Shaunak Modi

I study dolphins in Mumbai. Yes, there are dolphins in Mumbai. I also manage the intertidal programme at @ccfindia_.

[Shaunak Modi @Pugdandee]

It's not even the first time it's happening. @mybmc please take note of this.

One time fines don't affect these builders. These pipes will be back in a few days.

A construction site previously even tried to hide them under the sand.

[Juhu Buzz @JuhuBuzz]

Groundwater extracted from the construction site is discharged into the stormwater drain and ultimately released into the sea through long pipes at Juhu Beach.

@mybmcwardKW

[Shaunak Modi @Pugdandee]

Talking about marine life is one of my favourite things to do. It's even better when it's not just with my peers but with people from different backgrounds.

Last month I spoke at the @pintofscienceIN - Mumbai about the city's natural history, how nature hangs on even today and why we must do to protect the natural heritage we have inherited. What followed was one of the most interesting discussions with so many perspectives and so much learning.

I'm grateful to the festival team for inviting me to speak at the festival. It was such a great experience.

#marinelifeofmumbai #pintofscience #pintofscienceindia @CCFIndia_

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@Eletell We've been polluting our land and water for the Global North by manufacturing everything for them. This is just a different kind of factory.

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Most of us remember the horrifying images after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Birds covered in oil, dead marine life washing up and a permanent reduction in fish catch as its cascading effects on the food web materialised.

Why is it then that an oil spill that's been happening for nearly two decades on our own coastline has slipped through our collective consciousness?

Pre-monsoon onshore winds start in March-April and bring with them tens of thousands of tonnes of tarballs - a mixture of oil, sand and water, to our shores. Day after day, from late-March-early-April till September.

While I've seen it myself for a couple of decades, I've spoken to people who've seen it for even longer. In 2017 I started @IndianOilSpills to formally document the oil spill, and have since been speaking to fishers, researchers, and concerned citizens who now regularly share photos with me to help my work.

What I believed was only happening in Mumbai, is so much larger. Over the years I've received photos from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, and Karnataka.

What baffles me is how this has been so normalised that for nearly two decades a disaster of this proportion has gone unchecked.

I'm so grateful to @ranjeetnature for not only covering this but actually calling it what it is!

#oilspill #India #marinelife

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Nagpur-Mumbai @IndiGo6E flight 6E5344 landed in Mumbai and took off again berore circling around and landing 10 minutes later. No announcement by the captain, no explanation given. What's going on?

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Between Macbook Neo and the new Googlebooks, $MSFT Windows is pretty much done for, in the daily use laptop category. Rightly so, Windows 11 belongs in the garbage.

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O̶r̶n̶i̶t̶h̶o̶l̶o̶g̶i̶s̶t̶ Convicted wildlife trafficker Tony Silva's electronics seized by Brazilian authorities investigating Silva coordinating the illegal purchase of endangered Brazilian animals for Vantara.

#1✭ZOO

https://t.co/lsbT31X8Qt

Mirror: https://t.co/k90jhjgRP4

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@CyrusDhabhar @obaaaaamaa Drove to Pune on the 1st. There were cars parked every 200m or so with their bonnets open between the food court and the start of the missing link.

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Really sad and unfortunate. Maharashtra Forest Department staff the some of the nicest and most hardworking people I've had the priviledge to work with. 🙏

[Susanta Nanda IFS (Retd) @susantananda3]

Pray for this martyr who laid down his life to protect our forest today🙏🙏

Vijay Shinganjude died in the line of duty due to burn injuries sustained while attempting to control forest fire in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra. My deepest prayers for the frontline green soldier.

[Shaunak Modi @Pugdandee]

@AniruddhaHD Likely from the Kanjurmarg dumping ground. We have onshore winds since the last few days...

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@GeethaSrimathi @the_hindu Sure. I appreciate it.

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@GeethaSrimathi @the_hindu I'm not, but the website says, once logged in, one can unlock one premium article per month. Hasn't been working for me, though.

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Dolphin City: Chennai’s dolphinarium that shaped national debate on marine mammal captivity over 25 years ago
✍️@GeethaSrimathi
https://t.co/3uSEzqebOO

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Choose wisely, Mumbai.

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@ranjeetnature @mid_day @AndheriLOCA Thank you for all you do Ranjeet! I really appreciate it.

[Ranjeet Shamal Bajirao Jadhav @ranjeetnature]

Mumbai: Santacruz and Juhu residents struggle to breathe as multiple construction sites raise dust levels.

https://t.co/B5BlV74qGK

#AQI #mumbai #AirPollution @mid_day @AndheriLOCA @Pugdandee

[Shaunak Modi @Pugdandee]

The air in Mumbai is a nice grey colour today.

Post apocalypse is here.

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@rushikesh_agre_ Also see this. https://t.co/9m9HzM6fDJ

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Does anyone care about the air quality in Mumbai at all? This is what the Main Avenue junction on Linking Road, Bandra looks like all day.

@mybmc are there no rules to curb air pollution during a building demolition? What are the AQI monitors on construction sites for?

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@rushikesh_agre_ PM2.5 is 225 in Juhu.