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Food systems largest violators of planetary limits: 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission

November 5, 2025 admin

Image used for representation only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Warning that food systems are the largest contributor to the breaching of planetary boundaries, accounting for five of seven breached boundaries, the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy, Sustainable and Just Food Systems has, in a report, called for placing justice at the centre of all…

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Fishing gear a major source of ‘microplastic’ contamination along Indian coasts

August 6, 2025 admin

The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), through the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), conducted field surveys along India’s coastline between 2022 and 2025 to assess microplastic and marine debris levels. Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The major sources of ‘microplastic’ pollution along India’s coasts are “riverine inputs” and abandoned, lost, and…

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U.N. body that regulates ocean floor prepares for election amid debate over deep-sea mining

July 27, 2024 admin

Representational Photo | Photo Credit: Reuters A United Nations (UN) body that regulates deep international waters is preparing to elect its next leader, a crucial position as it faces pressure to either ban, approve or place a moratorium on seabed mining. The upcoming election comes as the Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA) ended a two-week…

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UN body that regulates ocean floor prepares for election amid debate over deep-sea mining

July 27, 2024 admin

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2023 on course to be warmest year on record | Data

October 12, 2023 admin

FILE PHOTO: Police officers use a hose in effort to extinguish wildfires in Ogan Ilir regency, South Sumatra province, Indonesia, September 20, 2023, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. | Photo Credit: Antara Foto/Nova Wahyudi As the world gears up for COP28, there is alarming data on the horizon. The year 2023 is on…

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