It is disappointing that more than half of the U.S. population lives in polluted counties where smog or soot reaches unhealthful levels, according to the American Lung Association's (ALA). But, all Americans need not get disappointed. Some towns...
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True, a nearby supermarket makes our hectic life easy. But, do you know they contribute hugely to climate change? The Campaign group of Friends of the Earth informs this urging people to buy food from local shops as a solution tom this and cut...
It is really not only shocking but disappointing to spot hundreds of dead dolphins along the shore of Zanzibar's northern coast. But, what washed up these 400 harmless creatures to death is not immediately clear.
But, this much can be predicted...
Darwin received its biggest scare as Cyclone Monica smashed through it last week. You can blame global warming for more future super cyclones in Australia. Scientists and environmentalists are concerned about it.
The Australian Conservation...
It is since 1980, more than 120 species of amphibians gone extinct! The entire populations of amphibians are dramatically getting wiped out. A devastating fungus is reportedly responsible for this precarious position the amphibians have reached....
This 35-million-year-old fossil is no ordinary discovery in the field of paleontology. This unique species, Thyrohyrax may have used a balloon-like structural chamber, shaped their bizarre jaws to produce sound. To make this finding, Duke University...
A remnant of the last Ice Age, the Aletsch glacier has its rivers retreated 3.4 kilometers (2.1 miles)! And this is since peaking at a length of 23 kilometers (14 miles) in 1860! This alarming shrinking of the alpine glacier is estimated by Hanspeter...
'Decarbonizing' is a dream of every next city. And hence it is the same with UK. This dream brings seventeen Tyndall Centre projects together, which integrates technologies, management strategies, policies and behavioral change to provide guidance...
The 'ayurvedic' branch of medicine survives on medicinal plants, which in turn heal a wide range of serious diseases. But, what if these pants are lost from the earth? Yes, deforestation in Borneo is leading to such worries! Blame illegal logging for...
The British government has come up with a solution to Britain's nuclear waste. It is likely to recommend on much of the waste that should be buried in deep disposal sites. Draft recommendations are to be released by a government advisory body.
It...
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, a voluntary effort, is running by U.S., Australia, China and India to deal with climate change. Environment Minister of Canada Rona Ambrose is now looking for the efforts made by these...
Vanity Fair has published an environment issue which raised some varied messages in the air. It tackled the issues like, concern of climate change, how to make yourself environment conscious with the help of 50 tips and a covering pose of Annie...
Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman have written about the ten worst corporations of 2005. They have a view point that 2005 was a good year for bad corporations. They further say that the corporations in a bad condition will never give up power, unless...
Effect on Agriculture
• The met says south west monsoon is expected to be about 93 percent of normal (plus or minus 5 percent) this year
• A deficit monsoon will mainly affect kharif crops (paddy, groundnut, bajra) to a small extent. Rabi crops...
Air quality in Washington State seems to be deteriorating. What are the caused behind them? Ironically or scientifically it is Asia and Siberia. Scientists claim that Asian power plants’ pollution and burning Siberian forests’ smoke are the culprits...
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