How China is cleaning the highly-polluting coal power sector

The largest producer of coal power successfully cleans the highly polluting sector with strict emission norms and effective implementation

Microbial carriers

Microorganisms can enhance the movement of carcinogenic hydrocarbons in soil, making them degrade at a quicker rate

Climate change to trigger mortality risks from air pollution, flooding: Researchers warn ahead of COP28

More than 6.5 million deaths a year globally are attributable to air pollution

As told to Parliament (March 30, 2022): India’s coal demand to increase 63% by 2023

All that was discussed in the House through the day

When did Homo erectus die out?

A fresh look at the demise of an ancient human species over 100,000 years ago

Ancient fossil throws light on earliest migrants from Africa

Humans might have interbred with Neanderthals

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THAILAND

Harappa, Rakhigarhi, Dholavira: 200 years of droughts may have erased these Indus megacities, says study

The prolonged droughts forced the civilisation to reorganise their settlements & switch to drought-resilient crops

In a first, fly ash particles found in Antarctic ice, thousands of kilometres from potential source

The sample dated back to 1936, indicating physical markers of fossil fuel combustion have been trapped in ice layers for decades

Huge implications for climate policy as new study confirms truth about land sink

It validates view that the prominent focus on the land sink is merely a smokescreen to mask countries’ hesitation at cutting down …

Why a tux, rent a wardrobe: The Gen Z play at making fashion sustainable

Those born between 1997 and 2002 are more concerned about perils of waste, environmental damage and overconsumption in fashion industry, finds …

Why rooftop solar and storage offers a viable future for India

Energy storage represents a huge economic opportunity for India. Concerted strategies could help India meet its emission reduction targets 

Brown carbon ‘tarballs’ that hasten glacial melt found in Himalayan atmosphere: Study

The percentage of tarballs increased on days with higher pollution levels, could contribute to global warming   

How technology can help in capturing carbon

The technologies, a type of geoengineering, been debated over their ethical and safety concerns   

Wood-based bioenergy production in Europe causing indiscriminate felling of forests

Rampant logging of whole trees is taking place in protected forests to source wood products for bioenergy plants

India is hedging its bets on coal to bring power to the people

India is at a crossroads: how to bring electricity to millions of people without power, while …

Global food production threatens to overwhelm efforts to combat climate change

Apart from CO₂, two other potent greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming are methane and nitrous oxide

World’s oldest snake fossils discovered

Discovery by Alberta University researcher rolls back the clock on snake evolution by nearly 70 million years

Hydrogen fuel is hostile to stratospheric ozone

By using hydrogen fuel cells -- the best alternatives to fossil fuels -- we may be heading towards another environmental disaster

Coming to terms with nature

Book>> Socialist Register 2007 Coming to Terms with Nature by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys The Merlin Press, London 2006 Published in India …

When oil goes bust

Book>> The Last Oil Shock by David Strahan, John Murray London 2008 Indian price Rs 395

Reform in fossil fuel subsidy is a mitigation opportunity

Money saved from the phasing out of fuel subsidies can be used for social and development programmes