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Consumer food choices can help reduce greenhouse emissions contributing to climate change
09 Jun 2018
Mumbai flooded in monsoon's first heavy rainfall
07 Jun 2018
The weather office has warned of heavy rainfall in the next few days and, with roads and rail tracks flooded in several parts of the city, civic authorities have advised people to stay indoors
China's floods to hit US economy: climate effects through trade chains
31 May 2018
Intensifying river floods could lead to regional production losses worldwide caused by global warming. This might not only hamper local economies around the globe — the effects might also propagate through the global network of trade and supply chains
Virus genes from city pond rescue bacteria
29 May 2018
Rice becomes less nutritious as CO2 levels rise
28 May 2018
Rice becomes less nutritious as CO2 levels rise
28 May 2018
TNPCB orders closure of Sterlite plant in Thoothukudi
24 May 2018
Sterlite’s 4,00,000 tonne copper smelter, first proposed to be set up in Tuticorin in 1995, was rejected by three states - Gujarat, Goa and Maharashtra - before it was finally allowed to set up in Tamil Nadu
US Supreme Court to hear Gujarat villagers’ appeal on Mundra power plant
22 May 2018
In 2015, Indian farmers, fishermen, a trade union of fishworkers, and a local government entity had sued the IFC in the US District Court for the District of Columbia for funding the project
Are humans causing cancer in wild animals?
22 May 2018
Are human activities also causing cancer in wild animals? Are we oncogenic -- a species that causes cancer in other species? Sandra Leander
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