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May 27, 2026, 03:26 PM - 7 min read
Greenhouse gas emissions from rice paddies have nearly doubled globally since the 1960s, averaging about 1.1 billion tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions per year in the 2010s. That’s roughly equal to the annual emissions of 239 million cars.
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May 26, 2026, 08:30 PM - 3 min read
Under the initiative, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will install special collection boxes where people can deposit garments they no longer use. The collected clothes will be recycled and converted into useful products.
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May 7, 2026, 02:19 PM - 6 min read
Gloves used by scientists in the lab may be skewing our understanding of the plastic crisis. New research reveals that these gloves can shed tiny particles that look identical to microplastics under a microscope. By accidentally mistaking these for pollution, researchers may have unintentionally inflated global microplastic estimates.
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April 3, 2026, 04:47 PM - 3 min read
The petition was filed by BRS leader Pattolla Karthik Reddy, who alleged that the Musi River development—also referred to as the Gandhi Sarovar Project—was being undertaken without obtaining mandatory environmental clearances.
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March 26, 2026, 12:37 PM - 5 min read
Cacti are icons of slow growth. A towering saguaro may take a decade to reach an inch tall and the psychedelic peyote takes decades to mature. Yet the cactus family is one of the fastest-evolving plant groups on Earth. Over the past 20 to 35 million years, around 1,850 cacti species have come into existence. Although this sounds slow, in geological time it is the blink of an eye.
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March 8, 2026, 11:57 AM - 6 min read
Nice as they can look, studies show burning candles is one of the biggest sources of indoor air pollution. This is because when burning, candles emit a large number of ultrafine particles.
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January 28, 2026, 01:25 PM - 8 min read
The damage to Lebanon’s environment will have long-term consequences and repairing the damage would involve a multi-year reconstruction project costing an estimated US$11 to $14 billion. This destruction indicates a grave breach of international environmental law and raises the question of whether Israel committed war crimes in Lebanon by deliberately targeting natural resources and engaging in environmental warfare.
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October 26, 2025, 06:27 PM - 2 min read
Different tax rates have been fixed for various vehicle categories depending on their weight — Rs 80 for small vehicles, Rs 250 for small cargo vehicles, Rs 140 for buses, and between Rs 120 and Rs 700 for trucks.
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October 12, 2025, 04:42 PM - 6 min read
In a new study of a 56 million-year-old fossil bird, researchers show that the distant ancestors of ostriches and other large flightless birds once flew great distances.
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September 25, 2025, 03:41 PM - 6 min read
Stretching from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, the whole river basin supports over 650 million people, a quarter of India’s freshwater, and much of its food and economic value.
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September 10, 2025, 03:36 PM - 6 min read
A deadly mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae or “tropi” is on the march. Beekeepers fear it will wreak even greater havoc than varroa – and the ripple effects may be felt by the billions of people around the world.
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August 9, 2025, 10:35 PM - 2 min read
Gunisha’s journey started with her pursuit of a passion for environmental conservation, following which she started collaborating with the local organizations on multiple green projects.
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