Kala azar spreads to Gujarat, MP
kala-azar is spreading. Two cases of the disease, usually found in eastern parts of India, have been reported from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The pathogen could spread in the area because
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Indian scientists return with rare plant samples from Arctic
India sent its first team to the Arctic recently. Two of its members have returned with a variety of samples, some dating back to millions of years. ARCHITA BHATTA spoke with them "We found round
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Atmospheric scientist V Ramanathan on brown clouds
Atmospheric scientist V Ramanathan fromthe Scripps Research Institute, California, USA, says brown clouds heat up the lower atmosphere. He explains to Archita Bhatta how the media misinterpreted
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Floods are becoming more complex
only Bihar experienced floods this year. Other places suffered water logging. The statement on the recent deluge in large parts of the country might have been dismissed as ludicrous verbiage, had
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Climate protest spreads to Sizewell nuke plant
Five members of the Camp for Climate Action barricaded the access to the Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk county, the UK, for six hours on August 20. This came on the last day of the
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Eastern Europe feels cheated on carbon quotas
On August 17, 2007, the government of Lithuania formally decided to take the European Commission to the European Court of Justice over reduced co2 emission allowances (carbon quota) for the next
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Nulcear dawn
Energy: Attitudes to nuclear power are shifting in response to climate change and fears over the security of the supply of fossil fuels. The technology of nuclear power has been changing, too
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The warmest 26th January on record during 77 years of observations at New Forest, Dehra Dun
Global warming has been a debatable subject of recent years, of which Dehra Dun is not an exception. This year, 2007, has experienced the hottest 26th January in last 77 years.
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India's negotiating position on climate change: legitimate but not sagacious
In the intergovernmental climate negotiations India has consistently argued against greenhouse gas mitigation commitments for developing countries. This paper argues that while India
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China's fraud scientists list
The National Natural Science Foundation of China has blacklisted 13 academicians for fraud, according to the daily Xinhua. This is the institute's fourth round of "naming and shaming' of scholarly
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Caution over cleanup of Nura river
As the cleanup of the decade-old mercury pollution in Nura river started in Kazakhstan, environmentalists emphasised the need for extreme caution. Mercury had been discharged in the river over many
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Goat plague hits Kenya
A disease that afflicted northwestern Kenya last year has killed about 100,000 goats and sheep in Turkana district of the country. The disease, peste des petits ruminants, also called goat
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In court
oil shock: Four fuel stations in Massachusetts, USA, have been fined US $600,000 for failure to clean up spills of petrol and other petroleum products. The stations in Medford and Meldon areas of
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Teak rings uncover rainfall data
a ring can reveal a lot. Research suggests growth rings in teak tree trunks can reveal climatic changes over the years. The width of the rings are in direct proportion to the rainfall. A study of
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Climate change and design of houses
it's time we got worried about the way we build our houses, offices and markets. As more people migrate to cities, the need for more buidlings is causing a construction boom. This in turn makes
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More steel means more livelihood loss, pollution
Estimates show that India will produce 180 million tonnes (mt) of steel by 2020. Consumption of stainless steel has risen 14 per cent in the last 15 years in the country
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Polythene taxed in Uganda, Kenya
A ban against the use of polythene bags in Uganda and a raise in duties on plastic bags in Kenya this month has evoked strong criticism from people. The ban and duty was to check the piles of
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Lake Michigan gets dirtier
The us state of Illinois has reproached environment regulators in Indiana for permitting a bp refinery near the Illinois-Indiana border to dump more ammonia and industrial sludge into Lake Michigan.
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Online slander lands company head in trouble
John Mackey, head of us organic foods group Whole Foods Market, is being investigated for posting messages on the Internet about a rival company. He used a pseudonym to make comments about Wild
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Digital campaign in China
Officials in the Chinese city of Xiamen were forced to suspend plans for a paraxylene plant, after the town's residents organised a digital campaign that included blog posts, online signature