Heavy rain alert in Mumbai this weekend; how prepared is the city?

Storm water drains are being cleaned; Mithi river has been widened, but flood sensors are yet to be installed in five rivers and two lakes

Cure for yellow stream

Green algae can revitalise streams poisoned with mine acids  

Total recall

In court

Hirakud, 7 other Odisha wetlands show high levels of toxic heavy metals

High carcinogenic risk at Hirakud for adults and children; Heavy metals can enter crops through soil, get consumed by humans, warns study  

Arsenic eyes rice nutrients

The heavy metal can disrupt amino acid synthesis in the grain

In Short

Heavy damage

Endangered gharials die mysterious death

Used heavy duty vehicles major polluters, UN releases recommendation ahead of environment assembly

HDVs projected to significantly grow in numbers with increasing economic activities, report estimates

New method for efficient removal of heavy metals from water

Heavy metal pollution of water is a serious concern for India

Reservoirs across India filling up as country receives good rains

However, 14 out of the 123 reservoirs monitored by the CWC are 100% full

Fur seals on a remote island chain are exposed to huge amounts of toxic heavy metals — yet somehow, they’re healthy

Studying these marine animals can teach us a trick or two on surviving amid pollution

Toxic Alert

In large doses, cadmium is carcinogenic. A study now shows that even chronic exposure to the heavy metal in low doses causes breast cancer. …

High cadmium leads to decline in oysters

Pollution zone

East Africa ‘super El Nino’: Death toll rises as flooding crisis worsens in Kenya, Somalia

The whole of East Africa needs $53.3 billion to confront the climate change crisis

Not Cherrapunji or Mawsynram, Rishikesh was India’s wettest town for most of August 2023

Between August 1 and August 25, the town received 1,901 millimetres of rainfall

Cyclone Ockhi kills eight in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, now moves towards Lakshadweep

Cyclone Ockhi is moving towards Lakshadweep Islands and it is likely to intensify wind speed up to 120 kmph by Friday morning

Air pollution linked to autism

Exposure to diesel particulates, heavy metals doubles the risk

Depleted uranium in Bosnia's water

Spoilt for choice

Are cheap food prices reason to cheer?

Honey trade just got stickier

US industry shows distrust in India, sets its own certificate to ensure source of honey

Iron in particulate matter damages lungs

Effluent treatment plants have not proved effective

Tishya Chatterjee , member secretary, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) spoke to Manish Tiwari on the presence of persistent …