India’s Illegal Sand Mining Fuels Boom, Ravages Rivers
The sand-mining frenzy, as it is happening right now in western India, illustrates one of the most important questions India faces in its march to become a 21st-century economic powerhouse: Can this nation of 1.2 billion people pursue economic growth without destroying its environment?
Climate Scientists Say They Have Solved Riddle of Rising Sea
Massive extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, scientists said.