Delhi's air quality improves - AQI less than 400

In two separate incidents Customs officials of Trichy Airport seized gold worth one crore rupees from two male passengers.

Researchers have shown how carbon dioxide from industrial operations or even straight from the air can be gathered and converted into clean, sustainable fuels using just solar energy. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed a solar-powered reactor that converts captured CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable fuels and other valuable chemical products. In tests, CO2 was converted into syngas, a key building block for sustainable liquid fuels, and plastic bottles were converted into glycolic acid, which is widely used in the cosmetics industry.

Oxygen concentration is an important measure of water quality because fish and other aquatic organisms require dissolved oxygen to breathe, according to Wei Zhi, assistant research professor of civil and environmental engineering and first author of the study, recently published in Nature Water.

But a new national study found that housing is also important before disasters happen: People with homes not meeting federal quality classifications and those who are housing insecure tend to be less prepared to face natural calamities.

According to research published in the journal 'Scientific Reports', the trends in CH4 emissions have varied in the different regions of China over the last nine years, with significant increase trends detected in the NE region and the whole of China.

The plastic crisis has been an ongoing environmental issue for a long time now. Disposal of plastic is always a difficult task since the material doesn't decompose for a long time. Burning and dumping have been two ways it has been disposed for the time being. However, a team of researchers from Queensland University of Technology has brought up an innovative proposal which prove to be a breakthrough in finding the way out of the Plastic Pollution crisis.

North Carolina [US], September 14 (ANI): According to a recent study that used data from Texas and nearby states, the most popular methods for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation also have enough positive effects on health to pay for themselves entirely. Although Black and low-income areas also reap benefits, the study found that they nonetheless experience greater levels of air pollution and its associated health impacts.

New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav attended a virtual meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) on Friday where he called upon the members of MEF to launch a global movement on LIFE i.e. Lifestyle for Environment as espoused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COP26 in Glasgow.

New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): To mark the importance of 'Mother Nature', the World Environment Day is celebrated each year on June 5 to spread awareness regarding the protection and nurturing of the environment to make Earth a better place to live.

Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new type of 'plastic-loving bacterium' that attaches itself to plastic present in the deep sea, probably allowing them to hitchhike across the ocean as per a new study.