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From 'biologically dead' to chart-toppingly clean: how the Thames made an extraordinary recovery over 60 years

It might surprise you to know that the River Thames is considered one of the world’s cleanest rivers running through a city. What’s even more surprising is that it reached that status just 60 years after being declared “biologically dead” by scientists at London’s Natural History Museum. Yet despite this…

The Conversation

African cities can do more to protect children from climate change

Six in 10 people will be living in cities by 2030. This is concerning. Cities are responsible for over 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet cities can also do a lot to mitigate climate change and help people adapt to its impacts. Cities can use renewable energy sources, promote…

The Conversation

6 symptoms of poor air quality

These are some of the common signs and symptoms of poor air quality, according to experts.

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Trying to get a handle on dark spots and pigmentation at home? Experts say *this* is how treat hyperpigmentation

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What is the Air Quality Index?

What is the Air Quality Index and what exactly does it refer to?

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Air quality in the US since the passage of the Clean Air Act

On average, air quality has improved in the United States in the past several decades. Still, 82 million Americans lived in counties with pollution levels above the national standards in 2019.

USAFacts

New group will monitor pollution and sewage discharge in the River Almond

The group River Almond Action Group (RAAG) have met local politicians

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Burning question: Is Delhi losing the battle against air pollution?

IIT Delhi has found that this year stubble burning has started earlier than previous years and that Punjab is a bigger culprit in this matter than Haryana.

Newslaundry

Pollution versus politics in the uneasy town of #Thoothukudi

Even as governments, courts, lawyers, political parties and residents’ associations are grappling over the levels of pollution caused by Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), a coastal town of southern Tamil Nadu, 13 lives have been lost in police firings in the last two days here in a bid…

Newslaundry

Delhi’s Yamuna: A huge septic tank

Delhi has found new ways of contaminating the Yamuna river: electronic waste. As also the subsoil and ground water: A United Nations-backed study pointed out that India generated nearly 5 per cent of electronic waste produced globally in 2016.

Newslaundry

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