Bioremediation adoption: Safeguarding Nepal's natural resources The Bagmati River, once a symbol of purity and spirituality, now symbolises severe ecosystem degradation. Opinion 11 Sep, 2024
Building resilience against monsoon hazards: Call for preparedness The monsoon season is a time of both opportunity and challenge for Nepal. It fuels our agriculture, a sector that contributes nearly 25 per cent of the country’s GDP and supports over 60 per cent of our population. Opinion 22 Aug, 2024
Experts warn of �dead zone� in Chesapeake Bay from pollution CONOWINGO: When the Conowingo Dam opened to fanfare nearly a century ago, the massive wall of concrete and steel began its job of harnessing water power in northern Maryland. It also quietly provided a side benefit: trapping sediment and silt before it... Art & Culture 07 Jul, 2019
UN: Environment is deadly, worsening mess, but not hopeless WASHINGTON: Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a new UN report says. Climate change, a global major extinction of animals and plants, a human population soaring toward 10 billion,... Women 13 Mar, 2019
Financial costs of mercury contamination a heavy burden Kathmandu, June 5 Organising a press meet today, researchers of the Centre for Public Health and Environmental Development presented the estimated economic losses associated with mercury pollution. The research determined that the annual... Horoscopes 06 Jun, 2017
"Doomsday Clock" reflects grave threat to world STANFORD, CALIFORNIA: Rising tension between Russia and the US, North Korea's recent nuclear test and a lack of aggressive steps to address climate change are putting the world under grave threat, scientists behind a "Doomsday Clock" that measures... Women 27 Jan, 2016
Scientists say car emissions rigging raises health concerns LONDON: Volkswagen's admission that it rigged car emission tests has prompted environmental and health experts to ask whether such deception could have hampered progress in reducing death and disease from air pollution. Volkswagen's Chief... Environment 24 Sep, 2015
Palm oil is killing crucial rainforest Palangkaraya, April 13:Sulur is 50 years old, delicately built, but strong as a bear. With high swings, the Indonesian slams his axe into the stem of an oil-palm fruit bunch two, three, four times. Then the bunch of black-orange, berry-like fruits... 13 Apr, 2007
Polluted Narayani a threat to aquatic life Himalayan News ServiceNawalparasi, February 2:Increasing level of pollution in the Narayani, caused by rapid pace of urbanisation and industrialisation, has threatened aquatic life in the river.Hazardous chemicals, which are disposed of in the river by... Travel 02 Feb, 2005
