in Sri Lanka, the Centre for Environmental and Nature Studies (CENS), an environmental organization, stated that the country’s total forest cover has shrunk to 16% from its original size. Following this media briefing, many media headlines based on the above statement were […]
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Nowadays, many edited and unedited photos come with false or misleading claims. Here, we found another picture with a misleading claim, which many of the social media users had misinterpreted. Social Media Claims A picture was widely shared over the internet with the claim that this is a “Bee Hummingbird,” the world’s smallest bird. Source […]
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As the impacts of global climate change are increasing significantly, threatening the existence of the Earth’s inhabitants, the attention of many people has been focused on the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions. These are areas often discussed related to climate change. In such a background, a photo is once again viral on social networks, showing […]
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People are always fascinated about nature and social media users also share unbelievable photos related to nature and its amazing creatures. Even in Sri Lanka, we observe that whale watching has become an attraction among foreign tourists as well as locals. This is our investigation related to a social media post claiming to be a […]
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Conservation of tuskers has become a serious issue as the rate of illegal trading mafias of ivory/horn and poaching methods have increased significantly. In such a context, environmentalists and animal lovers throughout the world have voiced their concerns over the safety of tusker elephants, rhinos etc. and have been considering modern conservation methods. In this […]
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Claims related to discovery of species which are said to have been extinct often garner a lot of interest among many nature lovers. However, there are many misleading social media posts also, related to such rare findings. This is our investigation on such a claim related to a giant sea scorpion, said to have been […]
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Nature photography has become very common among people with the development of modern technologies and commonly available cameras. Hence many individuals draw an interest towards this field and post their unique snapshots on social media platforms. However, we notice edited images as well as various artworks getting shared conceived as nature photography. This is one […]
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Environmental photography has become very popular in the world with the development of science and technology. However, sometimes, in social media, misleading contents spread saying those are environmental photographs. This is our investigation related to such a misleading photograph. Social Media Claim A Facebook user uploaded a photo on social media with the caption “Frozen […]
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The interaction between human and nature is inevitable. Sometimes, this interaction leads to disastrous situations. However, sometimes it creates attractive co-existence. Here is our fact check into such a scene into the story behind the viral image of a bike tree. Social Media Notes A Facebook user added a photo of bike stuck into a […]
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