Water Pollution

Back and neck pain, as well as knee and leg aches are common among nurses, who put in long hours and work in poorly-designed workspaces, a survey has revealed. The survey, carried out among 400 nurses in 21 hospitals in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai and Kolka…

The existence of water in deep Earth is considered to play an important role in geodynamics, because water drastically changes the physical properties of mantle rock, such as melting temperature, electric conductivity, and rheological properties. Water is tr…

An earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale has struck in Blackpool in what is the fourth tremor to strike the region in just six days. Hundreds of people are believed to have felt the quake near the Preston New Road fracking plant in Lancashire at arou…

The ninth researcher who was detained, the foundations chairman, Kavous Seyed-Emami, died in custody shortly after his arrest last year. Tehrans prosecutor general said Seyed-Emami, a professor who also held Canadian citizenship, had died by suicide, but fami…

Britain's only active fracking site has been hit by another tremor just a day after the largest ever earthquake to hit the Lancashire plant. Seismic instruments recorded the 1.05-magnitude quake at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road facility near Blackpool at 11.2…

Northumbria University graduate Danielle Coffey has designed a device that transforms oils and fats leftover from cooking into soap, to prevent them from polluting household water systems. Sápu, which is Icelandic for “soap”, is a kitchen product that aims t…

This June, about two-thirds of India experienced heat-wave conditions. Indian cities witnessed unusually high temperatures, which caused a spike in heat-related deaths. Although India is no stranger to heat waves, in recent years they have become more frequen…

(Bloomberg) -- The theme of the Federal Reserves annual gathering -- Challenges to Monetary Policy -- is a bit of an understatement. Central bankers nightmares are proliferating, including more turbulence on the trade front. Heres our weekly wrap of whats go…

Fracking has been stopped at the UK's only shale gas exploration site after the largest-ever tremor was recorded atthe facility, according to energy firm Cuadrilla. The Labour Party and environmental campaigners have renewed calls for fracking to be banned f…

Alabama Decatur: The city is trying to figure out how to ban guns from a water park were two people were shot. The Decatur Daily reports officials say they need a change in state law before banning visitors from bringing guns into Point Mallard water park. B…