As a policy, airports in the country are taking the green route by harnessing solar power to meet their electricity requirement to the possible extent. It has not only broughtContinue Reading
According to research published in the journal Science, a worldwide tree planting program that does not encroach on existing agricultural land or urban areas could remove two thirds of allContinue Reading
Can the global heatwave condition be chalked up to climate change? The French government is on high alert. For the first time ever, the national weather service activated its highestContinue Reading
The rise in temperature in any location is a combination of effects that are local in origin such as deforestation and urbanization and those that are forced externally as partContinue Reading
India, where one in every seventh person on the planet lives, has till date not conduct a national study on the impact of climate change, although about 600 million people are at riskContinue Reading
The neem plant, Azadirachta indica, is known to contain a potent phytochemical Azadirachtin-A (Aza-A) that can ward off several pests. Scientists from India and Germany have now deciphered the mechanismContinue Reading
Until November 2018, the annual electricity consumption by Bitcoin was estimated to be about 46 Terawatt-hour (TWh), revealed the study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Massachusetts Institute ofContinue Reading
When exposed to the environment, the iron component in steel gradually develops rust due to the formation of oxides. A standard method to prevent this corrosion is to coat theContinue Reading
