Groundwater: A 21st-century challenge
The summer of 2019 brought Chennai, one of India’s largest metropolitan cities and the state capital of Tamil Nadu, to a halt. There was...
Climate change: Evidence and deniers
Political lobbyists, the fossil fuel industry, media moguls, and some individuals have spent more than the last 30 years sowing doubts...
Urban Sustainability : A 21st Century Challenge
One of the great challenges of our time is that of climate change. Since time immemorial, we have been told that the need of the hour is...
Starting small to solve bigger problems of the world
The world today is facing major problems, like climate change, the global refugee crisis, and so much more. These are problems that are...
The case of a misclassified cougar
According to news reports, scientists discovered last month that the Eastern cougar, which was previously said to be extinct by the...
Climate crisis: Is renewable energy our only hope?
Climate Change is a word we read almost daily. It is largely considered to be at the forefront of the many crises’ plaguing human...
Nature is the best defence against nature
Natural disasters are not an uncommon phenomenon. We see them every day in one form or another, be it hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanic...
Communicating climate change
Recently, the tank at the Sai Kung fish market in Hong Kong was seen spotted with unusual creatures. Buyers chose from live mantis...
The environmental impact of anaesthetics
Anaesthetics are often defined as compounds that induce a loss of consciousness in humans or loss of righting reflex in animals. Clinical...
Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink
The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner is one of the finest pieces of poetry in human history. It spoke of a man stuck at sea, surrounded by...
Renewable energy battery storage
The new innovation evolved by Joshuna Gallaway, an assistant professor in the department of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern...
Youth takes the front line on fighting climate change
There is no denying anymore that climate change is real, and is happening now! For years, we have seen protests and rallies to fight...
Social network in disaster reduction
The hurricane Dorian which affected the Bahamas left people destitute. The 165 mph maximum sustained winds were reported down from 185...
How he found a fish and became a knight
To gather more information about a special fish, Ben Moran,who had been a student of Northeastern University and also Knight-Hennessy...
Mission ‘Save the Coasts’
As is known, almost two-thirds of the major cities around the world are surrounded by coasts. Increase in population takes a toll on the...
Weighing the importance of Environmental Health
Behavioural neuroscience major, Alejandro Rovira, became Northeastern University’s first student to work on a routes co-op in a research...
This new device’s battery lasts for 10 years!
It might be easy to replace dead batteries in one’s home clock or smoke detector. But it’s problematic in more complex environments, say,...
This Northeastern student is helping to conserve ocean
Alexandra Doudera who found herself in Viña del Mar for a study abroad program was a student at the Northeastern University. She had some...
The Global Health Conference and what to learn from it
Kritika Singh is an expert in dealing with organising research and global health conferences. What’s more, she can even get people...



















