印度环保组织“点废成金”

在印度首都新德里,人们正在实施一个大胆的废物回收利用计划,力图把被丢弃的塑料袋转化成高科技的时装原料和精美的日常用品。这个资源回收利用计划不仅生产高级女用时装手袋,还把废塑料变成文件夹、鞋架、储物盒、桌布和垫板。该计划是由当地的非政府组织自然保护组织推广的。该组织认为这个资源回收利用计划是“一个有效的废物处理计划,并且给当地城市贫民带来了一个新的谋生的手段”。自然保护组织成立于1 988年,它长期致力于环保项目的开发和推广,如把家庭日常垃圾转变成混合肥料。近两年该组织主要关注的是废塑料回收利用问题。废塑料…     

中国、印度和世界的新秩序

中国和印度几乎同时出现在世界舞台表明国际事务的架构发生了史无前例的变化.这两个占世界人口40%的巨人,其人口相当于位居其后的20个人口最多国家的人口总和.在十九和二十世纪,这两个巨人长期在主宰国际事务的欧洲、日本和美国的阴影之下沉睡.     

印度石油公司石油转运站发生火灾

2004年6月3日,印度西孟加拉邦Burd-haman地区Rajbandh的印度石油公司的石油转运站的一台油罐遭到闪电袭击起火。48小时后火势被控制,其它储罐被隔离、冷却,并用水驱散蒸气,以减少临近储罐发生爆炸的可能性。大火70小时后被扑灭。临近数个村庄的大约1 000人被疏散。印度石油公司石油转运站发生火灾     

Elemental sulfur effects on Pb and Zn uptake by Indian mustard and winter wheat

A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of elemental sulfur to contaminated soil on plant uptake by a heavy metal hyperaccumulator, Indian mustard( Brassica juncea ) and a field crop, winter wheat( Triticum. aestivum). Elemental sulfur(S) with different rates was carried out, they were 0(S0 ), 20(S20 ), 40(S40 ), 80(S80 ), and 160(S160 ) mmol/kg respectively. Extra pots with the same rates of S but without plants were used for soil sampling to monitor pH and CaCl2-extractable heavy metal changes. The results showed that S enhanced phytoextraction of Pb and Zn from contaminated soil. Application S effectively decreased soil pH down to 1.1 as the most at the rate of Sl60. The concentrations of CaCl2-extractable Pb and Zn in soil and uptake of Pb and Zn by the plants were increased with soil pH decreased. A good correlation between CaCl2-extractable Pb/Zn and soil pH was found( Rpb^2 = 0.847 and RZn^2 = 0,991, n = 25). With S application, soil CaCl2-extractable Pb and Zn concentrations, concentration of Pb and Zn in plants and the amount of removal by plant uptake were significanfly higher than those without S. Under the treatment of S160, the highest CaCl2-extmctable Pb and Zn were observed, they were 4.23 mg/kg and 0.40 mg/kg, 2.7 and 2.0 times as that of the control(So ) respectively. At the highest rates of S( Sl~0 ), both Indian mustard and winter wheat reached the highest uptake of Pb and Zn. The highest Pb concentrations in wheat and Indian mustard were 32.8 mg/kg and 537.0 mg/kg, all 1.8 times as that of the control, and the highest Zn concentrations in wheat and Indian mustard were 215.5 mg/kg and 404.0 mg/kg, 2.4 and 2.0 times as that of the control respectively. The highest removals of Pb and Zn from the contaminated soil were 0.41 rag/pot and 0.31 nag/pot by Indian mustard in the treatment of S160 through 50 days growth.     

“亚洲褐云”之谜

20世纪90年代初期，科研人员在从斯里兰卡到阿富汗的整个印度半岛南亚上空距地面14公里处发现了一片3公里厚的“亚洲褐云”。联合国环境规划署成立了一个研究小组，对这块云层进行研究。     

强化"危险意识"

虽说印度的铁路与公路网还比较发达，几乎覆盖到国土的所有地方，但据说这还是从上世纪初作为英国殖民地时期开始发展起来的。交通可谓发达，可管理上却差劲透顶了，简单用一句话来概括，那就是车上“推推桑桑”，路上“磨磨蹭蹭”。     

印度妇女与抱树运动

如果你去印度旅行，将有许多有趣而且重要的停靠地。但第一个应当是位于喜马拉雅山山坳的“大地”。这个印度最北边的村庄曾发生了举世瞩目的非暴力生态运动——抱树运动。     

印度司机超速罚蛙跳500米

印度的交通警察，为制止超速驾车出了一个奇招：凡是被警察抓到的超速驾驶员，必须握住双耳，当场青蛙跳500米。在此过程中，受罚司机还必须一边跳，一边不停地大声呼喊自己最喜欢的政治人物的名字。     

中国与印度典型城市道路街尘中多环芳烃与黑碳的对比研究

为探讨城市道路街尘中多环芳烃(PAHs)和黑碳(BC)的分布特征,2007年12月～2009年2月,分别在中国的北京、上海、广州和武汉以及印度的加尔各答采集了城市主干道的街尘.样品处理后分别用GC-MS和元素分析仪进行测定.结果表明,中国主要城市道路街尘中PAHs的含量范围为2.30～22.2μg.g-1,主要是以荧蒽、菲、芘、、苯并(b)荧蒽和苯并(ghi)苝为主要的多环芳烃化合物.印度加尔各答PAHs的含量范围为4.85～30.5μg.g-1,呈现出以2环的萘为主要的PAHs化合物.BC在中国主要城市道路街尘中的含量值高于印度的加尔各答,说明了2个国家可能的不同能源结构和能源消耗.相关分析表明,PAHs与BC在不同的城市显示出不同的特点,可能指示了不同的来源.特征比值法表明城市街尘中的PAHs主要来源于机动车排放,其次来源于燃煤.     

Petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations in eight mollusc species along Tamilnadu coast, Bay of Bengal, India

Eight mollusc species and sediment samples collected from three different stations along Tamilnadu coast, Bay of Bengal, India were analysed for the levels of petroleum hydrocarbons to elucidate the status of the petroleum residues in mollusc meant for human consumption. The concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons in sediments along Tamilnadu coast varied from 5.04–25.5 g/g dw (dry weight). High concentration of petroleum hydrocarbons in the sediment of Uppanar estuary (25.5 1.45 g/g dw) was perhaps land and marine based anthropogenic sources of this region. The petroleum hydrocarbon residues in eight mollusc species collected from Uppanar, Vellar and Coleroon estuaries varied between 2.44–6.04 g/g ww (wet weight). Although the concentration of petroleum hydrocarbons in sediment of the Uppanar region was markedly higher than the background, the petroleum hydrocarbon residues in mollusc collected from Uppanar estuary did not suggest bioaccumulation. The results signified that industrial growth has affected the aquatic environments and regular monitoring will help to adopt stringent pollution control measures for better management of the aquatic region.