DrPrem Jagyasi

What tore the ozone apart in the Earth’s stratosphere? Human-made chemicals? True. But, not to the extend what a massive solar flare did in 1859! It all happened in the last 500 years by the largest solar flare that may have shredded the Earth’s ozone…

Heartening news in a world where we hear a lot about environmental degradation and an increasing number of species facing extinction. In a recent press release, the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) revealed that a very rare species of owl, first…

Scots! Here is a message for you. Want to combat your health record unenviable? Then gear up to protect, enjoy and respect the surrounding landscape of Scotland. ‘It is the key to improving your nation’s health’ — According to SNH (Scottish Natural…

Can you make out where these two images are similar and where they differ largely? These two images are of the same rocky outcrop on Glyder Fawr, in Snowdonia’s Glyderau range. But, astonishingly, in the later image no snow can be seen anywhere….

Mass killing of animals for protecting another?! How friendly is it for the nature’s food chain? And to add to it, Alaskan officials are luring hunters with cash and other incentives to do this job – i.e. killing wolves under Alaska’s…

Illegal logging has been a major concern because it’s not just a thriving black business but also a major contributor to climate change. Thanks to a new global computerized system that tracks wood, things may soon change for better.

Under the…

Much to the delight of the animal lovers, grizzly bears are thriving in and around Yellowstone National Park at such a rate that they don’t require the protection of the Endangered Species Act.

Over the last three decades since the animals were listed.

Researchers studying the critically endangered Irrawaddy river dolphin are skeptic about reports of a rise in the number of the creatures and fear the mammals are probably in greater danger than ever.

According to Cambodia’s Commission for Mekong..

Scientists have often wondered why male ungulate antlers and horns are so large and now they have come up with the finding that the horn-like appendages of the deer is not just a decoration but also an indication of its individual quality.

Researchers.

A chunk of Earth’s crust, about 3.8 billion year-old, has been found in Greenland. It is the oldest known such chunk ever found in the earth’s crust. The substantial rock is a type known as ophiolite. This signature of tectonic plate movement is an…