Plutonium or greenhouse gases? Weighing the energy options
Can nuclear energy save us from global warming? Perhaps, but the tradeoffs involved are sobering: thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste generated each year and a greatly increased risk of nuclear weapons proliferation or diversion of nuclear material into terrorists' hands. So concludes University of Michigan professor Rodney Ewing, who has analyzed just how much nuclear power would n...Dirty snow may warm Arctic as much as greenhouse gases
Snow becomes dirty when soot from tailpipes, smoke stacks and forest fires enters the atmosphere and falls to the ground. Soot-infused sn...Lakhs of Indians Exposed to High Levels of Poisonous Gases
New Delhi: Millions of Indians are being exposed to high levels of poisonous gases, including cancer-causing volatile organic compounds and sulphur fumes//, and the country lacks the mechanism to monitor or regulate these toxins, according to a report relased here today. Titled 'Smokescreen: Ambient Air Quality in India,' the report by the Chennai-based Community Environmental Monitori...Invisible Gases Form Most Organic Haze in Urban, Rural Areas: Study
A University of Colorado at Boulder study has claimed that invisible and reactive gases hovering over the Earth's surface , form the bulk of organic haze in both urban and rural areas. Till now, the scientists and health professionals had believed that sources that spew soot and other tiny particles directly into the air were the primary culprit in the formation of organic haze. <b...