A recent study conducted by Utility Bidder, a UK-based energy and utility cost comparison site, has identified India as the second-highest contributor to global deforestation rates. According to the report, between 2015 and 2020, India destroyed an average of 668,400 hectares of forestry, ranking only behind Brazil in deforestation rates. While India lost 384,000 hectares … Read more
Despite the widespread belief that recycling plastic can help alleviate the issue of pollution, only nine percent of plastic is actually recycled worldwide, with the rest ending up in landfills, including oceans, causing detrimental marine pollution. This global issue is exacerbated by the United States, which generates the most plastic pollution and recycles a mere … Read more
Residents of a village in Rajasthan are claiming that emissions from a nearby factory are having a negative impact on their health. After a factory was set up in close proximity to Rupaheli Kala village, many of its residents were forced to relocate due to the harmful air pollution it was emitting. More than 200 … Read more
A new report by the United Nations warns that the fast-growing bottled water industry may hinder progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal of providing safe water for all. Behind the bottled water industry, there are a number of issues related to environmental sustainability, water management, and social justice. The industry relies on a finite resource, … Read more
In 2022, air pollution reached alarming levels and it was estimated that 99% of the world’s population breathes polluted air. Now, a report by IQAir, a company that tracks air quality around the world, revealed that only 13 countries had “healthy” air quality The report also warned that the average annual air pollution in about 90% of … Read more
Pheromones play a crucial role in the sexual communication of insects, serving as chemical attractants that enable males and females of a species to mate. These pheromones are gender-specific and even slight variations can prevent mating as individuals can only recognize the distinct scent of their own species. Most insect pheromones are comprised of odor … Read more
A study from Columbia University, in the United States, stated that air pollution is associated with bone loss in postmenopausal women. The research, led by scientists at the Mailman School and published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, pointed out that this condition could increase the risk of developing osteoporosis, a disease in which the bones become … Read more
The oceans and large seas of the planet currently accumulate some 170 trillion pieces of plastic, a figure that is equivalent to some 21,000 polluting particles for each of the people who inhabit the Earth (8,000 million). Marine pollution by plastics amounts to approximately 2.4 million tons, its presence has accelerated in the last three … Read more
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to pay a fine of Rs 2 crore for not following its environmental obligations while constructing an eight-lane highway from Mukarba Chowk to Singhu border, Delhi. The NHAI did not take dust control measures despite the generation of dust, as per … Read more
A pioneering study of the daily level of fine particulate matter in the environment (PM2.5) around the world found that almost no place on Earth is safe from air pollution. According to the first global study on air pollution, only 0.18% of the earth’s surface and 0.001% of the world’s population lives at levels of pollution … Read more
