From January 1 this year, the European Union banned the export of unsorted plastic waste to less industrialized nations outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as a part of new rules amending the bloc’s 2006 Waste Shipment
Author: Gautami Shah
Himalyan snow cover or plastic cover?
The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) spans over 5.37 lakh square kilometres, nearly 16.2% of the total geographical area of the country. Administratively, the ten states i.e. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura
We need more environmental heroes like Aayush
Aayush Babu is a pet lover and environmentally conscious student of Class X at Don Bosco Academy – Patna. Aayush first visited Tarumitra in Class VIII as a visitor who wanted to take a break from mathematics and physics
Himalayas – A Peril in Paradise
The Himalayas were here before our anthropoid ancestors (monkeys and apes) evolved into our species ‘Homo Sapiens’ and ultimately this geological spectacle of the earth’s crust will outlast our species. Himalaya literally mean the ‘Abode of the Snow’
Time for some good news! But we have a long way to go
As per the worst case scenarios by the UN’s climate change projections, global temperatures would increase more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) by 2100, leading to at least 1.5 feet (0.5 meters) in global sea level