by Arpita Shome | Feb 19, 2019 | Home, News, Pollution, Rivers
At Chennai’s National Institute of Ocean Technology, a team of scientists have recorded blue and green microplastic particles as well as fibers in marine worms. Once they are in the bodies of marine creatures, they cause internal damage. Besides toxins, microplastics...
by Arpita Shome | Feb 9, 2019 | Food, Home, News, Pollution, Rivers
At Chennai’s National Institute of Ocean Technology, scientists recorded fluorescent blue and green microplastic particles and fibers in species of marine worms. They get inside the bodies of marine animals. They can cause internal damage. Apart from accumulating...
by Arpita Shome | Feb 1, 2019 | Food, Home, Pollution, Rivers
There is no doubt in this that plastic pollution is a growing worldwide problem right now, be it in water or land. Every now and then we can see images of marine animals and birds entangled in plastic waste. Years of senseless dumping of plastic waste has created a...
by Arpita Shome | Jan 30, 2019 | Health and Fitness, Home, News, Pollution, Tech
National Policy on Biofuel (2018) was recently approved by the Cabinet. Biofuels have caught everyone’s attention globally in the last decade or so and it is important to keep up with the pace of developments with respect to biofuels. In India it is of greater...
by Arpita Shome | Jan 16, 2019 | Home, News, Pollution, Solar, Sustainability, Tech
Shipping as a trade is crucial for trade. In fact, over 80% of global commerce goes through this route; however, this line of business has also been regarded by experts as an environmental problem. The entire industry produces carbon dioxide as much as the whole of...
