Please wait...
Search : A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
28th Dec 2010 - Financial Express (New Delhi)
The Union Cabinet is all set to bring clarity and finalise procedures for forestry clearance of projects that involve large-scale displacement of tribal population. Lack of well-defined procedures for forestry clearances under the new Forest ...
27th Dec 2010 - Science Daily
What goes in must come out, a truism that now may be applied to global river networks. Human-caused nitrogen loading to river networks is a potentially important source of nitrous oxide emission to the atmosphere. Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse...
27th Dec 2010 - Articles Base
The environmental protection has attracted more and more people's attention. The whole world has been developing various ways to deal with the pollution. Although great progress has been achieved, environmental problems can not be stopped. Re...
28th Dec 2010 - Science Daily
Karin E Zimmer's PhD research shows that persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as PCB and mixtures of different POPs, affect the way the adrenal cortex functions and thereby the synthesis of the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol plays a...
29th Dec 2010 - Science Daily
A study in HortTechnology featured a new technology that improved greenhouse climates by reducing solar heat radiation and temperatures during the hot summer season. The study, published by a team of Canadian researchers, was the first investigation ...
28th Dec 2010 - Science Daily
Polyethylene mulches, used widely in commercial vegetable production to improve crop yields and produce quality, have distinct disadvantages. Disposal options are limited, and plastic mulches often end up in landfills, being burned, or disposed of il...
27th Dec 2010 - Science Daily
A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is relatively easy to ferment; and xylose, a five-carbon sugar t...
16th Dec 2010 - MSN Green News
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposed Memorandum of Understanding on green technologies that is among several agreements to be inked with China during the ongoing visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Though Co...
25th Dec 2010 - Daily News Analysis
A new study has revealed that the oriental hornet has built-in 'solar cells' that generate electricity from sunlight - a first in the animal kingdom. Study leader Marian Plotkin of Tel-Aviv University, said that scientists already kn...
25th Dec 2010 - Express india
At a seminar organised by the Pune Union of Working Journalists (PUWJ), 2001 Ramon Magsaysay Award (Community Leadership) winner Rajendra Singh spoke extensively on ‘River Pollution in India’. He talked about the increasing...