Do you know 1.5 million people die each year only for cooking on traditional stoves? Yes, they breathe in poisonous fumes that mostly come from stoves fueled by wood, dung, coal and other solid fuels! The U.N. health agency revealed this statistics in.
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Blame global warming for those weakening air currents in parts of the Pacific region. And this is contributing hugely to an increase in rain all over this region. With this vast system of air currents weakening, the Pacific trade winds are getting…
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Though the international 1987 agreement banning CFCs is visibly going successful, with the Earth’s ozone layer slowly recovering, it is to be marked that the recovery is happening in a changing atmosphere! And thus, it is unlikely to stabilize at…
Ozone recovering, but it may not stabilize at pre-1980 levels! Read More »
A volcano on the Indonesian island of Java is oozing with molten lava, and it is over recent weeks, its signs of activity have increased. Though the exact timing of its eruption cannot be predicted, Mount Merapi is likely to erupt anymoment, scientists.
Already oozing Indonesia volcano may erupt any moment! Read More »
Taxes or subsidies determine the price of gas in different countries differently. Like in Venezuela one can get a gallon of gas with 15 cents only. But in Germany it costs $5.53. With the gas filled in your vehicle with $20, you can go to a different…
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After a major quake rocked the southern Pacific Ocean, all tsunami warnings issued have been canceled, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center informed. A quake measuring about 8.0 in magnitude shook the region, and it is followed by issuing of alerts for…
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Hence, another new disaster strategy to face the approaching hurricane season in New Orleans. With the hurricane season expected to run from June to November, New Orleans Mayor, Ray Nagin has unveiled a new strategy recently. Previously it was planned..
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Global warming is having its bite distinctly at China’s Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Glaciers covering the region are alarmingly shrinking by 7 percent a year and the environmental consequences may prove dire, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.
The…
China's melting glaciers may very soon turn Tibetan tundra into desert! Read More »
While on one hand scientists fear that global warming will one day devastate the under ocean corals, on the other it is recently found that there are some reefs that appear to be able to survive higher water temperatures. And they interestingly do this…
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It was just within the short span of perhaps 400 years, North American mammoths, ancient horses, and many other large mammals disappeared. This happened some 12,000 years ago. But, what led to their non-discriminatory death? Though the scientists…
What wiped out the large ice age animals in just 400 years? Read More »