False start
Pollution control agencies are as toothless as the automobile and fuel industry is apathetic to deteriorating urban air quality
Pollution control agencies are as toothless as the automobile and fuel industry is apathetic to deteriorating urban air quality
Despite all our efforts, we may really not be able to save those rainforest fragments
Invading zebra mussels have colonised at least 2,000 sq km of soft sediment on the beds of the Great Lakes in the US, says a recent report. Till now, it was thought that these mussels could grow only
Yashwant Sinha s budget threatens to destroy the quality of urban air and endanger the lives of millions in Indian cities
Hundreds, perhaps, even thousands of migratory birds are dying in the eastern US and Canada due to salmonella bacteria, the US National Wildlife Health Center (nwhc) announced recently. The
hospitals in the us performed radiation experiments on mentally retarded Norwegians during the Cold War, reveals a retired senior health official. Fredrik Mellbye, a top government
The gym? Forget it. You can body build even without getting off that comfortable couch. Mental exercise can increase strength almost as much as regular and strenuous physical practice, British
South Africa tries to bring cycads, plants that coexisted with the dinosaurs, back to life
in the far reaches of space, cosmic thunderstorms are generating windspeeds of more than 965 kilometres per second and temperatures hotter than the Sun, report scientists. Massive clusters
Environmentalists in Europe are campaigning for a tax on aviation fuels to reduce aircraft emissions
As a result of air pollution in Delhi, strains of toxic metals like lead and cadmium are increasingly finding their way into the womb
the El Ni
In the US, this is the third year of farmers successfully growing crops that are genetically engineered to make their own pesticide, known as Bt toxin, a natural poison obtained from the soil
efforts to cut global carbon dioxide ( co 2 ) emissions have not yielded much success. Recent findings indicate that the emission from burning of fossil fuels has continued to increase. The
the book drives home the point that pollution prevention is more economical than pollution control. Japan attained economic success through modernisation and rapid industrialisation. But this
Laws need to be strengthened and implemented properly to protect the environment
The EPA has also come out with new water standards
The US Environment Protection Agency has launched new air pollution standards for particulate matter. Industry will have to gear up
Discovering new bird and animal species just became easier
global emissions of greenhouse gases may pose serious threats to coral reefs the worldover, warn scientists. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide (co2) are reducing the ability of coral animals to