Month: December 2019

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Interview: ‘People Confuse Scientific Objectivity With Ideological Neutrality’

Thomas Manuel 12/12/2019

A new biography chronicles J.B.S. Haldane's life in the...

Thoothukudi, Tuticorin, Sterlite copper, copper smelting, chimney stack, greenbelt, environmental impact assessment, air quality index, sulphur dioxide, SIPCOT industrial estate, SIPCOT, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, National Air Monitoring Program,

Tuticorin Air Quality Improves Noticeably After Sterlite Closure: TNPCB Data

Nityanand Jayaraman 11/12/2019

Any air pollution monitor that does not record a...

COP25 Diary, COP25, COP25 climate summit, UNFCCC, greenhouse gas emissions, emissions gap, SR 15, IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Antonio Guterres, Greta Thunberg, Jair Bolsonaro, Donald Trump, Madrid, Spain, Katowice, Poland, Paris Agreement, Nancy Pelosi, national determined contributions, carbon credit, Kyoto Protocol, carbon dioxide,

COP 25: How Did We Get Here And Where Are We Headed?

Aditi Tandon 11/12/2019

Emphasising the urgency in action, in September this year,...

Indian Space Research Organisation, GSLV Mark 3, GSLV, PSLV, Advanced Data Processing Research Institute, ISRO, Observer Research Foundation, remote sensing, satcom policy, space security, International Code of Conduct for Outer Space, space weapons, Prevention of Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, rendezvous and proximity operations, Geospatial Information Regulation Bill 2016, Ikonos satellite,

ISRO Launches Radar Imaging Satellite RISAT-2BR1 on PSLV’s 50th Flight

The Wire Staff 11/12/2019

The 628 kg satellite will carry nine customer satellites,...

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Rift Over Sharing Consequences of Historical Emissions Deepens at COP25

Kabir Agarwal 11/12/2019

Countries have made no significant headway on any of...

climate change, global heating, global warming, climate emergency, climate crisis, climate breakdown, COP25, COP25 Madrid, NDC, wicked problem, Horst Rittel, Melvin Weber, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Arctic, dangerous anthropogenic interference, 1.5 degrees, 2 degrees, industrial revolution, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, BECCS, consumption, consumerism, Siberia, economic growth,

10 Reasons Why Climate Change Is a ‘Wicked’ Problem

Raghu Murtugudde 11/12/2019

6. Ordinary problems come with a limited set of...

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Why Rattan Manjari Fights for Tribal Women’s Land Rights in Himachal Pradesh

Vandana K 11/12/2019

When Manjari was 23, she was elected the first...