Environment
India drift
By By Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | 07 May 2015
Himalayan rocks shed light on India’s drift speed mystery
07 May 2015
In the history of continental drift, India has been a mysterious record-holder.. Now MIT researchers explain mystery of India’s rapid move toward Eurasia 80 million years ago.
New technique shows shale-drilling chemicals in drinking-water taps near leak
07 May 2015
Substances commonly used for drilling or extracting Marcellus shale gas travelled from shale gas wells more than two kilometers in the sub-surface to drinking water wells
Stanford researcher imagines a world without large, plant-eating animals
06 May 2015
If the wold's last plant eating animals were to become extinct, scientists warn, the result would be more frequent and intense wildfires due to a build-up of flammable plant matter no longer being eaten by the missing herbivores, more habitat coverage for disease-carrying rodents, among others
California adopts tough water rules to fight drought
06 May 2015
For the first time in the history of California, the state has imposed severe water-use restrictions to cope with the drought
Shell agrees to clean up 2008 Nigerian oil spill
04 May 2015
Claimants said that oil spillage from two pipelines amounted to 500,000 barrels of oil, while Shell initially estimated the volume at about 4,000 barrels
New foam filter helps provide clean, safe water
02 May 2015
The filter features a unique biological layer, which allows organisms within the foam to attack foreign pathogens as water passes through
Fresh 5.0 tremor hits Nepal’s Pokhara region; thousands still missing
02 May 2015
The US Geological Survey today recorded the 5.0 magnitude earthquake with its epicentre near Pokhara, in Nepal
Boy rescued in Kathmandu 5 days after quake devastated Nepal
30 Apr 2015
Aid has now started reaching the hinterlands of Nepal although the extent of loss of life and damage to property in the villages in mountainous areas has yet to be assessed
Nepal says no more rescue teams needed; quake toll tops 6,000
29 Apr 2015
As the search shifts to more remote areas, there is no need for international teams with heavy lifting gear because many homes are made from mud or wood
Nepal quake toll climbs to 4,355; India scales up relief operations
28 Apr 2015
Nine out of 10 Nepalese troops are reported to be involved in search and rescue operations, as the country pleads for more foreign aid to deal with a massive earthquake that is expected to have claimed the lives of over 10,000 people
Nepal quake toll mounts to 3,200; after-shocks, rain hamper rescue
27 Apr 2015
India, which pressed into service all its C-130 heavy lift aircraft for relief and rescue operations, has opened the land route as rains hampered air operations
Powerful quake kills over 1,400 in Nepal, leaves 34 dead in India
25 Apr 2015
The quake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale flattened Kathmandu’s Darbar Square and was felt as far as Bangladesh, Tibet and Pakistan and triggered an avalanche on Mt Everest
Water insecurity ‘costs the global economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually’
22 Apr 2015
‘Unmanaged risks’ of droughts, water scarcity and floods are dragging down the global economy by hundreds of billions of dollars annually, reports a global task force