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 of future generations to meetContinue Reading
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 an experiment they began twoContinue Reading
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 pollution at high traffic zonesContinue Reading
Every time an extreme weather event like the Kerala floods occurs, there is a great demand for information on its causes. The question uppermost in public discourse is if suchContinue Reading
Today the problem isn’t really the cost of the solar panels – or the land to put them on. It’s been calculated, that with modern solar panel designs, and reasonableContinue Reading
The Dal Lake and other wetlands of Kashmir are famous for their natural beauty and play a key environmental role. Now scientists have found that this eco-system also harbours certainContinue Reading
Prosopis Juliflora is an invasive weed with abundant spread in India. Called Seemai Karuvelam in Tamil and Vilayati Babul in Hindi, it has outstanding capability to survive and grow onContinue Reading
Large swathes of forests in the Northeast are an abode for the Indian elephant. But a new study has warned that parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are losing canopyContinue Reading
