Plastic and Traces of Hazardous Chemicals in Antarctica
According to a new study, plastic and traces of hazardous chemicals have been found in Antarctica, one of the world's last great wildernesses.
Researchers had taken water and snow samples from remote areas of the continent earlier this year.
These have now been analysed and researchers have confirmed the majority contained persistent hazardous chemicals or microplastics.
Jun 06, 2018
World Environment Day 2018
June 5 is marked by the United Nations as World Environment Day.
World Environment Day is the United Nations' (UN) most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment, since it began in 1974.
Each World Environment Day is organised around a theme that focuses attention on a particularly pressing environmental concern. The theme for the World Environment Day 2018 is "Beat Plastic Pollution".
May 25, 2018
Canyons Discovered in Antarctica
Scientists have discovered three vast canyons in one of the last places to be explored on Earth - under the ice at the South Pole.
Dr Kate Winter from Northumbria University, UK, and colleagues found the hidden features with radar.
As per the team, the canyons play a key role in controlling the flow of ice.
May 24, 2018
First German City to Ban Older Diesel Cars
Hamburg is to become the first German city to ban some diesel cars to improve air quality, setting a template for other urban centres in the country.
The ban will affect about 214,000 cars, more than two-thirds of the diesel vehicles registered in Germany's second-largest city.
May 23, 2018
International Biodiversity Day
The International Biodiversity Day is observed every year on 22nd May to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity. The theme for this year was 'Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity'. It marks the 25th anniversary of entry into force of Convention on Biological Diversity.
The term Biological Diversity (or Biodiversity) was first coined by wildlife scientist and convervationist Raymond F. Dasmann in 1968.
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