Carbon emissions harm marine organisms studies linking an increase in the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide to the acidification of oceans are widely reported and accepted. The effects of acidification on marine life are not well understood. A team showed a direct link between ocean acidification and decrease in the weights of calcareous shells of microplanktons. Scientists from the
RBI bags certificates for its energy efficient buildings government and private organizations are queuing up for five star ratings for their office buildings from the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (bee). The Bureau rates buildings on a scale of one to five depending on how efficiently they use energy. The scheme is voluntary and was launched in February 2009. The Reserve Bank of
Maharashtra food regulators seize consignments energy drinks sold in restaurants and grocery stores have caught the eye of food regulators in Maharashtra. In the first week of April, they seized large quantities of beverages sold under brands like Red Bull, Cloud 9, Fighter and SoBe Adrenaline Rush from godowns in Pune and Mumbai. Officials of the Food and Drug Administration found
A US bill undermines small farms, even gardening the Green Party of the US has urged the government to amend the food safety bill to protect small-scale farms and organic farming. The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 was introduced in the US House of Agriculture in February. It is pending with the House Committee on Agriculture. Following a recent wave of contaminated food
When it was introduced in Europe, people associated the potato with disease In 1769, the wheat crop failed in France. Bread, the French staple, disappeared from boulangerie shelves. There was rioting in the streets of Paris and hordes of undernourished people looted bakeries. The French monarchy which had just scraped through the Seven Years
