Last Updated: October 09, 2024, 17:09 IST The journey began in Jammu on October 4th, flagged off by Dr. Devansh Yadav, CEO of Jammu Smart City. With this expedition, NueGo will become the first electric bus brand in the world to achieve this incredible feat, covering over 4,000 kilometers from the mountains to the coast. … Read more
South Africa produces a sufficient amount of food to feed every person in the country. However, there is also a significant amount of food waste in the country. FOOD WASTE IN SOUTH AFRICA The Impact Summit 2024, held in Johannesburg on 8 October, addressed various topics, such as sustainable eating, environmental impact and food waste. … Read more
Electric vehicle battery manufacturer Northvolt says construction of a $7-billion plant on Montreal’s South Shore will proceed as planned, despite announcing on Monday its intention to lay off 1,600 employees in Sweden. The Swedish multinational said it plans to cut 1,000 jobs in Skellefteå, 400 in Västerås and 200 in Stockholm — about a fifth of its … Read more
A new agreement between Canada and the United States is reigniting the possibility of a spaceport in rural Nova Scotia. Federal cabinet minister and Nova Scotia MP Sean Fraser announced in Halifax Friday that the two countries have negotiated a Technology Safeguards Agreement, which would allow the use of U.S. space launch technology, expertise and data … Read more
Oxygen is being produced on the ocean floor — seemingly by ancient lumps of metal — according to a new study. That discovery is putting the scientists behind it at odds with the Canada-based mining company that funded them. “We were the worst critics of this paper for a long time,” Andrew Sweetman of the Scottish … Read more
Shellfish caught in British waters has been found to contain alarming amounts of fibreglass which could be harmful to humans when eaten. New research found particles of the glass-reinforced plastic in mussels and oysters in Chichester Harbour, a popular sailing destination on the south coast of England. Scientists at Brighton and Portsmouth universities, who compiled … Read more
Cancer-causing chemicals are being blown downwind from coal mines in southern British Columbia in concentrations that rival those next to oilsand mines, newly published research has concluded. “Our results reveal, for the first time, clear evidence that coal mining contaminants are spread far downwind from their sources,” says the paper, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The … Read more
NEW DELHI: A new study warned that the rapid increase in Starlink satellites launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX could significantly deplete Earth’s ozone layer. With 6,000 of the 8,100 objects currently in low Earth orbit belonging to Starlink, the environmental impact of these satellites is raising concerns among scientists.Joseph Wang, a researcher in astronautics at … Read more
NEW DELHI: Children and foetuses exposed to hot and cold environments impact their brain’s white matter, responsible for connecting various brain regions and enabling communication, a new research has found. Researchers said that children are especially vulnerable to extreme environments as their bodies’ temperature regulation processes are still immature. They also found that early exposure … Read more
A diet promoting plant-based protein to help the environment now has a more human argument: It may lower your risk of dying from several major diseases. “It wasn’t just one cause of death. It was right across the board,” said Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public … Read more
