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IIT Guwahati researchers develop low-cost system to remove 99% arsenic fro
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Due to rapid industrialisation and urban growth, global reliance on groundwater has increased significantly. In many regions, groundwater contains arsenic released from natural rock formations or human activities such as mining and agriculture.
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Nagaland University study provides benchmark data on land use change and r
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Nagaland University Researchers have completed a pioneering GIS-based hydrological study that scientifically examines how geo-ecological conditions and human activities influence runoff and river flow in the North Eastern Himalayan hill region, an area long marked by data gaps and global
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"When wind stops and emissions keep happening, pollution settles in": Bhup
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said that air pollution in Delhi-NCR is primarily driven by two key parameters--PM2.5 and PM10--with emissions from vehicles, industries, construction dust, and adverse meteorological conditions playing a major role. In an exclusive interview wit
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Bengaluru's Water Crisis: Can the Tech Capital Fight Its Way Back? How Veo
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], July 17: With its range of technologies and expertise, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions, South Asia helps municipalities and companies to better face the water challenge, through the protection and replenishment of resources. Since 2022, Veolia has bee
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Soil transported by marine freight, laden with harmful pests and diseases:
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Invasive alien species, which are sometimes introduced unintentionally by human activities, can outcompete and overwhelm native flora and fauna, driving species to extinction and altering ecosystem equilibrium. Understanding why they settle in new areas and how they got there in the first p
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Whale shark health dependent on habitat, nutrition, and right mix of micro
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Loss of habitat and human activities like fishing and shipping represent serious threats to species, but diseases caused by the smallest organisms in the water are a lesser-known aspect of marine conservation.
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Land subsidence in Uttarakhand's Joshimath caused by human activities, nat
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The land subsidence in Uttarakhand's Joshimath was caused by human activities and nature, said Dr Satyendra Mittal, professor of Civil Engineering Department, Roorkee IIT on Thursday.
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Researchers reveal stem cells used to generate mini-brains of last male Su
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers generated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and cerebral organoids from the last male Malaysian Sumatran rhino, according to a study published in the journal iScience on October 20. As noted by the authors, the organoids could contribute to knowledge about the evolutionary p
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Human activities causing continuous land degradation around the world: UN
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], April 30 (ANI): Human activities are degrading and damaging land in an unsustainable manner, according to a new UN report.
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Human greed leads to chronic land degradation across world, says stark UN
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], April 28 (ANI): Land is being degraded and damaged in an unsustainable manner due to human activities, according to a new UN report.
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Study finds that turtles experience temporary hearing loss due to human ac
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Falmouth [Massachusetts], March 6 (ANI): It is not uncommon to hear every now and then that a particular species of marine life was washed dead ashore. All because of unnecessary human activity near their natural place of habitat. And now, new research has shown that turtles can experience t
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Global food system, food practices account for 21-37 per cent of world's a
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): A new report suggests that the food practices of 7.8 billion people account for 21-37 per cent of the greenhouse gases emitted every year in the world due to all human activities.
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