by Devaki Deshmukh | Sep 25, 2024 | Articles
Photo Credit: Lucien Wanda. Plastic pollution has become a ubiquitous problem, and India, as the third largest producer of single-use plastic (SUP) waste, faces significant challenges in managing this issue. The journey of a plastic product, from creation to disposal,...
by Devaki Deshmukh | Sep 25, 2024 | Articles
Photo Credit: Marcin Jozwiak. The chemical industry, which is said to be a cornerstone of modern manufacturing, is notorious for its harsh environmental impact and diverse forms of pollution. The industry’s direct emissions come primarily from burning fossil...
by Siddhartha Natarajan | Sep 25, 2024 | Articles
Photo Credit: Vincent M.A. Janssen. The term culpability may be loosely defined as accepting responsibility or blame and, by extension, the consequences and condemnation for a particular action perceived as wrong or resulting in a negative outcome. The concept of...
by Siddhartha Natarajan | Sep 25, 2024 | Articles
Photo Credit: Francesco Ungaro. During the Pleistocene Age and the early centuries of the Holocene, thousands of megaherbivores; mammoths, bison, elk, woolly rhinos – and many other animals weighing over 1000 kg – roamed a planet Earth that was in the grip...
by Siddhartha Natarajan | Sep 25, 2024 | Articles
Photo Credit: Karl Gerber, Hürth, NRW, Germany. The world around us is rapidly changing. As the percentage of land under pressure from industrial, agricultural and other anthropogenic activities expands, the climate crisis has worsened. The number of natural...
by Rabhelani Mthabisi Mguni | Aug 27, 2024 | Articles
Photo Credit: Gary Bembridge, First Street, Harare, Zimbabwe From a very young age, I was taught that the country of my birth was haunted by the lingering effects of its tragic history. Similar to the fiery images of hell reserved for the wicked, the horrors inflicted...
