Cigarette money

Curb HFCs

Did everybody get it wrong?

The tale of 21st century's dinosaurs

Wetlands can cope with sea rise

Vegetation and rate of sedimentation are crucial to wetlands’ resilience

Together in it

Bleaching and diseases are partners in coral crimes

Don’t pee in pool

It reacts with disinfectants, can cause diseases including cancer

Face your fears

Food allergy dictates eating low doses of the very food daily  

Wind swept

For a clean energy economy  

Digging deep into muck

Film>> The World According to Monsanto • directed by Marie-Monique Robin

Wasted

Biodegradable at last

Use of organic catalysts to usher in a new range of plastics  

Who are China and US’s new top climate diplomats? 

Liu Zhenmin of China and John Podesta of the United States to lead climate negotiations at COP29  

Apocalyptic skies: Canadian wildfires posing huge health risks

Estimated 115 million people impacted; health dangers shocking indictment of failures over climate change, says Amnesty International

A plateau? Global CO2 emissions rose less than initially feared in 2022, says IEA

Clean energy growth offset much of the impact of greater coal and oil use, according to the IEA analysis  

Johnson & Johnson to change baby powder composition, but it might not be enough to keep consumers safe 

Cornstarch base for powder also not without risk   

Ebola rears head again in DRC; China, US report new strains of bird flu

WHO assesses EVD risk to be low at global level; China says H3N8 infection not a cause for worry

India’s climate action ‘highly insufficient’: New rating system

Climate Action Tracker's updated rating system reveals that most countries are doing very little to rein in carbon emissions and global warming

COVID-19 second wave: Putting India first

The Union government proclaimed victory against COVID-19 in September 2020. The result was an unrelenting, unforgiving second wave 

New study links rate of COVID-19 spread to PM 2.5 concentration in ambient air

Presence of secondary pollutants such as nitrates and sulfates increase the reproduction rate of the virus SARS-CoV-2, according to the study

Joe Biden has a difficult task ahead on climate change even if he wins US Elections 2020

Much of his first term would go into undoing the damage caused by Trump’s tenure as President of the US and get the country …

COVID-19 deals a blow to United States non-profits as funds dry up

At least 25% non-profits laid off or furloughed employees; 69% reported a loss of critical programme volunteers in Arizona

The multiple dangers of privately owning tigers and other big cats

Any presence of a big cat in private ownership is scientifically and morally wrong and poses challenges to human health, safety and security

A new epoch: Human population to peak in 44 years

Global population estimated to touch 9.73 bln in 2064, then decline to 8.79 bln in 36 years

‘There is no reliable prediction of size and place of earthquake’

The rate of earthquake occurrence worldwide, or India in general, has not increased in the last few years, say experts