by Arpita Shome | Feb 9, 2019 | Home, Initiatives
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 | Home, Initiatives
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 Karishma Raj | Jan 31, 2019 | Ecofriendly & Tech, Home, Initiatives
Coastal communities in Ullal, a region in Mangalore, are experiencing a wide range of natural hazards that include coastal erosion, flooding from upland runoff, high and low lake levels, severe storms, storm waves and storm surge, shoreline erosion, landslides, and...
by Shafa Sajjad | Jan 12, 2019 | Home, Initiatives
We all are aware of the fact that most of the civilizations developed near rivers. Even over the course of history, many great cities grew on the banks of rivers around the globe. This is because rivers enrich the soil for crop growth and provide easy transportation...
by Greenubuntu Bureau | Jan 10, 2019 | Home, Initiatives
With the arrival of monsoon, natural forces come alive in the coastal region of Karnataka. The interplay of sand, water and wind engage in a sea dance, terrifying those who live on the coast. In common parlance, this is called sea or coastal erosion which is often...
by The Third Pole | Dec 9, 2018 | Ecofriendly & Tech, Home, Initiatives
I, recently, came across real news about Pakistan, which merit sharing and commenting. According to a July 2017 article by Carole Dalin at the University College, London as well as fellow authors, in the journal Nature, which is the world’s top journal for scientific...
