Tackling marine plastic pollution

According to a 2017 study, the Odisha coast has the lowest quantity, and Goa coast has the highest quantity of beach debris

Antibiotic resistant bacteria found in river water

Banaras Hindu University researchers collected samples at 5 ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi

Scientists find new system to detect paraben level in water bodies

The research is meant to help develop measures to correct the harmful effects of the organic compounds on the environment

China’s growing footprint on the globe threatens to trample the natural world

Chinese investment is driving an unprecedented investment boom in global infrastructure, but it is harming the planet

In Parliament on March 14, 2017

Ozone pollution, carbon footprint of airlines and preservation of wetlands were among some of the topics discussed in the Parliament today

Environmental concern amidst industrialisation

With industries operating, a 100 per cent pollution-free environment is a myth. It is neither possible nor necessary

Undetected infiltration

Pharmaceutical drugs that we consume are travelling through our pee and poo and contaminating water sources

`Industries easily find political protection whenever we are strict'

Uma Bharati, Union minister of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, speaks to Sushmita Sengupta on the challenges of …

Taking the magic out of miracles

Promoting a more rationalist attitude to life at a mass level, that's what the Jan Vigyan Jatha sets out to do

Flow of death

A recent WHO meeting brought together experts from Bangladesh and India to develop a common plan of action to arrest arsenic poisoning in both …

The dirt from white

Documentary>> Marble Mutton with Slurry Water directed by K Bikram Singh produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust and Doordarshan, 2007

Water stress

With about 4 per cent of the water resources of the world, India should have been a water-adequate nation. However, in 2011 India turned into a …

New membrane to help remove oil, dyes from industrial waste water

The membrane, developed by team from IIT-G, using graphene oxide, cotton fibre and dopamine removed around 98 per cent of oil from the water

Kabul river’s famous Sher Mahi fish in peril

Between the impact of climate change, pollution, and overfishing, the Sher Mahi is dwindling away

Pollution in news on May 1

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

Gold nano particles can detect lead in wastewater

Gold changes colour in the presence of metal particles such as lead because of their optical properties

Research finds toxins in fracking fluid and wastewater

Out of the 240 chemicals analysed, 157 were associated with either developmental or reproductive toxicity

Grasim draws flak

A public meeting held in Kerala criticised a Birla-owned factory for doing nothing to control the pollution it is causing

The fabric of disaster

About 30 per cent of all deaths in a Kerala village are caused by cancer. Residents say that pollution from a nearby rayon factory owned by the …

"Centralised wastewater treatment does not work"

The Centre For Scientific Research Trust (CSR), Auroville, Pondicherry has pioneered the decentralised wastewater treatment system in India. …

Deliberate poisoning

Will a study induce government to check contamination of waterbodies by arsenic from coalmines?

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 19, 2023)

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

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

Ocean acidification ‘changing’ marine biodiversity

Study sheds light on how excess carbon dioxide in oceans is affecting marine species and in turn the global food chain

Loyalty to scriptures should not breed hostility to science

Lately, a slew of remarks by political leaders in the country had nixed established scientific principles