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Water footprints – need to calculate to avoid a water crisis.

The water footprint is a sign that refers to things related to the direct and indirect water use of a…

4 years ago

New Project in Carbon Farming Launched in India

A new project will help farmers increase their income as well as store carbon in their soil. Starting with 20…

4 years ago

WHAT IS JAL JEEVAN MISSION

Jal Jeevan Mission, a central government initiative under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, aims to ensure access of piped water…

5 years ago

‘Great concern’ as study finds microplastics in human placentas

A new study has found microplastics present inside human placentas, which could potentially affect fetal health and development. The microplastics…

5 years ago

Microplastics from laundry are flooding into the Arctic

Snow covered mountains at Billefjorden at sunset and clouds reflected in the Arctic sea, central fjord of Isfjorden, Svalbard /…

5 years ago

Lockdown Has Pushed Tribes in Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills to the Brink of Starvation

Activists say the state government has failed to ensure that produce sold by forest-dependent communities is procured at the minimum…

5 years ago

Climate Change: What’s Happening on the Largest Island in the World?

Featured image: Eastern Greenland. Photo: mariohagen/Pixabay, Public Domain. Greenland is the largest island in the world and on it rests the…

5 years ago

How a human cousin adapted to a changing climate

Around 2 million years ago, this area in South Africa is believed to have undergone a chaotic climate shift (changing…

5 years ago

Climate Crisis Is Ravaging the United States; Why Are We Still Building With Fossil Fuels?

The Bobcat Fire in Monrovia, California earlier this year. Image © Nikolay Maslov | Unsplash  This August, as hundreds of wildfires…

5 years ago

Research: Crop plants are taking up microplastics

Large gaps between epidermal cells at the site of lateral root emergence. Credit: YIC Microplastics (MPs), i.e., tiny plastic particles…

5 years ago

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