Pollution
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Photos show Manila Bay mangroves ‘choking’ in plastic pollution
The Navotas mudflats are among the last of their kind and act as a crucial feeding ground for migratory birds,…
- Animals, Birds, Conservation, Drugs, Endangered species, Environment, India, Pollution, Science, South and Central Asia, Veterinary medicine, Wildlife, World news, Zoos
Born to be wild: India’s first captive-bred endangered vultures are set free
Numbers of the country’s carrion-loving birds dropped by over 97% in the 1990s. Now, a successful breeding sch…
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New Zealand to ban most single-use plastics by 2025
Ban on plastics including cotton buds, packaging, cutlery, straws and fruit labels to be phased in from next y…
- Biodiversity, Business, Conservation, Environment, Global development, Oceans, Oil, Oil spills, Pollution, Shipping industry, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Wildlife, World news
Sri Lanka’s worst ever maritime disaster reveals the true cost of our identity crisis | Sandali Handagama
We must find a way to embrace shipping, the ocean and our place in the world without shackling ourselves to un…
- Environment, Oil spills, Pollution, Shipping industry, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
Sri Lankans face up to ‘unmeasurable cost’ of cargo ship disaster
Fishing communities fear for future as oil, plastic and toxic chemicals devastate ecosystemUntil last week Luc…
- Asia Pacific, Environment, Oil spills, Pollution, Shipping industry, Singapore, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
Sri Lankan officials brace for oil spill from sinking cargo ship
Navy tugboats and helicopters monitor wreckage as green film surrounds chemical-laden vesselSri Lankan officia…
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Sri Lanka faces environmental disaster as cargo ship burns for days – video
Aerial footage shows a cargo ship carrying chemicals on fire off the Sri Lankan coast. The fire on MV X-Press …
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Sandstorm and pollution turn Beijing sky orange – video
A sandstorm has combined with already high air pollution to turn the sky over Beijing an eerie orange. Air qua…
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How pandemic may finally sink Kashmir’s famous houseboats
Building and repair ban had turned Dal Lake into graveyard for sinking boats even before coronavirus and Delhi…
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How pandemic may finally sink Kashmir’s famous houseboats
Building and repair ban had turned Dal Lake into graveyard for sinking boats even before coronavirus and Delhi…
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It’s not just oceans: scientists find plastic is also polluting the air
New research links Delhi’s thick smogs to burning of plasticsPlastic waste in our oceans is now a well-known i…
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Pollution killed nearly 1.7m people in India in 2019 – study
Lancet report finds that toxic air caused rise in lung cancer, stroke and other diseasesPollution accounted fo…
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Delhi Covid crisis worsened by soaring pollution levels
Indian capital records highest single day rise in cases as monitor says pollution is at 14 times WHO safe leve…
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Russian rocket fuel leak likely cause of marine animal deaths
Injured surfers and large number of dead sea creatures reported in Kamchatka regionWater pollution in Russia’s…
- Coronavirus outbreak, Environment, Environmental sustainability, Global development, Hinduism, India, Marine life, Mumbai, Oceans, Pollution, Religion, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development
Covid turns tide on India’s Ganesh festival traditions
Thousands of ritual statues are dunked into the sea off Mumbai each year – but coronavirus and pollution conce…