Poor distribution
If the available food is distributed according to need, it would be sufficient to feed all the people of the world. Yet there are more than 828 million chronically undernourished poor people in
If the available food is distributed according to need, it would be sufficient to feed all the people of the world. Yet there are more than 828 million chronically undernourished poor people in
The invasion of exotics is as destructive in water as it is on land. These have rightly been described as "biotic oil spills'. A growing number of uninvited fish, molluscs, plants, plankton and
Private companies investing in dams is bad news for the environment
Protests and anti nuclear speeches mark the 20th anniversary of the United States worst commercial nuclear disaster
Vitamin C may produce free radicals that may cause cancer
in his book, Biohazard , a defector from the Soviet germ-warfare programme, Kanatjan Alibekov, has written that Soviet researchers tried to turn HIV, the AIDS causing virus, into a
Scientists tame the speed of light
Scientists became aware of acid rain more than a century ago
Strohalm, an environmental group, launches a campaign to tax corporate flyers in the Netherlands
If fossil fuel emissions go unchecked, there is a possibility of sulphur dioxide emissions increasing four fold in India by 2020
A change is needed in government policy to discourage the use of fossil fuels. Strict pollution control measures have to be implemented
It wreaked havoc in Europe. Now scientists are worried that acid rain may soon acquire grave proportions in India. Acid rainwater may cause irreparable damage to the country s biodiversity, crop yields and the economy. Will we be prepared for it when d
The vehicle population in Tamil Nadu has increased by 12.61 per cent in the last one year. As on April 1, 1999, the number of vehicles in Tamil Nadu went up to 40.70 lakhs, as against 36.14 lakh
The concept paper describes the problems of the city of Agra and the anxeityy of the Hon'ble Supreme Court articulated in the various orders passed in connection with the Writ Petition (Civil) No. 13381/84-M.C.
Youth herald a green revolution in west Tripura
The stories of conquest and depredation of alang alang grass and gypsy moth show how serious the unfettered invasion of alien life forms (both zoological and botanical) can become. A native of
As Russia signs the Kyoto protocol, positive action against global warming seems on the anvil
The FBI finally arrests the person who started E mail computer virus Melissa
Cells are surprisingly efficient when it comes to traffic management
A continent rose thrice above the Indian Ocean, only to disappear beneath the waves each time