Climate Change increases risk of releasing Toxic Mercury in Arctic Region Permafrost, the Arctic’s frozen soil, acts as a massive ice trap that keeps carbon stuck in the ground and out of the atmosphere, where,…
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International weather agencies have predicted an El Nino event in the second half of 2017 According to latest updates from US state agency NOAA and its funded institutions this week, gives a 50-55% chance of…
Supreme Court Seeks Report on STPs on River Yamuna Supreme Court has sought a comprehensive report from Delhi Jal Board on operation of interceptor sewage projects(ISP) and sewage treatment plants (STP). A bench of Chief…
Lancet Study says two Indians dying of air pollution by the minute According to medical journal The Lancet, over a million Indians die every year due to air pollution and some of the worst polluted…
‘State of Global Air 2017’ report Noting that India’s lives lost to the tiny particulate matter is “approaching” China’s numbers, the ‘State of Global Air 2017’ report said that among the 10 most populous countries…