Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
researchers at University of Delhi's South Campus have developed a new technique that uses microbes to detect toxic metals and metallic compounds in industrial effluents. The process uses a dead bacterium's ability to give off signature colour when certain metals or their compounds come into contact with it. The team …
us scientists have developed a chip smaller than a rupee one coin that can scan for thousands of disease-causing microbes in an air sample in just 24 hours. Called the dna Phylochip, it would be especially useful in the aftermath of disasters
indian scientists have found the bark of widely grown eucalyptus can help solve one of the most gruelling industrial problems: removing chromium from effluents. The bark not only reduces chromium content in industrial waste to safe levels, but also enables the toxic metal's recovery for reutilisation, claim researchers at the …
The Mediterranean basin and the Alps could be the most affected by climate change brought about by global warming in the 21st century, according to research published in Science magazine. Sixteen research groups in Europe have designed the most detailed computer model on the environmental and human impact of rising …
Scientists working in Antarctica have discovered an alarming rise in sea temperature that threatens to disrupt populations of penguins, whales, seals and a host of smaller creatures within a few decades. The new study shows the ocean west of the Antarctic Peninsula has warmed by more than a degree since …
parts of India may become wetter, others hotter, while more severe storm surges from the seas and devastating crop losses could occur by the year 2071, according to a recent Indo- uk study on climate change. Across the country, temperatures may rise by 3-4 degrees Celsius, and rainfall increase by …
"Close monitoring" of faults neighbouring in the 7.6 magnitude, earthquake is essential as the Indian plate boundary has become seismically "very active", according to top Indian seismologists. The wave of strong earthquakes since the Sumatran quake last December, that triggered the Tsunami suggest that the Indian plate boundary has become …
IIT Kharagpur's model for cyclone prediction is all set to go global. Thanks to Inter-Governmental Oceanographic Commission, (IGCO) an international body affiliated to the UN, that has decided to adopt the IIT model for cycloen prediction.
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar today announced national bio-diesel purchase policy that will enable farmers and bio-diesel producers get support price of Rs 25 per litre for jatropha oil. It targets to bring one million hectares of land under jatropha cultivation to supply blended diesel within the next few years.
climate change is affecting the population and distribution of birds in the uk, according to the State of uk 's Birds 2004 released in August. While the numbers of some of the most endangered birds, such as the bittern, capercaillie, nightjar and corncrake, show an encouraging trend, some of the …
scientists in Germany have isolated a strain of bacteria from a uranium waste pile, which can be used to clean up toxic dumps. Bacillus sphaericus jg -a12 survives in highly toxic environments by accumulating heavy metals such as uranium, cadmium and lead in its outermost layer, according to the group …
an international team of scientists has devised a model to better predict cloud and rain formation. An improved understanding of clouds is vital to quantify rainfall in short-range weather forecasts. Incidentally, none of the rain forecast models the world over could accurately predict the deluge that flooded Mumbai on July …
efforts to remove arsenic from drinking water in West Bengal are failing, as per a study by Dipankar Chakraborti, head of the School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Chakraborti's team monitored 18 arsenic-removal plants in West Bengal over a two-year period. These plants have been made by 11 different …
function table() { var popurl="image/20050815/21-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=320,height=320,scrollbars=yes") } oxides of nitrogen are significant pollutants present in emissions, especially from diesel vehicles. Generally, the ambient concentrations of oxides of nitrogen (nox) in many ban areas in developed countries have fallen steeply over the past ten years as old high-emitting diesel technologies have …
two teams of scientists in China have reported an outbreak of a new strain of a bird flu virus that has killed thousands of wild migratory birds in western China. The virus
increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are turning the oceans acidic, warns the Royal Society, Britain's leading scientific organisation. The growing acidity is very likely to harm coral reefs and other marine life by the end of the century, the society said in a report prepared by a panel of …
soil produces almost 70 per cent more of the polluting oxides of nitrogen (nox) than previously believed, claims a new study based on satellite data. Led by Lyatt Jaegl
Scientists may be about to upset one of the most cherished tenets of conservation: that trees save water. The research, published today by Britain's Forestry Research Programme, could mean that billions spent on forest projects in the developing world have been wasted. New measurements suggest that forests soak up water …
Sunday's earthquake, 420 km south of Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, was felt in certain parts of Chennai and others on the eastern coast. "It is very simple," said R.K. Chadha, scientist with the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad. "Feeling the tremors of a distant earthquake is …
