Environment
Permafrost melt threatens 'Doomsaday' seed Vault in Norway
22 May 2017
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a gene bank built underground on the isolated island in a permafrost zone some 1,000 km from the North Pole, was opened in 2008 as a master backup to the world's other seed banks
Measuring the human impact of weather
18 May 2017
Mountains of waste could lead to new US manufacturing, jobs
17 May 2017
Waste material from the paper and pulp industry soon could be made into anything from tennis rackets to cars, bringing agriculture production and industry together in a bio economy making renewable products
Diesels pollute more than lab tests detect
16 May 2017
Essar Steel develops eco-friendly sand from slag
08 May 2017
Not even the Himalayas are immune to traffic smog
03 May 2017
Geologists find high sulphur pollution along on one of the most remote mountain roads in the world — the Manali-Leh Highway — suggesting a link to diesel pollution
Long-term fate of tropical forests may not be as dire as believed, says CU Boulder study
02 May 2017
Food webs entangle humans, animals, crops and the environment
By By A'ndrea Elyse Messer | 24 Apr 2017
What people plant and eat has a great effect on the environment and on ecosystems. In the end, those choices will impact human survival
Apple to go green, use only 100% recycled materials
21 Apr 2017
‘We're actually doing something we rarely do, which is announce a goal before we've completely figured out how to do it,’ the technology giant said ahead of Earth Day
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Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.
The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES
Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
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US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
