Books tell a lot about a society and its values. Right now, the new buzzword in our societies is ‘Green’. Here is a list of ‘green fiction’ that will help you understand how far the green values have crept into our values.
Presenting the…
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That humans are to be blamed for the dodos’ extinction in the 16th century can be condemned by the findings from a mass dodo grave unearthed in Mauritius. According to scientists, it is a natural disaster that killed the plump flightless bird long…
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Days after an adult male gorilla died at the National Zoo while veterinary specialists tried to implant a cardiac device, another western lowland gorilla died here on Monday.
Named Mopie, the gorilla is a 34-year-old male. It collapsed and died…
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Amid the fearful gruesome aftereffects of climate change, like threat of new insects and diseases, the scientists are predicting that it will also provide many new opportunities for British farmers — like tea and energy crops, according to a British…
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Are you aware of the impact of global warming on the Arctic environment? To draw your attention to this, Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larsen arrived the North Pole at noon Saturday. But, astoundingly they found no solid ice cap there! Rather, the area was…
Two Minn. residents reach North Pole to find no ice cap! Read More »
The low member in the ocean food web — the jellyfish-like creatures called salps – can be blamed for contributing more to the fate of ocean’s greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, than previously thought.
May be about the size of a human thumb, these salps.
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Amid he fears of the Himalayan region’s unique Buddhist culture from getting lost, China set out Saturday, its first train from Beijing to Tibet. It carried business travelers and thrill-seekers for its first ride, making it the world’s highest…
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A hammerhead shark is likely to create world-record by being caught pregnant with 55 pups! Estimated to be between 40 and 50 years old, it weighed 1,280 pounds with the pups.
The shark was taken for a necropsy at Mote Marine Laboratory. The…
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We all know hat the ozone hole over the Antarctic is recovering. But, it is recently discovered that it will recover nearly 20 years later than previously thought — around 2068! This has been concluded by NASA and other agencies’ scientists.
A new…
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Of the five sea lions that have been musing people across the world at the Aquarium of the Pacific, three have died mysteriously. Though claimed to have died in two unrelated incidents by the Aquarium officials, the death of all the three sea lions…
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