Pollution

Trees are the best option to reduce the urban heat island effect

A new study from the University of Surrey has confirmed that green roofs and trees can reduce the urban heat island effect. The researchers found that green infrastructure can greatly reduce the surrounding air temperature, with trees found to be the most effective solution.  An urban heat island is a metropolitan area that is significantly warmer than its surrounding …

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Soil Carbon Turnover And Impact Of Global Warming of 2 Degrees Celsius.

The increased temperature alters the soil carbon turnover, that would release enormous amount of carbon from the soil with the warming going upward unabated. Global warming affects the planet in myriads of ways and one of the most dangerous aspects is the positive feedback from the planet in terms of further enhancing the warming of …

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Youth cycles 100 km to create awareness on global warming

In a unique endeavour to spread awareness on global warming, a youth of Pathsala town in Bajali district travelled 100 PATHSALA: In a unique endeavour to spread awareness on global warming, a youth of Pathsala town in Bajali district travelled 100 km on his bicycle on the occasion of his birthday. The youth, Bikash Kalita, …

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Getting to Low-Carbon High Seas

The global shipping industry’s annual greenhouse-gas emissions total more than one billion tons, making it a critical front in the fight against climate change. But whether the sector’s emissions will shrink or grow over the next decade will depend largely on what governments decide in the next few months. NEW YORK – This month, delegates …

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Air Pollution is the highest health risk for newborns in India: Study

More than half of these deaths were associated with outdoor  PM 2.5 and others were linked to use of solid fuels such as charcoal, wood, and animal dung for cooking.   NEW DELHI: A comprehensive analysis  of  air  pollution’s  global  impact  on  newborns  finds  that outdoor  and household  particulate  matter  pollution  contributed  to the  deaths  of  more …

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