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India eyes biofertilisers after Mideast war stoked supply fearsUnder a shed in north India, women scoop cow dung, lumps of unrefined sugar and flour to produce biofertiliser -- part of a growing effort ...
India’s fertiliser subsidy model is broken; direct income support is the only way forward: Ashok GulatiIndia’s fertiliser subsidy regime is facing scrutiny; rising global fertiliser and energy prices and rising fiscal pressures expose its ine...
CO2 in the atmosphere up by record amount in 2024: UNThe increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere last year was the biggest ever recorded, the United Nations said Wednesday, ...
World will miss Paris climate target as nitrous oxide rises, report saysFailing to control nitrous oxide emissions jeopardizes achieving the Paris climate goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. ...
Laughing Gas set to become illegal substance by year's end, possession to result in jail timeThe UK government has taken a resolute measure to reclassify nitrous oxide or laughing gas as a class C drug, rendering its possession unla...
Air pollution speeds up bone loss from osteoporosis: Study
Greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere hit record high in 2021: WMO"The increase in carbon dioxide levels from 2020 to 2021 was larger than the average annual growth rate over the last decade. Measurements ...
UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the UN weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an “om...
UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021Of the three main types of heat-trapping greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide - the biggest jump from 2020 to 2021 ...
How technology can decrease carbon footprint in agricultureAgriculture accounts for close to 80% of total nitrous oxide emissions, mainly generated from the application of synthetic nitrogen fertili...
India power ministry seeks 2-year delay for emission norms deadlineIndia's power ministry has sought a two-year extension from the environment ministry for utilities to install emission cutting equipment, a...
Now, penguin poop is no laughing matterThough it emits nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas, it is dangerous.
- Energy sector accounts for 58% of greenhouse gas emissions: Govt
The government on Monday informed Parliament that the energy sector in the country was the biggest emitter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission...
Climate-damaging greenhouse gases reached new record high in 2013The shocking disclosure is part of the WMO's annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, released in Geneva.
- Carbon emissions surged at a record pace last year: World Meteorological Organization
CO2 levels increased more between 2012 and 2013 than during any other year since 1984 according to WMO's Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) netw...
Giving up beef will be more beneficial to planet than driving carsCattle require on average 28 times more land and 11 times more irrigation water are responsible for releasing five times more greenhouse ga...
- US greenhouse gas emissions down by 10% since 2010: Report
Greenhouse gas emissions by the US dropped 3.4% in 2012 from the previous year and by 10% since 2005, according to an official report.
- UN report on laughing gas underlines climate risk
The United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday released an eye-opening report on side-lines of the on-going climate talks, warn...
Area under jhum cultivation significantly reduced in Arunachal PradeshJhum cultivation, also known as the slash and burn agriculture, is the process of growing crops by first clearing the land of trees and veg...
- Laughing gas largest threat to Ozone layer
A study says that laughing gas is present in the atmosphere in large amounts and is one of the greatest ozone depleting substances.