A greenhouse gas 7,100 times more harmful than CO2 discovered

It is a manmade chemical used in electronic equipment industry

No laughing matter

West blames rising nitrous oxide levels for future depletion of northern mid-latitude ozone

Hot pursuit

Export bite forces a plan to promote residue-free chilli

Voice of hope: Radio Bundelkhand’s Varsha Raikwar is using communication tools to help farmers cope with climate change

The channel hosts live discussions with agricultural experts and also seeks solutions from farmers who call in

Coronavirus: How hand sanitisers protect against infections

This factsheet tells you what hand sanitisers comprise and how they work

A glut of nitrogen

Toxic legacy

Nitrate pollution in California could affect 260,000 people

Death at sea

Pollutants are killing whales near Mexico

Poison in the air

NGT orders shut 15 chemical industrial units in Haryana for flouting norms

Experts express concern, point at state pollution control board for poor implementation

Union Budget 2020-2021 suggests balanced use of all kinds of fertilisers

Major reforms needed in fertiliser sector, govnt policies that promote urea

Drug delivery pioneer Robert Langer receives engineering ‘Nobel’

Nearly two billion lives have been touched by his inventions

Rotterdam Convention: no new agenda for pesticides at chemical review panel meet

Signals under-utilisation of the subsidiary body of Rotterdam Convention

Green Revolution’s hidden toll

Diabetes, obesity, malaria, Japanese Encephalitis and more

Bovine TB: culling of badgers less effective strategy for controlling disease

New study suggests that testing cattle is more effective

Nutrient paradox

Fertilisers upsetting natural nitrogen, phosphorous flow

Nitrogen turns sour

Rising levels of nitrogen in soils are increasing global warming

Promoting millets: the wheel need not be reinvented

New policy could be detrimental to millet farming

Fertiliser’s true climate impact

Empirical estimates of nitrous oxide levels in environment made

Farmers quit mentha

Overexploitation of water leaves very little for farming

Dip in yield, low protein content: PAU field experiment finds several problems with nano urea

Production can decrease further year on year if nano urea application is continued

Wrap it right

Pine oleoresin coating can cut nutrient pollution by urea

Depleted uranium in Bosnia's water

GM blues

Controversy dogs Bt cotton clearance as debate over transgenics continues

Bhopal gas tragedy: Dow Chemical may finally be held accountable

Madhya Pradesh High Court lifts stay that prevented company from being summoned