Too high a price

Unwitting subjects to a 1954 nuclear experiment, the former inhabitants of a Pacific atoll continue to suffer

Slippery turf

Microplastics on agricultural lands may threaten farm productivity: study

Between 110,000 and 730,000 tonnes of microplastics are transferred to agricultural soils in Europe and North America every year

When defending environment came at a price — of life

At least 227 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2020. But the year also saw communities winning against industries and governments

Hi-tech control

Poorer countries more exposed to fire-induced air pollution: Study

The exposure levels were particularly high in several hotspots like Central Africa, Southeast Asia, South America and Siberia

Russia's nightmare

Thousands of chemical weapons, once abandoned by the military, are coming back to haunt Russia

Microbial carriers

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

Lessons from COVID-19 on reducing India's environmental pollution

We can tackle our pollution problems by emulating approaches adopted to successfully tackle COVID-19

Nutrient paradox

Fertilisers upsetting natural nitrogen, phosphorous flow

Mining woes

Using tannery waste in fields turning soil toxic: study

Researchers studied soil and groundwater samples from farms irrigated by tannery effluents in and around Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh

Arsenic eyes rice nutrients

The heavy metal can disrupt amino acid synthesis in the grain

Wrap it right

Pine oleoresin coating can cut nutrient pollution by urea

Subterranean Leak

The CSE tests had found high levels of groundwater and soil contamination in and around the Union Carbide factory

Arsenic killer

Healing festering wounds

An action plan is ready to decontaminate UCILÔÇÖs plant site in Bhopal. It just needs to be implemented

Gold’s toxic legacy

Mines release arsenic, contaminate water and soil

Microwarriors

Microorganisms to fight pollution

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International dump yard

Ship breaking thrives in South Asia because of weak laws

Cost of marble

Mining in Rajasthan's Rishab Dev tehsil, the only place in the country that produces green marble, registered 6,681 times growth in 14 years. But …

Kerala gets cautious

Plans to ban extremely and moderately hazardous pesticides in cardamom district, Idukki

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal