Sticky problems solved with Japanese cedar bark
"Necessity is the mother of invention"--that old maxim proved correct in the case of a group of Kyushu-based researchers who made it their mission to come up with an effective countermeasure to oil
"Necessity is the mother of invention"--that old maxim proved correct in the case of a group of Kyushu-based researchers who made it their mission to come up with an effective countermeasure to oil
The world is facing a global water crisis. People numbering 1.2 billion in developing countries lack access to safe drinking water; 2.9 billion do not have adequate sanitation and water related
of greenhouse gases, is of major concern in terms of the global warming phenomenon. To mitigate the effect of atmospheric CO2, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been found to be an important tool. The present study aims at explaining the role of soils as one of the most important natural resources in enhancing
With an ambitious target to bring the waters of Indira Gandhi Canal to the drought-hit Nagaur district and water of Chambal river to Ajmer, the Rajasthan Government has decided to conduct a survey in
With evidence being unearthed of huge amounts of frozen water below the surface of Mars, the likelihood of life existing on the red planet has increased. The finding made by the Mars Odyssey
The World Bank and United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) are to release a report titled "Learning What Works". the report relates to the two decades of UNDP-World Bank water and sanitation
AS THE earth grows warmer, the battle between insurance and energy industries is heating up. The insurance executives have teamed up with international climate change experts. Around 60 big
Birla Textile Mill in Himachal Pradesh is yet to pay dues to 2,300 workers. The unit was shifted from Delhi for causing pollution
Scientists propose burying it below oceans WORLD carbon dioxide levels are rising. The future is expected to be exceptionally warm. Many technologies are being proposed to tackle it. Efficiently reducing global warming requires carbon capture in large amounts. Furthermore, the captured carbon has to stay that way for thousands of years. Methods for carbon capture should be
Official development economics reflects the rest of the discipline, in that it too neglects nature's place in economic development. The neglect looks odd to ecologists, who are trained to study the slow processes that influence long-term development possibilities. A seemingly natural retort to ecologists is that people come first and that, after all, current poverty should matter most.
Industrialized societies which continue to use fossil fuel energy sources are considering adoption of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology to meet carbon emission reduction targets. Deep geological
Arguably sound land governance is the key to achieving sustainable development and to supporting the global agenda
Forests help maintain the environmental conditions that make life possible, from regional hydrologic cycles to global climate. Frontier forests, large, ecologically intact and relatively
In view of the growing pollution in river Yamuna and the widespread disappointment with the Baijal committee report on it, the Delhi Jal Board (djb) has decided to appoint a consultant for cleaning
Just better bones? No, calcium plays other, more crucial roles within our bodies
Upgrade Spain s nuclear plants to meet Kyoto Protocol targets, says its environment minister <font class='UCASE'><br><br>
The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has begun privatisation of water supply projects. It has handed out about 70 pumping stations to the private sector for operation and
In a step towards running public transport buses in the Capital on cleaner fuel, the Delhi Transport Corporation will soon begin its experiment with four buses running on Compressed Natural Gas. The
<p>This book released recently by the Wotld Bank contends that most countries are relatively highly dependent on natural capital initially, and the ones that progress most successfully are those that manage their assets for the long term and reinvest in human and social capital as well as in building strong institutions and systems of governance.</p>
<p>Fukushima is the latest spur for the campaign against the ambitious Kudankulum project in Tamil Nadu. Read this report on the sociology and politics of the 25-year old struggle and the status of nuclear eanergy a year after Fukushima.</p>