Affidavit by the District Magistrate, Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh in compliance with the NGT orders (November 6, 2023, July 3, 2024 and September 23, 2024). The matter related to encroachment and disappearance of the ponds in Kanpur Dehat district. There were a total of 1975 ponds which have been reduced …
For a country like India, which already depends on the imports of vegetable oil, we have to see another viable a novel alternative for bio-diesel production. This scenario changes dramatically if microalgae are used to produce bio-diesel.
Vibha Sharma In the endevour to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and cut carbon emissions to achieve a clean environment, humble algae appears to be taking a lead over the more-talked-about biodiesel source jatropha. Experts say that algae farming in less than 1 per cent of India's total land can …
NEW DELHI Algae, one of the commonly found fresh water plants could be the simple "environment friendly' answer to the fuel shortage in the country. Biotechnology pioneer Biocon Limited chairman and managing director Kiran Mazumdar Shaw on Tuesday called for a comprehensive policy on research and production of bio fuels …
By Christopher Pala Off the palm-fringed white beach of Butaitari, Kiribati, the view underwater is downright scary. Corals are being covered and smothered to death by a bushy seaweed that is so tough even algae-grazing fish avoid it. It settles in the reef's crevices that fish once called home, driving …
A TEAM of scientists at the Fisheries College and Research Institute (FCRI) at Thoothukudi has successfully extracted bio-fuel from marine micro algae. The extraction of bio-fuel by standardising the research procedure from marine micro algae is a major breakthrough and the FCRI has planned to develop an industrial model for …
The sun-drenched beaches of southeast Florida lure tourists from all over the world. But few of them may realize that a torrent of human waste is dumped silently every day into the seemingly pristine waters offshore. Every day, three densely populated counties pump into the Atlantic Ocean a total of …
Contrary to expectations, a microscopic plant that lives in oceans around the world may thrive in the changing ocean conditions of the coming decades, a team of scientists reported Thursday. British Scientists Say Carbon Dioxide Is Turning the Oceans Acidic (July 1, 2005) The main threat to many marine organisms …
at a time when the un was trying to work towards a post-Kyoto agreement, us President George w Bush held a meeting of 17 top emitters of greenhouse gases for a dialogue on energy and climate change. The us meeting was held on September 27, two days after the un …
the use of algae as a source of biofuel has gained popularity in the last few years. In July 2007, three entrepreneurs from the uk came out with a way to feed algae by capturing carbon dioxide (co2) from automobiles. This co2 was used to feed algae which then produced …
China has sacked five officials for "dereliction of supervision' and "inadequate work' after green algae covered the country's third largest lake, the Taihu, triggering a drinking water crisis for millions. The foul-smelling blue-green algal bloom choked the lake in the eastern province of Jiangsu towards late May, and left tap …
This study assesses the role of the blue-green algal species present in the soil in the dissipation of endosulfan and its metabolites in the soil environment. Two Anabaena species, Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 and Anabaena flos-aquae, were used in this study. Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 produced three principal biotransformation compounds, …
Researchers at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA and the Martek Biosciences Corporation of Columbia, have devised a way to make one species of single-celled algae grow without light. By inserting a single gene from human red blood cells in one case and another single-celled algae in another, the researchers …
scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and the us National Renewable Energy Laboratory, have found a way to use green algae to produce hydrogen gas from sunlight and water. The technique, they say, may help produce enough hydrogen to meet future fuel needs. The scientists have demonstrated that the …
HOUSING lower- and middle-class blacks, certain South African townships are seriously threatened by contamination caused by human wastes. With no sewage disposal system, the residents of these poor localities use buckets to excrete and once these are full to the brim, the waste is either dumped into streams or on …
Spirulina, a species of microscopic blue green algae commonly found in fresh water ponds, is fast emerging as a source of multicrore business opportunities in India. Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILI), a Thapar Group company, has already profited from large-scale cultivation of this single-celled microorganism since March 1994. Spirulina is also …
