How smartphones are killing the planet

The energy used to build a single smartphone is equal to the energy required to operate it for about a decade

‘Rising mercury is making Nepal glaciers vulnerable’

Changing nature of glaciers and glacial lakes make the Himalayas one of the most climate vulnerable regions on the planet. Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, …

Mercury pollution: Parties to Minamata Convention discuss non-binding declaration but can it help

United Nations, Indonesia call for support from parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Protests over toxic gold mining at Nile: Will there be truce in Sudan

A vicious network of gold smuggling has over taken the region following the Russia-aided military coup in 2021 

Not so fair: Gabon, Jamaica & Sri Lanka launch $14-mn project to eliminate mercury use in skin-lighteners

Mercury can endanger the nervous, digestive and immune systems, lungs and kidneys and may be fatal

‘The regulator should monitor mercury in the air in Kodaikanal’

We still do not know how far the atmospheric mercury levels have come down in the last two decades, Ameer Shahul tells Down To Earth as he …

Book excerpt: The poisoning of Kodai

Former AFP journalist Ameer Shahul's new book, ‘Heavy Metal: How a Global Corporation Poisoned Kodaikanal’ is based on his reportage …

Toxic heavy metals found in indigenous people living near oil fields of Peruvian Amazon: Study

High levels of mercury, cadmium & arsenic were found in the urine samples of people living river basins of Corrientes, Pastaza, Tigre & …