Is the Colour of Water Bodies an Indicator of their Health?
The answer is, it depends. The colour does tell us about the condition of the water body, such as if…
Road Traffic is a Major Source of Water Pollution too!
A running theme in this blog has been that pollution is transboundary. In the same vein, researchers from the University…
Cleaning Up the Singapore River
A few days ago, I was passing by the Singapore River at Clarke Quay and was struck by what a…
The Eutrophication of Artificial Lakes formed during Urbanisation
Zheng et al.’s (2021) article entitled ‘Dominant Contribution of a Lake’s Internal Pollution to Eutrophication During Rapid Urbanization’ explains how…
The Continued Failure to Clean the Ganges [Part 2]: Status of Personhood
The second interesting solution to address the polluted Ganges mentioned in the VICE video is that the river was…
The Continued Failure to Clean the Ganges [Part 1]: Carnivorous Turtles
Plans to clean the heavily polluted Ganges have been continually ineffective. This is one interesting solution that involves an organic…
Pollution of the Ganges River
It is no secret that the Ganges river is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. Indians born…
Current Concerns about Freshwater
The Anthropocene is characterised by the significant impact of humans on Earth and its systems. Our planet is populated by…