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07 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Integration of Land and Water Schemes to Tackle Land Degradation
As about 30% of India’s land is degraded, the Government of India wants to converge various land and water schemes to mainstream land...
06 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Recently, the Indonesian government ordered to relocate the residents of an island in eastern Indonesia called the island of Komodo in a bid to...
01 Aug 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Toxic Metals in Delhi Vegetables Markets
According to National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) study, vegetables grown on the Yamuna floodplain have been found to...
26 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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A trio of researchers led by Assam forest officer Jatindra Sarma has discovered Dracaena cambodiana, a dragon tree species in the Dongka Sarpo area...
25 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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In Situ Crop Residue Management
The Central Sector Scheme on ‘Promotion of agricultural mechanization for In-Situ management of crop residue in the states of Punjab, Haryana,...
24 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The Hangul (or Kashmiri Stag) population monitoring exercise has revealed an alarming decline in the fawn-hind and stag-hind ratio of the hangul...
20 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The latest update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species shows that more and more species...
20 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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A recent study has revealed that the giant West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is destabilising and is on the verge of a complete collapse. The...
19 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Recently, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) held a hearing regarding scientific disposal of spent pot lining(SPL) from the aluminium...
18 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has commissioned a leachate treatment plant at the Okhla landfill to overcome the problem of seepage...
17 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Role of Forest in Climate Change
This article is based on editorial “Turning down the heat: on forest restoration”, which appeared in The Hindu on 11 July 2019. It...
11 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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National Electric Mobility Mission: 2020
Under its National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP), the government is targeting to achieve 6-7 million sales of electric and hybrid vehicles...
10 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Gangetic Dolphins Found in Mahananda River
For the first time, a population of Gangetic River Dolphins has been found in the Mahananda river, in Bihar’s Kishanganj district. Dolphins...
06 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Hydrogen-Enriched Compressed Natural Gas (HCNG)
Delhi will be the first city in the country to roll out hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas (HCNG) buses for public transport from November...
05 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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As per the study of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), after decades of gradual increases, Antarctic sea ice is now decreasing,...
05 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Tamil Nadu has declared the Tamil Yeoman butterfly species (endemic to western ghats) as the state butterfly. Tamil Yeoman (Cirrochroa thais) is...
03 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Airplane Contrails and Global Warming
According to a recent study, the airplanes contrails contribute more to global warming than the CO2 emitted by an aircraft. Moreover, the...
01 Jul 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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According to the data presented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the Lok Sabha, ozone was reported as a prominent...
29 Jun 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Ice protects the Earth and oceans by reflecting excess heat back into space. However, human activity, especially since the industrial revolution...
27 Jun 2019 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
