Glaciers in the high heart of Asia feed its greatest rivers, lifelines for two billion people. Now the ice and snow are diminishing.

Freshwater animals are vanishing faster than those on land or at sea. But captive-breeding programs hold out hope.

The earthquake in Haiti was a reminder: Billions of people live in houses that can't stand shaking. Yet safer ones can be built cheaply

In the past century, two major outbreaks of disease led to the discovery of hantaviruses in the Old and New Worlds.

This study analysed genomic variation of the translation elongation factor 1α (TEF-1α) and the intergenic spacer region (IGS) of the nuclear ribosomal operon of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) isolates, from different banana production areas, representing strains within the known races, comprising 20 vegetative compatibility groups (VCG).

The paper highlights impact of environmental pollution on Health. The present study has been taken up in Tuticorin industrial town area. Major industries numbering 12 established in the district. They are engaged in the production of cotton, staple yarn, caustic soda, PVC Resin, fertilizers, soda ash, carbon-di-oxide gas in liquid etc., The important major industries are sterlite, SPIC, Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals, Dharangadhra chemicals work, Madura coats, Kilburn chemicals industries.

Rainfall is the major source of recharge to groundwater aquifers in Kerala. Most of the rainfall is received during a six months period, leaving the remaining six months between December and January to May as almost dry months. The rainfall amount and distribution pattern in any given year determines the level of groundwater scarcity during summer months.

Increasing prevalence of childhood obesity calls for comprehensive and cost-effective educative measures in developing countries such as India. School-based educative programmes greatly influence children's behaviour towards healthy living. We aimed to evaluate the impact of a school-based health and nutritional education programme on knowledge and behaviour of urban Asian Indian school children. Benchmark assessment of parents and teachers was also done.

The objective of the study was to analyze the macronutrient, micronutrient, food intake pattern, anthropometry, and lipid profile of urban Asian Indian adolescents and young adults and compare it with the nutrient profile of rural Asian Indian and American adolescents.

The continued high cost of fresh water and environmental concerns are causing more industrial plants to explore wastewater reuse options. Many facilities are finding it can be more economical to reuse wastewater from specific process areas or from sources outside the petroleum refining or petrochemical facility that it is to reuse wastewater from centralized wastewater treatment plants.