True, a nearby supermarket makes our hectic life easy. But, do you know they contribute hugely to climate change? The Campaign group of Friends of the Earth informs this urging people to buy food from local shops as a solution tom this and cut…
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It is really not only shocking but disappointing to spot hundreds of dead dolphins along the shore of Zanzibar’s northern coast. But, what washed up these 400 harmless creatures to death is not immediately clear.
But, this much can be predicted that..
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Darwin received its biggest scare as Cyclone Monica smashed through it last week. You can blame global warming for more future super cyclones in Australia. Scientists and environmentalists are concerned about it.
The Australian Conservation…
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It is since 1980, more than 120 species of amphibians gone extinct! The entire populations of amphibians are dramatically getting wiped out. A devastating fungus is reportedly responsible for this precarious position the amphibians have reached.
The..
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This 35-million-year-old fossil is no ordinary discovery in the field of paleontology. This unique species, Thyrohyrax may have used a balloon-like structural chamber, shaped their bizarre jaws to produce sound. To make this finding, Duke University…
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A remnant of the last Ice Age, the Aletsch glacier has its rivers retreated 3.4 kilometers (2.1 miles)! And this is since peaking at a length of 23 kilometers (14 miles) in 1860! This alarming shrinking of the alpine glacier is estimated by Hanspeter…
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‘Decarbonizing’ is a dream of every next city. And hence it is the same with UK. This dream brings seventeen Tyndall Centre projects together, which integrates technologies, management strategies, policies and behavioral change to provide guidance to…
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The ‘ayurvedic’ branch of medicine survives on medicinal plants, which in turn heal a wide range of serious diseases. But, what if these pants are lost from the earth? Yes, deforestation in Borneo is leading to such worries! Blame illegal logging for…
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The British government has come up with a solution to Britain’s nuclear waste. It is likely to recommend on much of the waste that should be buried in deep disposal sites. Draft recommendations are to be released by a government advisory body.
It is…
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Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, a voluntary effort, is running by U.S., Australia, China and India to deal with climate change. Environment Minister of Canada Rona Ambrose is now looking for the efforts made by these…
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