Global Warming Impacts On India Will Be Huge: IPCC
The latest report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), formally released on Monday, warns that global warming is occurring faster than anticipated...
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Scientists Find Genomic Regions That Decide Zinc Density In Wheat
Scientists have identified regions in the wheat genome responsible for concentration of zinc in wheat grain. They have also identified candidate genes involved in zinc...
Nitrogen Fertilizers Hampers Germination In Rice: Study
Excessive use of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium based fertilizers is causing environmental contamination and abuse of fertilizer subsidies. Now Indian scientists have identified rice cultivars...
Here Is Why Improved Forecasts Are Not Helping Prevent Floods And Droughts
Extreme rainfall events that led to the major flood in Mumbai in August 2017 and the disastrous Kerala flood this year as well as several...
Mahatma : An Environmentalist Without A Structured Model
The phrase ‘Sustainable Development’ emerged recently with Brundtland Report, 1987 defining it to mean “Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability...
Glacial Lake Keeps Disaster Managers On Toes In Sikkim
Disaster managers and scientists in Sikkim are keeping a close watch on a lake formed due to melting of glaciers to see how successful is...
New Device Deployed To Tackle Air Pollution In Delhi
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur-based laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has developed a device to address air...
How Air Pollution Is Adding To India’s Diabetes Burden
The ill-effects of air pollution on human health have been reported extensively. Some estimates attribute nearly one fourth of all deaths in India to air...