All posts tagged "Human"
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India’s thriving chemical industry & urgent call for human biomonitoring studies
Implementation of biomonitoring programme will enable India detect health trends early, participate in global efforts to address common environmental, health challenges India’s...
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83पर्यावरणHuman activities slowed down Earth’s rotation
Earth has become slightly less spherical & more flattened due to movement of water from pole to equator Photo for representation: iStock...
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Poor regulation of aquaculture endangers human health
Closure of illegal aquaculture farms is a temporary solution, better regulation holds the key In an order passed recently, the Madras High...
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European Court of Human Rights reprimands Switzerland for not doing enough to tackle climate change
Violations of the European Convention for failing to implement sufficient measures to combat climate change, the court ruled Photo: @Klimaseniorin / X...
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Bird flu’s growing threat? After human case from infected cow in Texas, over 500 penguins found dead in Antarctica
The human patient had a mutation, PB2 E627K, which is linked to the virus adapting to mammalian hosts Photo for representation: iStock...
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Indians may already be experiencing temperatures close to limits of human survivability without even being aware
The basic criteria for IMD to declare a heatwave currently does not include take into account relative humidity, which is increasingly becoming a...
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Poverty reduction in reverse, far-right populism to blame, says UN 2023 Human Development Report
A ‘democracy paradox’, coupled with a sense of powerlessness & lack of control over government decisions, has fuelled political polarisation & inward-looking...
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75पर्यावरणMicroplastics have been found in human placenta: Is it a ticking bomb?
Microplastics have been found in human placenta: Is it a ticking bomb? Several studies have documented presence of nano and microplastics in...
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How air pollution impacts human health: Unpacking the science
(The story was first published in Down To Earth’s publication Body Burden: State of India’s Health, 2015) Uncontrolled emission of air pollutants means...
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107पर्यावरणSand and dust storms are increasing, human activities contribute 25% emissions: UNCCD
Such storms present a formidable challenge to achieving 11 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals Human activities contribute 25 per cent of global...
