Environment
Nobel laureate F Sherwood Rowland, 84, ozone study pioneer dies
14 Mar 2012
F Sherwood Rowland, the Nobel prize-winning chemist who sounded the alarm on the thinning of the earth’s ozone layer, has passed away at the age 84
Scientists explore rare environment in deep sea hydrothermal vent
By By Mario Aguilera | 10 Mar 2012
Preventing contamination in recycling
By by David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 06 Mar 2012
Environmentally-friendly cleaning, washing
05 Mar 2012
BP in $7.8-bn deal to settle part of Gulf of Mexico oil spill claims
03 Mar 2012
BP Plc has reached a $7.8-billion deal with the group of aggrieved parties suing it over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Brahmaputra river dries up in Arunachal
01 Mar 2012
Volcanoes deliver two flavours of water
01 Mar 2012
Small-scale gold mining impacts river algae
29 Feb 2012
Recycled waste glass strengthens cement concrete
21 Feb 2012
China powers ahead with 62,000 MW of wind energy
13 Feb 2012
Eleven US states sue EPA over soot standards
11 Feb 2012
Russians drill down 3.76 km to 20-million year-old Antarctica lake
10 Feb 2012
Russian scientists have finally drilled through to a gigantic freshwater lake, hidden under nearly four km of ice for more than 20 million years
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