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Quake causes rift among seismologists
Seismologists may not agree on what caused the earthquake, but their views have made the government take up better seismic monitoring and analysis.
Seismologists may not agree on what caused the earthquake, but their views have made the government take up better seismic monitoring and analysis.
The issue of sharing West Asia's water resources threatens to explode into another Arab Israeli war, which will shatter the semblance of peace settling over the region.
West Bengal is making what could be another step towards village self rule, where villagers, including women, will decide what is best for them, but hunger for power and male hegemony may set things back.
Pakistan"s environmentalists say no to dumping of obsolete and hazardous technology by the West
Are the new industrial siting rules a boon or a bane?
Sweden is successfully moving towards self-sustaining cities where long-term ecological gains rank higher than short-term economics.
<p><style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style></p> <p><i>By Nityanand Jayaraman</i></p> <p> </p>
New diseases are emerging with changes in the environment, some old diseases are also staging a comeback
The total preservation policy has alienated people living in and around national parks and caused much harm to the forests. Experts say effective conservation will not be possible unless this policy is reversed.
The fragile ecology of the Garhwal Himalaya witnessed another season of cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods made worse by the 1991 earthquake in the Bhagirathi valley. Down To Earth compiled a firsthand report of life in the unstable Himalayan ran
The ambitious Indian space programme, despite occasional setbacks, has had its share of success. A backgrounder to the programme which is very much in the news today
Are goats responsible for increasing desertification? No, say many environmentalists and researchers. In fact, this hardy animal fertilises degraded land efficiently, besides being a valuable source of income and nutrition for the poor
Despite regulations against international trade and production of chloroflourocarbons, smugglers are doing roaring business. It is the Earth’s ozone layer that suffers. But who is to blame?
<div id="__ss_1849827">At a recent Interdisciplinary Group Meeting in UTTIPEC (<a href="http://uttipec.nic.in/">http://uttipec.nic.in/</a>), I gave a presentation on the path that planners, engineers and designers in the government should/ could take to achieve the World Class City goals of Delhi.
Although small hydro electric schemes are considered ideal for remote hill villages, planners have overlooked crucial factors and not all villagers are happy
Once found in abundance, the oil sardine is another victim to exploitation
THIS book is part of a project on technology transfer, transformation and development implemented by United Nations University (UNU), a UN organ established in 1972 to conduct research related to
There is no evidence more conclusive about the state of air pollution in Gajraula, a sleepy industrial town in Uttar Pradesh, than the air itself. As one enters the town, breathing becomes difficult.
ANTI-POLUTION GIZMO: Diesel engines will be spewing less nitric oxide fumes, promise KMH, a Doncaster-based business house, and Leeds University in the UK. They have jointly developed a steam-based
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