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The production of this enzyme allowed a research team to produce something capable of digesting plastic most effectively. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists create plastic-eating enzyme

The production of this enzyme allowed a research team to produce something capable of digesting plastic more effectively.

19 Apr 2018 4:08 PM

Understanding the relationship between the numbers of birds and people is important for how we manage nature and wildlife in towns, cities. (Photo: Pixabay)

Urban areas crowded with more 'nuisance' birds: study

People living in neighbourhoods with more birds, shrubs and trees are less likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and stress.

16 Apr 2018 9:14 PM

More than 10,000 kilometres of rivers around the globe have concentrations of the drug in excess of the EU "watch list" limit of 100 nanogrammes per litre (Photo: AFP)

Research suggests threat to rivers from pharma waste

Endocrine disruptors, for examples, have notoriously induced sex changes in fish and amphibians.

11 Apr 2018 6:52 PM

Economic equality is key to solving environmental challenges to achieve the SDGs especially Goal 10, if India wants to achieve its ambitious climate goals in line with the Paris Agreement. (Photo: ANI)

Economic equality is key to achieve India's climate goals: Experts

The conference was organized by the Department of Policy Studies at the TERI School of Advanced Studies.

10 Apr 2018 2:50 PM

Rich nations want WTO members to discuss and agree on new issues such as labour, e-commerce, environment and sustainable goods and government procurement.

We won't like environment issues at WTO, says Suresh Prabhu

India on Wednesday said it is against taking up environment issues at the World Trade Organisation.

04 Apr 2018 5:10 PM

On average, each person individually consumes about eight kilogramme of chocolate per year, researchers said. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study finds chocolate production may be harming environment

Study finds it takes around 1,000 litres of water to produce just one chocolate bar.

03 Apr 2018 11:05 AM

On social media, the plogging craze is also gaining popularity. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's a workout plan that can save planet

Plogging, which is a combination of jogging and picking up, is sweeping the globe and the streets clean of garbage.

29 Mar 2018 1:47 PM

The doodle shows a group of women holding hands and standing around a tree (Photo: PTI)

Google comes out with a doodle to mark 45th anniversary of Chipko Movement

The movement started in 1973 and was launched by Sunderlal Bahuguna in Uttar Pradesh.

26 Mar 2018 11:59 AM

In countries around the world, at 8:30 p.m., people were switching off their lights for Earth Hour. (Photo: AP)

Lights go dark for Earth Hour to highlight climate change

Around India Gate, New Delhi’s monument to the Indian dead in World War I, thousands embraced the city’s nightly warm-weather ritual.

25 Mar 2018 5:28 PM

1 in 10 people have cocaine on their fingertips: study

Believe it or not, cocaine is a very common environmental contaminant - it is well known that it is present on many bank notes.

25 Mar 2018 12:21 PM

Concerns about climate change, environmental stress and animal welfare mean that "what we eat is an ethical as well as a health issue." (Photo: AFP)

Find out why you should try wildevore diet for healthy living

Diet incorporates philosophies of veganism, vegetarianism, flexitarianism, ethical omnivorism, and clean eating with relation to nature.

23 Mar 2018 8:24 AM

The researchers wanted to determine if they could slow down melting and extend the shelf life of ice cream using an extract from banana. (Photo: Pixabay)

Banana plant extract to help make ice cream 'melt-proof'

Despite its popularity, ice cream does have some drawbacks that food scientists have struggled to overcome.

22 Mar 2018 6:17 PM

Recent studies have demonstrated that these pollutant dyes are responsible for serious damage to aquatic ecological systems. (Photo: Pixabay)

Plastic used to remove toxic dyes from water

This breakthrough will be of interest to water companies worldwide and the next stage will be to see how it might clean-up other pollutants.

15 Mar 2018 7:06 PM

Vijender Gupta: Concerns expressed by court of prime importance

Mr Gupta pointed that no government can take the issues of environment and public safety lightly.

07 Mar 2018 2:26 AM

For every text message, for every phone call, every video you upload or download, there's a data centre making this happen. (Photo: Pixabay)

Smartphone tech most damaging to environment: study

Researchers from the McMaster University in Canada studied the carbon footprint of consumer devices like smartphones, laptops, tablets etc.

04 Mar 2018 3:10 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Seychelles swaps debt for groundbreaking marine protection

The government signed a bill restricting nearly all human activity in the waters around Aldabr.

23 Feb 2018 7:50 PM

Taiwan to ban disposable plastic items by 2030

The island started recycling plastic and pushing to reduce single-use plastic items more than a decade ago.

23 Feb 2018 1:41 PM

Vivienne Westwood, plus-size models protest at London Fashion Week

The protest soon took the Twitter by storm and trended under #IneosVthePeople.

19 Feb 2018 4:41 PM

The solar panel system installed at Shivalaya Tower in Thakur complex, Kandivali East, is expected to generate around 49,000 units every year. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sun helps society in Kandivali cut power bills by 50 per cent

The move came after the society resolved to move to a cleaner energy that also does not create a hole in the pockets.

17 Feb 2018 4:44 AM

The social side of being human

Social worker, motivator and enterprising business woman, Manju Mathew’s hope is to spread joy with her charitable initiatives.

15 Feb 2018 12:29 AM

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