धूलभरी आंधी

2018 में भारत के 16 राज्यों में 50 धूलभरी आंधी की घटनाएं हुई हैं, जिसके कारण 500 से अधिक मौतें हुईं। जानमाल को बड़ा ...

Simply put: Fifteen of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India

India’s very own Dust Bowl

Rising temperatures, changing weather patterns, depleting groundwater, unsustainable agriculture and deforestation are turning large parts of …

Simply put: Pollution during elections

In Delhi, deadly air pollution is never out of season

After a deadly smog episode in winter, the city witnessed severe ozone pollution this summer, followed by a spike in PM10 level due to pre-…

Pollution in news on April 13

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments on pollution

Dust, high temperatures bring Delhi’s air quality down to 'poor'

The Aravalli range plays a critical role in checking sand migration from the Thar Desert to Delhi-NCR; but they now stand degraded

Dust pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa raised infant mortality: Study

A 25% spike in local annual mean particulate concentrations in West Africa caused an 18% increase in infant mortality