Massive Carbon-Capture Facility Spawns Skepticism and Hope
‘Norway’s Moon Landing’
Helge Hansen/ TCM
The world’s largest facility for filtering carbon dioxide out of industrial emissions was inaugurated in Norway this week. While some see it as a godsend in efforts to reach [...]
Can I go without a refrigerator?
When refrigerators hit the market in the late 1800s, it was a huge leap forward for civilized living. It offered a simple solution to the problem of bacteria-laden, disease-causing old food, not to mention the issue of losing money buying [...]
Oceans’ salinity changed over last half-century
Warmer atmosphere may be to blame for changes in water cycle
Over the second half of the 20th century, parts of the world’s ocean became saltier (red) and parts became fresher (blue) as the amount of water evaporating from the surface and [...]
Carbon capture plan for Peterhead
Two large energy firms have agreed to work together to develop carbon-capture and storage (CCS) in Aberdeenshire – if they can get the funding.
Shell and SSE want to develop carbon capture at Peterhead
The UK government said it would [...]
The day Buddha smiled at Pokhran
Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India’s first nuclear test, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, helped India conduct its first nuclear test way back in 1974.
A pillar of Indias nuclear programme, Sethna’s [...]
The cutting edge of India’s fast breeder programme
Why India’s fast breeder programme is cutting edge? After three decades of hard work, and despite the devastating tsunami of 2004, the 500 megawatt Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam is coming up at a furious pace, says Shivanand Kanavi [...]
Green Column: Airlines Weigh the Advantages of Using More Biofuel
The world’s airlines will carry 2.8 billion passengers and 46 million tons of freight this year. They will burn somewhere between 210 million and 220 million tons of fuel and generate 650 million tons of carbon emissions in the process.
Strong [...]
How parched villages save water in Rajasthan
Neem Singh’s daily bread comes from water. He draws water from a kuin (small well), fills a metal container reminiscent of the trunk used for storing clothes, and takes it back to the village pulled by his camel-cart — the tyres [...]
Bengal villages offer lessons in water self-help
Join hands to clean water, ensure regular testing at little cost. Banashree Bera and Alaka Jana are no ordinary women. Together, the two housewives from Chakrimulia village in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district can dismantle and reassemble [...]
