BALI: Slimy, green and unsightly, seaweed and algae are among the humblest plants on earth. A group of scientists at a climate conference in Bali say they could also be a potent weapon against global warming, capable of sucking damaging carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere at rates comparable to the mightiest rain forests.
“The ocean’s [...]
White ants could offer a solution to the problems of global warming. T.V. Jayan reports
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It is one of the most destructive species ever known. It can turn houses to dust in a very short time and chomp its way through huge quantities of wood or paper at a frightening speed, posing an enormous threat to [...]
In case you did not already realize it, the one trillion plastic grocery bags used worldwide every year are becoming a serious drain on the environment.
21st Century Citizen has compiled a great list of the Top 25 resources to help you reduce, recycle, or reuse all those plastic bags you carry [...]
NEW YORK: A study by US researchers suggests that diesel fumes appear to raise the risk of heart disease in people with high cholesterol.
The researchers combined the pollutants and fats and cultured them with cells taken from the inner lining of human blood vessels. A few hours later, they extracted DNA from the cells for [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: The World Health Organisation warned that global policy makers must act quickly to address the critical problem of global warming, or face serious health and economic consequences.
Shigeru Omi, WHO’s regional director for the Western Pacific region, said the current crisis was masked by the fact that global warming issues did not present as [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: The World Health Organization said Thursday that an estimated 77,000 deaths are recorded annually in the Asia-Pacific region due to health problems arising from global warming.
The statement by the world health body comes ahead of next week’s meeting of international health experts from 14 different nations at Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur to discuss [...]
A group of US scientists have warned that a UN panel on climate change underestimated the scale of sea-level increases this century resulting from global warming, the Independent reported on Tuesday.
The six scientists cautioned that the Earth is in “imminent peril” in a 29-page article published in the July 15 issue of the Philosophical Transactions [...]
Imagine the City of Joy submerged in water. Don’t scoff — for environmentalists are seriously concerned. Calcutta submerged under the sea may now seem wildly far-fetched, but experts who feature in the Oscar-winning documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth, are not so sure.
The fourth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, due to be released shortly, [...]
Plastic “stew†that’s twice the size of Texas is swirling through the Pacific Ocean. Scientists have dubbed the mass of plastic bags, jugs, bottles, nets and other plastic junk the “Eastern Garbage Patch,†and its volume is growing at an alarming pace.
The plastic pollution is now inevitably entering the food chain, with the most [...]
Worldwide Pollution
Every day, earth becomes more and more polluted. Air pollution fills our lungs with deadly substances. Water pollution is rapidly eradicating what little freshwater we have left. Land pollution is causing once-fertile lands to become little more than deserts. While many solutions have been offered, NONE are successful. But there is hope! A REAL [...]
Terminalia arjuna is a large sized deciduous tree. Height of this plant is around 60-80ft with spreading branches. Bark smooth and flower is sessile type. it grows all over India,Burma,Bangladesh and Srilanka.
ARJUN bark (Terminalia arjuna)
Plant Identification and Habitat: Terminalia Arjuna a large tree, 20-25m in height, with often buttressed trunk, smooth grey bark, and drooping [...]
What Is Air Pollution?
Air pollution is the contamination of air by the discharge of harmful substances. Air pollution can cause health problems including burning eyes and nose, itchy irritated throat, and breathing problems. Some chemicals found in polluted air can cause cancer, birth defects, brain and nerve damage, and long-term injury [...]
Environmental pollution and growth of different Disesses
This is most talked about subject in today’s world. Many studies in people have demonstrated an association between environmental exposure and certain diseases or other health problems. Examples include radon and lung cancer; arsenic and cancer in several organs; lead and nervous system disorders; disease-causing bacteria such as E. [...]
Environmental pollution is the main cause for most of the human illness around the world.The time has already reached when every one of us should be well aware of it.Perhaps, the total sufferings and agony that we get by polluting the environment is much more the amount of comfort that technological advancement [...]
