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Feb 19 2019

Bengaluru lake pollution: Engineering student offers fruity solution to frothy problem

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Environment, Pollution, Save Earth / By SLSV / February 19, 2019 February 19, 2019

s. Bengaluru: Worried by the pathetic state of Bellandur lake and Varthur lake that made news worldwide, an engineering student claims to have come up with a low-cost solution.Pavan Reddy, an aeronautical engineering student studying at MVJ Engineering College recently undertook a project that primarily uses fruit peels to reduce pollutants and filter out effluents that …

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Feb 18 2019

Biodiversity of Hindu Kush Himalayas will plummet by 2100

Leave a Comment / Environment, Information, research, Save Earth / By SLSV / February 18, 2019 February 18, 2019

The global biodiversity hotspot will lose up to 87% of or.iginal habitat by the end of the century, with repercussions around the world. It’s not just the snow and ice that’s disappearing on the roof of the world. Animals and plant species, crop diversity and ecosystem diversity are disappearing in one of the world’s richest …

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Feb 15 2019

India and China are greener than you think, says NASA

Leave a Comment / Environment, Information, Save Earth / By SLSV / February 15, 2019 February 15, 2019

A NASA study says contrary to the popular notion, India and China account for one-third of the worlds greening efforts. Washington: India and China are leading the global greening effort, which is quite contrary to the general perception worldwide, a latest NASA study said Monday, observing that the world is a greener place than it …

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Feb 13 2019

China and India help make planet leafier

Leave a Comment / Environment, Information, Pollution, research, Save Earth / By SLSV / February 13, 2019 February 13, 2019

China and India, two of the world’s biggest polluters, are making it leafier – for now, a report says. The greening effect stems mainly from ambitious tree-planting in China and intensive farming in both countries.There are now more than 2 million sq miles of extra leaf area per year, compared with the early 2000s – …

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Feb 12 2019

Insects are dying at an alarming rate – and this is terrible news for life on Earth

Leave a Comment / Environment, Health, Information, research, Save Earth / By SLSV / February 12, 2019 February 12, 2019

Two-fifths of the world’s insect species may disappear over the next few decades, and we could be looking at a world without any insects at all within a century. Given insects’ importance for sustaining plant and animal life—by pollinating plants and serving as a food source—that’s as dire a prediction as they come. The warning …

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