Ravenous but a remedy all right
Famished bacteria are now known to be able to enter porous media like soil and create a bio-barrier to prevent the spread of pollutants
Getting down to it
A new technique that monitors emissions by detecting toxic substances right inside smokestacks, spells anathema for manufacturers who have been …
A natural antidote
A new technique shall help do away with unwanted, polluting byproducts of certain manufacturing processes
The live connection
Geological studies conducted in northern Chile reveal that the enrichment of metal ores through the weathering of rocks, is a process mediated …
Not so easy
Ecosystems that were expected to revive after power plants were ordered to clean up their act, have not done so
Street-smart settlers
Scientists report on the role played by two processes, rapid evolution and the founder effect, in shaping the existence of lifeforms migrating to …
Facts, at last
The first ever field study of the anaconda - the dreaded predator snake - has revealed a number of fascinating facts about the reptile's habits
Trouble in the air
The winter of 1995-96 has witnessed record lows in the levels of ozone in some areas of the Northern Hemisphere, affecting Europe in particular
Electrifying presence
Scientists at the University of Texas, US, are attempting the use of electrochemical and photochemical methods to purify polluted water. Apart …
Bright lights dim sights
There are various forms and faces of pollution today, and believe it or not, light is one of them. Yes, the concept of light pollution is …
Blow hot blow cold
North Americans have literally had to face some very rough weather this year After having dealt with a sweltering summer with sky-rocketing …
Salt, the saviour
The consumption of salt is currently being blamed for several health problems like high blood pressure and heart ailments that follow. Even …
Over the threshold
The survival and evolution of a species is dependant on both the competing claimsfor survival being asserted within the species and between …
Gone with the wind
Findings from a recent study conducted in Pakistan and Egypt by researchers from the Imperial College, London, suggest that a secondary pollutant,…
The heat is on
Climate is getting warmer and the effects of global warming are becoming increasingly noticeable in the flora and fauna in the UK
The southern connection
Building up of ice sheets in the far north might be due to strong currents in the South Atlantic
Clean and high
These are skyscrapers with a difference: they can remove large amounts of sulphur dioxide, ozone, soot and other polluting particles from the air
Green sands
Ancient Sahara was wetter and wilder before. Changes in vegetation have played a role in transforming its climate
Exceptional site
Bacteria help precipitate arsenic from the surface water that springs out of mining sites
A close hard look
Malaria is easy to check. Just do not let mosquitoes breed. This is the essence of the bioenvironmental way to control such tiny big disease …
Within the Earth's guts
The answers to puzzling climatic phenomena may lie inside the Earth and not just in the atmosphere and the sea
No gas mask
Numerous factors, besides nearness to the Union Carbide plant, affected the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy
Harvesting joy or sorrow?
Global warming would decrease crop production in developing countries but increase it in the industrialised world
A mysterious ring on a dwarf planet is puzzling astronomers
Quaoar, which revolves the Sun beyond Neptune, has a ring that is too far out according to current theories
New reactor powered by sun can convert plastic, CO2 into fuel
Cambridge researchers find way to turn PET plastic bottles and carbon dioxide into sustainable fuels like CO, syngas or formate