Category Archives: pollution

Turning Waste In Wealth (Energy)

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

We constantly turn wealth to waste. Now it is threatening the sustainability of our planet , our race. It  is high time we reverse this process. TERI’s enhanced acidification and methanation technology is a great leap forward in this direction. … Continue reading →

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Montenegro town’s dream: from toxic dump to eco-tourism hub

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

Once reputed as the most polluted spot in Montenegro, the remote northern town of Mojkovac is trying to shake off the stigma, clean up and promote itself as a new Balkans eco-tourism hub. read here

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Detecting Noise Pollution in the Sea

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

The Applied Bioacoustics Laboratory (LAB) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) has developed the first system equipped with hydrophones able to record sounds on the seafloor in real time over the Internet. The system detects the presence of cetaceans … Continue reading →

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Plants Play Larger Role Than Thought in Cleaning Up Air Pollution

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

The research, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., uses observations, gene expression studies, and computer modeling to show that deciduous plants absorb about a third more of a common class of air-polluting … Continue reading →

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