Environment

India all set to map its coastal hazard line

08 Apr 2011

Biodiversity improves water quality in streams through a division of labour

08 Apr 2011

Strong quake hits Japan's northeast, raises tsunami fears

07 Apr 2011

The underwater quake, which hit 66 km off the east of Sendai, a city severely impacted by the 11 March quake and tsunami, jolted the Miyagi prefecture, 118 km north of Fukushima.

Algae remove strontium from nuclear waste

05 Apr 2011

Strontium 90, a major waste component, is one of the more dangerous radioactive fission materials created within a nuclear reactor, and is chemically very similar to calcium and thus is drawn to our bones

Direct steam generation, storage provides better performance for solar thermal power plants

02 Apr 2011

Cold weather raised UK greenhouse gas emissions last year

01 Apr 2011

MoEF accepts pro-Lavasa report, but HC doesn’t lift stay on work

31 Mar 2011

HCC seeks withdrawal of petition against MoEF order

30 Mar 2011

Curb flatulent cows to control greenhouse gas emissions: green study

30 Mar 2011

UK snubs EU call for ban on petrol, diesel cars

30 Mar 2011

Fukushima radioactivity reaches UK

30 Mar 2011

Icebergs in the Antarctic play important role in carbon cycle

29 Mar 2011

After following the path of a drifting iceberg, research team's discoveries could have implications for climate change studies

China underplays low levels of radiation in north-east

28 Mar 2011

Reactor may be leaking radioactive substances into the environment

28 Mar 2011

Utility TEPCO said Monday that a pool of water lying in the basement of the No 2 reactor at the Fukushima complex may have leaked radioactive substances into the environment, including the sea.

Lights out on Saturday night: 130 nations to observe Earth Day

26 Mar 2011

Ramesh unveils `mission' for real time monitoring of green cover

26 Mar 2011

Gram sabhas would take up implementation of the programmes under the 'mission' with technical and managerial support from forest service personnel.

Radioactive Iodine levels spike to 1,250 times normal at Fukushima nuclear plant

26 Mar 2011

The measurements also reveal that high levels of cesium in samples taken outside the discharge canal for the Nos 1,2, 3 and 4 reactors at the plant.

Bhopal toxic waste not to be burnt at Pithampur; may be shipped out

26 Mar 2011

Fukushima fallout: governments restrict food imports from Japan

26 Mar 2011

MoEF opens discussions for local carbon trading scheme

25 Mar 2011

Emissions Trading Schemes allow the regulator to set a cap on the aggregate level of pollution permitted, and then allow a self -regulating system to ensure that pollution does not exceed this cap