Air quality in Europe: 2020 report
Better air quality has led to a significant reduction of premature deaths over the past decade in Europe. However, the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest official data show that almost all Europeans
Carbon Monoxide
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North India may be impacting global climate
Air pollution in north India doesn't only affect local residents. Emissions from the region's vehicles, farm fires and power plants may be lifted by the monsoon right up to the stratosphere, with possible
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Kerala to get advanced air quality monitoring systems
KOCHI: Kerala will get four new state-of-the-art real-time ambient air quality monitoring systems (AAQMS) by the end of this financial year. While Thiruvananthapuram has an AAQMS with less parameters,
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Government toughens emission norms for auto manufacturers
NEW DELHI: All automobile manufacturers will have to give detailed declarations about the emission levels of vehicles they manufacture from next April. In a recent notification, the road transport ministry
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Estimating the effect of air pollution on road safety using atmospheric temperature inversions
This paper estimates the causal eff ect of increased ambient air pollution on the frequency of road traffic accidents in the United Kingdom between 2009 and 2014. An instrumental variable approach is applied,
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IIT-M finds way to measure vehicle pollution in real time
CHENNAI: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) have developed a “real-time exhaust emission prediction model,” stated to be for the first time, that can help manage urban air
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Environment ministry to install five pollution sucking devices across Mumbai
Ramdas Kadam said the urban air quality is a matter of concern all over the world (dna - Vibhav Birwatkar) Mumbai will become the first to get pollution-sucking devices. The Maharashtra environment
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Fishing contributes to climate change
The yummy fish delicacy on your plate is contributing significantly to global warming and climate change. Fisheries scientists of Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi, have estimated that
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Some fish tackle ocean global warming by pretending it's night
Some fish may cope with the changing chemistry of the oceans linked to global warming by permanently setting their body defences to night-time levels, the time of day when they find sea water least hospitable,
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Device That Uses Sunlight To Break Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen Answer To Extreme Climate Change Effects?
This breakthrough from the University of Illinois at Chicago seems to be an artificial leaf that demonstrates the process of photosynthesis wherein plants use sunlight and carbon dioxide to create fuel
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PCBA monitoring only 3 of 12 air pollutants: CAG
The Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) was monitoring only three of the twelve air pollutants notified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for monitoring, thereby risking exposition of people