At a time when environmentalists are working extra time to find out the ways and means of curbing global warming, a Danish scientist played down the fears and said it’s more a political issue than scientific.
University of Copenhagen Professor Bjarne..
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Environmentalists have another reason to worry about changing climates after a US government report said this winter was the warmest on record worldwide.
This report comes barely a month after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that..
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The 125 million year-old fossil remains in the Yan Mountains in what is now the Hebei Province in China have revealed a squirrel-like mammal – a new svelte. This svelte used to snag insects and worms scurrying around in the wee hours of the night….
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A bizarre type of animal that has been spotted on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo was, till date, believed to be a cousin of a leopard. But, on Thursday, the WWF has confirmed it to be a completely new cat species.
American scientists have…
A new range of natural insecticides is being made from a bacterium protein. It acts like a poison and can be transformed into a new poison-range for killing insects. And these bacteria harbour inside the intestine of nematode worms, and thus can infect…
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Lake Victoria at 68,800 square kilometres is Africa’s largest lake and the largest tropical lake in the world. It is the habitat for catfish, lungfish, and multitudes of tiny silver dagaa, or silver cyprinids. However, the Nile perch, an invasive…
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Scientists have explored a new way of knowing, how genes work in rice. Plant biologist Blake Meyers at the University of Delaware and colleagues have developed a large dataset of gene sequences in rice!
This information will help understand the…
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Scientists have yet once again spotted a new species among the reefs of the South Atlantic Ocean’s Abrolhos region. Initially, the new species was mistaken as a popular game fish — a dog snapper.
The new study that spotted it reveals that the new…
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To bind carbon reduction targets legally, the UK Government announced the capping of carbon dioxide emission by supermarkets, hotels, councils and universities within five years.
So, if you are a business or public body, and want to use more power…
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Very soon, the conditions deep in the sea and wildlife there can be monitored 24 hours a day! This will be done with the help of an undersea observatory being made in California’s Monterey Bay, according to officials.
It is all happening about…