On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...
They centre around The Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) plant in Bhopal, India which started production in 1969, producing carbaryl insecticides. The plant initially used imported Methyl Isocyanate (MIC ...
The toxic methyl isocyanate gas leak from the Union Carbide factory on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984 killed more than 3,000 people and affected 1.02 lakh others. BHOPAL ...
Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh and is the main rail junction of Central India. The city hogged international attention after the worst industrial disaster when the Union Carbide plant leaked ...
As the researchers note, “A diverse agricultural system can better absorb shocks and maintain productivity, ensuring food security in the face of uncertainty.” A wide range of species present within ...
(Beyond Pesticides, November 1, 2024) In a study published earlier this year in Soil Science Society of America Journal, researchers at Kansas State University document direct evidence that organic ...
In 1984, the Bhopal gas tragedy left 500,000 people exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas. The immediate death toll at time was reported to be 2,259. A study by Ingrid Eckerman estimates that at ...