DrPrem Jagyasi

Uncompromising trade of oak plants possibly led to the introduction of a microbe that killed hundreds of thousands of oaks and tanoaks along the Pacific Coast, plant pathologists at the University of California, Berkeley said.

The study has…

It is beneath the mountain ranges the continental plates are active. And their movements are effected directly by rainfall on the land’s surface. Yes, the erosion caused by rainfall is also responsible for the movements. A University of Toronto…

Gabbro, a hard, black rock that forms by slow cooling of the molten magma trapped beneath Earth’s surface has been discovered for the first time under intact ocean crust.

It is aboard the research drilling ship JOIDES Resolution, scientists have…

Increase in agricultural production means increased use of nitrates as a nitrogenated fertilizer. And use of this through ages has given rise to environmental problems such as water contamination or even ozone layer degradation.

To find a solution to..

A newly found fossil could be the most primitive snake ever unearthed. The fossils of the legged snake with ‘hips’ have kicked up debates among scientists on the evolution of snakes, as the new finding suggests early snakes were not sea…

With nuclear power being increasingly appreciated and accepted across the world, United Nations health agency fears the health crisis may rise out of nuclear disaster. It said Tuesday that nuclear radiation may lead to cancer death of about 9,300…

A new discovery about the Antarctic has smashed the age-old thought that sub-glacial lakes had been completely sealed for millions of years, and it enables evolution of unique species in them. The buried lakes of Antarctica are surprisingly found to be…

Dubbed as the ‘Moat of Death’ a volcanic realm is found down below the South Pacific Ocean. It is weird in all its features. The bubbling submarine volcano strangely includes a swirling vortex, a shoal of peculiar animals, and a zone of toxic waters,…

Smoke and ash gushed out of the volcano in the Moquegua region 550 miles south of Lima, in southern Peru’s small farming town. Officials urged its residents to evacuate the town on Tuesday, as it rose 2,600 feet into the air. The residents are given a..

California’s State Lands Commission has put strict standards regarding seawater’s use by power plants. On Monday, it passed an advisory resolution advising the new power plant leases against using seawater as a coolant, or they will be highly…