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Special Report on Climate Change: IPCC
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) made public ‘The Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’...
26 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Black Carbon Particles Affecting Unborn Babies
According to a study published in ‘Nature Communications’, the black carbon particles emitted by the vehicular exhaust and coal-fired...
24 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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This article is based on “Is ozone layer depletion a ‘solved problem’?” which appeared in Down to Earth on 17 spetember...
23 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Natural Sources of Unpolluted Water
This article is based on “Pipe dreams, ground reality” which appeared in The Hindu on 18/09/2019. It talks about leveraging natural...
18 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Uranium Mining in Nallamala Forest
Recently Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has granted in-principle approval to the Department of Atomic Energy to survey and...
17 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Every year, 16th September is observed as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone layer. The theme for the year 2019 is ‘32...
16 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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UN Convention to Combat Desertification: COP 14
The 14th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP-14) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) ended on 13th September 2019. Held...
14 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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13 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in the news? India is holding the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP14) to the United Nations Convention to combat...
13 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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National Conference on Crop Residue Management
Recently, National Conference on Crop Residue Management was held for the farmers from the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh &...
10 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat
Recently, an international conference on Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat (ANGAN ) commenced in New Delhi. The conference focuses...
10 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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According to the Centre for Science & Environment (CSE), the three-year average levels of PM 2.5 atmospheric particulate matter (with a diameter...
07 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Recently, the Government has identified 130 wetlands for priority restoration in the next five years and asked states to submit their respective...
07 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The Union government in a bid to free India of single-use plastics by 2022, has laid out a multi-ministerial plan to discourage the use of single-use...
05 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Svalbard: Fastest Warming Town on the Earth
Svalbard located in Norway is facing extreme consequences of climate change. It is the result of rising sea level of Arctic sea due to Global...
04 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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According to the report “Reducing Food Loss and Waste” by the World Resources Institute (WRI), uneaten food is impacting the economy and...
03 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Environmental Conservation with Grassroot Governance
The article is based on A Bottom-Up Approach to Conservation that was published in The Hindu on 26 August. It talks about the interweaving relation...
02 Sep 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Australia Downgrades Great Barrier Reef to 'Very Poor' Status
Australia has downgraded the Great Barrier Reef's long-term outlook to "Very Poor" for the first time. Coral along large swathes of the...
31 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Recently the teenage climate campaigner Greta Thunberg after completing her 15-day journey across the Atlantic via Zero-emission yacht urged...
30 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Recently, a study done by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune has revealed that, during El Nino years, pollutants from south Asian...
29 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
