Once again it is Los Angeles County! No, not for any achievement in the positive direction, but for possessing the state’s most polluted beach. But, this time a new city — Long Beach — has been anointed as the county’s biggest loser!
Even the…
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The 10 most polluted places on the planet have been mapped! A US-based environmental charity has documented the hotspots, of which three are in Russia, with the remainder dotted in various countries, according to the Blacksmith Institute.
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The problem of drug resistance among potentially infectious microbes has become a serious concern among doctors across the world, especially those of the tropical regions. But, do you know, even our treated drinking water is aiding this…
Water-polluting DNA, even in drinking Water, assists germs in resisting medicines! Read More »
An unknown discharge into China’s Yellow River has literally turned it ‘red’ in color! A half-mile section of the river has turned red and smelly too, after a certain discharge has been poured into the river from a sewage pipe, according to state…
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The growing seasons for Australian grapes will get altered! And climate change will be the culprit behind it. This is discovered by a new survey made by the University of Melbourne and the CSIRO.
And, this alteration in the growing seasons, in…
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Ice losses in the shrinking Greenland ice sheet far surpass its ice gains presently! It has been revealed by NASA for the first time by analyzing data from direct, detailed satellite measurements.
Using a novel technique, NASA’s scientists at the…
Greenland's ice sheet losing ice far more then gaining! Read More »
Has the time for the 8-year-old daughter to step into father’s shoes really come? Perhaps not yet being able to overcome the sudden shock of losing her father at this tender age, Bindi – the daughter of the ‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin, killed..
Is it the right time for the 'Croc Hunter's' 8-year-old daughter to step into his shoes? Read More »
Many of us surely have guessed how the techworld would be by the year 3000, with the unimaginable advents of technology! But, did any of us ever thing of how we – the humans — would look like by that time?
If not, never mind! An evolutionary expert..
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Need to be barbaric to grow economy? With the growing demands for shark fin delicacies across the world, and to meet the business ends of several food industries, a median of about 38 million sharks a year is being…
Need no mentioning that plastic bags have always been a major environmental nuisance. As an initiative towards the concern, the British government has urged the consumers that they would be charged for plastic bags at supermarket and shop checkouts…
British supermarkets to charge consumers for plastic bags! Read More »