Scientific India Magazine - May - June 2023

In this issue

COVER STORY: The Arctic could go ice-free in summer by 2030
FEATURESCYTISINE: Smoking Cessation Aid
NEWS: Himalayan glaciers melting 65% faster than previous decade
ARTICLE: Universe's lightest element to solve its biggest threat
NEWS: Half of world's largest lakes losing water

The Arctic Could Go Ice-Free In Summer By 2030

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km

2 mins

Himalayan glaciers melting 65% faster than previous decade

Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists have warned

1 min

Unsustainable coffee production is making more and more people sick

Intensive pesticide use on coffee farms around the world is leading to progressively more reports of poor human and animal health

3 mins

CYTISINE: Smoking Cessation Aid

Smoking remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide with over a billion people being smokers and up to 7 million deaths annually being attributed to tobacco use

4 mins

Half of world's largest lakes losing water

More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a ground breaking new assessment published in Science. The key culprits are not surprising: warming climate and unsustainable human consumption

2 mins

Glutamate Receptor Antagonist: A Potential Threat to Developing Nervous System

Glutamate receptor antagonists are powerful drugs that are extensively used in modern medicine for their analgesic and anaesthetic properties

4 mins

World's largest Living Plant is a Seagrass

High-school textbooks have made us learn that there is a Giant Seqouia tree in Sequoia National Park in California that is over 300 feet tall and is the largest plant on this Earth

3 mins

E-Cigarettes And Cocaine Delivery

Cocaine is a potent stimulant drug that is widely used for recreational purposes. It has been known to provide an intense high that can quickly lead to addiction and other negative consequences

5 mins

Origins and composition of planet Mars

A new study has uncovered intriguing insights into the liquid core at the centre of Mars, furthering understanding of the planet's formation and evolution

2 mins

Universe's lightest element to solve its biggest threat

Until Carl Benz invented world's first automobile, the three-wheeled Motorwagen, in 1886, humans primarily used their legs to travel. Then there were also domesticated animals such as horses and camels, and carts and chariots that took people from one place to the other. But things completely changed when motor vehicles came into use

4 mins

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