Water Pollution

HUNDREDS, AND POSSIBLY thousands, of fish have been found dead in a river in Co Cork, according to Inland Fisheries Ireland. A spokesperson for the organisation said an initial investigation indicates that a significant algal bloom caused the incident. The …

To the Editor: Re Polluting Farmers Should Pay (Sunday Review, Aug. 25): Catherine Kling is right: Those who cause the pollution should be required to pay for the cleanup.But a focus on regulations, penalties and farmers is misguided. The causes of polluti…

North Canterbury man Colin McCormick was "made for the outdoors", friends and family say. The talented musician and keen fisherman was hit by a car on Beach Rd, Kaiapoi, just after 1am last Friday. He died at the scene. It was yet to be confirmed whether …

Researchers monitor cannabis propagated using plant tissue-culture techniques at Ebbu in Evergreen, Colorado.Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/Getty Cannabis is the only plant known to produce tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), but it remains an imperfect…

Researchers monitor cannabis propagated using plant tissue-culture techniques at Ebbu in Evergreen, Colorado.Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/Getty Cannabis is the only plant known to produce tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), but it remains an imperfect…

To highlight the severity of the water crisis that plagues India, News18 is hosting the launch event of Mission Paani a movement against acute water shortage today (Tuesday, 27 August) from 2 pm to 3 pm. Alongside News18, Harpic will co-host the event. The H…

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…