अब नैनोसैटेलाइट से लगेगा फसलों में नाइट्रोजन की कमी का पता, उपज में होगा सुधार

क्यूबसैट्स के रूप में जाना जाने वाला नैनोसैटेलाइट समय से पहले ही नाइट्रोजन की कमी का पता लगा सकता है। इससे किसान एक सीजन ...

Scientists seek global action on reactive nitrogen

‘Current lack of policy coherency risks nitrogen trade-offs, while failing to harvest synergies at local, regional and global scales’

यूरिया जीवन से जहर तक का सफर

एक हालिया अध्ययन में पहली बार भारत में नाइट्रोजन की स्थिति का मूल्यांकन किया गया है जो बताता है कि यूरिया के अत्यधिक इस्तेमाल ...

Nitrogen pollution: the forgotten element of climate change

Nitrogen emissions such as ammonia, nitrogen oxide and nitrous oxides contribute to particulate matter and acid rain

We have breached the planetary limit for nitrogen

India is under the grip of nitrogen pollution, finds the country's first assessment on the impacts of the nutrient

Case of missing nitrogen solved: It comes from the bedrock

A study says that the leaching of nitrogen from the bedrock could be the reason for elevated levels of nitrogen in groundwater

सल्फर डाइऑक्साइड और नाइट्रोजन ऑक्साइड से बने सल्फेट से वातावरण में फैलती है धुंध व कोहरा

एक अध्ययन में कहा गया है कि धुंध और कोहरे को कम करने के लिए हमें प्रदूषक तत्व एसओ2 और एनओएक्स को रोकना होगा, ...

Ancient Venus was potentially habitable for three billion years: Study

The planet had stable temperatures — between a maximum of about 50°C and a minimum of about 20°C — and water worth a shallow ocean

Pollution in news on June 6

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

Foreign food trade impacts importing countries’ environment too

Soybean farmers in a country that imports soybean have to switch to other crops on a land where there is leftover nitrogen after crop harvest

Leaves from nitrogen-rich trees can be potential fertilisers

Banaras Hindu University scientists have shown that application of leaves from nitrogen-rich trees in soil can increase the soil fertility and …

‘Improving efficiency only way to control nitrogen pollution’

Human-induced nitrogen emissions have surpassed natural emissions, damaging the environment and human health, says Mark Sutton, lead author of &…

‘Tighter regulations needed on nutrient effluents’

Here’s N Raghuram, chairman of International Nitrogen Initiative, speaking with Down To Earth about the viability of United Kingdom’s …

UK to support nitrogen research in India

South Asian Nitrogen Hub to be led by UK’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Nutrient paradox

Fertilisers upsetting natural nitrogen, phosphorous flow

अनुमान से भी तेजी से बढ़ रही है नाइट्रस ऑक्साइड, पर्यावरण के लिए बना खतरा

खेतों में केमिकल फर्टिलाइजर का इस्तेमाल लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है, जिसकी वजह से वातावरण में एन2ओ अनुमान से भी अधिक तेजी से फैल ...

Fight against pollution may witness a paradigm shift

Very soon the emissions from domestic sewage may out run the pollution from fertilisers

Kolkata's smog is a challenge of complex chemistry and action

The city needs to build up on its strengths to tackle smog episodes

Treasure in excreta: Fast-depleting phosphorus can be extracted from faecal sludge

India needs more nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium for its agriculture

Annual UN report recognises the threats posed by nitrogen pollution

The Frontiers Report 2019, released on March 4, has included a chapter on nitrogen pollution

Excess nitrogen fertilisers hamper germination, root growth in rice: study

Indian scientists have now identified rice varieties that are efficient in nitrogen use

Punjab, Haryana and west UP facing severe nitrogen pollution: Down To Earth expose

Nitrogen pollution can destroy soil health, contaminate water, lead to serious health problems, and trigger climate change

Resolution on nitrogen can lead to a carbon-like framework

The resolution for sustainable nitrogen management in the United Nations Environment Assembly was led by India for the first time

चींटियां कम कर सकती हैं ग्रीनहाउस गैस का उत्सर्जन, जानें कैसे

दक्षिण ऑस्ट्रेलिया विश्वविद्यालय के नए शोध से पता चला है कि चीटियां इंसान या जानवर के मूत्र से यूरिया को अलग कर चट जाती ...

More nitrogen may help offset effect of climate change on wheat: study

IIT-Kharagpur scientists find wheat yield improves with increasing levels of nitrogen application despite elevated CO2 conditions