How China plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025
However, it must ensure fair practices to achieve environmentally-driven, economically viable expectations
Another grim climate report on oceans: What will it take to address the compounding problems?
Rapid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions must be achieved across institutional boundaries
Sinking cities: Two ways to fight land subsidence
Artificial recharge and deep soil mixing are two techniques showing promise in rescuing sinking cities
Perfect storm: What is the Fujiwhara Effect?
The world is seeing a rise in cyclonic formations and in cases of cyclones merging to form megacyclones, courtesy warming oceans
No evidence of microplastics in emperor penguins, says study
The future of emperor penguins remains uncertain despite positive findings about its ecology
Sea cucumbers most frequently trafficked marine species in India between 2015 and 2021: Analysis
Tamil Nadu recorded the highest number of marine wildlife seizures between 2015 and 2021, according to an analysis by Wildlife Conservation …
How India can face the tidal wave of marine plastic
The problem of marine plastic pollution can — and must — be tackled from various perspectives. This article discusses some …
National Geographic recognises ‘Southern Ocean’ as globe’s fifth ocean
The International Hydrographic Organization too had recognised the term in 1937 before repealing it in 1953
17,00,32,429 pieces of plastic litter Kerala’s coast: Study
Malappuram is the most littered district in Kerala, while Alappuzha is the least, the study found
Life of Plastic: India’s petrochemical industry is a part of its ‘polymer problem’, says CSE; yet it is encouraged
India plans to position itself as a major exporter of basic petrochemicals, CSE’s new report hints
Zero draft of global treaty to end plastic pollution released ahead of Nairobi meet
Member States will be invited to start INC-3 negotiations in Nairobi on the basis of the zero draft text
Whale of a tale? The stories about whales helping tackle climate change are overblown
We don’t know enough to say whales help carbon storage — and what we do know suggests the opposite
Plastic-free planet: ‘No ambition coalition’ hijacks Paris meet on Day 2
Oil, gas and polymer producing countries were successful in severely delaying discussions on substance
‘The ship has reached the shore’: The planet finally has a treaty to protect life in the high seas
The high seas are areas of oceans that lies beyond countries’ national waters. These are the largest habitat on Earth and home to …
Stop making plastic, green activists demand at Busan meet
Activists from Break Free From Plastic, a global movement envisioning a plastic-free future, also called on countries to stop exporting plastic waste
Missed opportunity: UN session to save biodiversity in high seas ends without consensus
Treaty would have led to rules for protecting marine biodiversity in 2/3 of the world’s ocean areas outside national jurisdictions
A month into the ban on single-use plastic, Bengaluru shops still have it
Changes like the switchover from plastic to other materials cannot be implemented in a short period of time
Oceans Great Dying 2.0: Mass extinction haunts oceans
Scientists warn an imminent mass annihilation of marine species similar to one 250 million years ago that wiped out most lives in oceans
Plastic: How it became the ‘lubricant of globalisation’
As countries agree to forge an international, legally non-binding treaty to end plastic pollution, a walk down memory land about the rise of the …
Climate crisis: Oceans may emit more ozone-depleting gases
MIT researchers note that oceans would emit more CFC-11 by 2075 than they absorb, and emit detectable amounts of the chemical …
Famous Cuddalore beach found to have high level of microplastics: NCPOR study
The Silver Beach in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu was found to have a higher amount of coloured plastic particles, compared to fragmented and …
Land, freshwater species in Asia-Pacific impacted by plastic pollution: UN Study
Data on the impacts of plastic pollution on land and freshwater species missing from most research, according to new UN study
Land-based pathogens may hitch a ride on microplastics to oceans: Study
Microplastics can either float over long distances, spreading pathogens; or they can sink to oceanic depths, where filter-feeding animals reside …
Tropical waters have turned green in colour, courtesy climate change: Study
The green hue comes from chlorophyll, a pigment that helps microscopic plant-like phytoplankton make food; change in ocean colour indicates …
No place for toxins in circular economy
Plastic materials containing toxic chemicals should not be recycled; they should be phased out