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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Japan does not seem to lag behind in taking a constructive initiative to fight global warming along with the soaring oil prices. Banking on their home-made technology, it requires that all road vehicles be able to run on an eco-friendly mix of ethanol..
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The New Zealand government will be unveiling the changes in its climate change policy soon. It is last year; the carbon tax has been scrapped. Since, in December when the government announced of it’s not introducing the controversial carbon tax, it has.
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It cannot be denied that the greenhouse gas emissions have increases manifold along with the fears of its after-effects. To add to this, the oil prices are also soaring along with the increase in its demand.
To find a solution to this, U.S. automakers.
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With the north-eastern United States suffering from its worst flooding in years, at least nine people have been killed. The flood in north-eastern Pennsylvania alone forced up to 200,000 people to evacuate. Waters on the Susquehanna River is still…
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Do you know, fertilizers trigger disproportionate release of large amounts of carbon dioxide, contribution towards global warming?! The rainforest soil is widely polluted with phosphorus and nitrogen that come from agriculture.
Rainforest soils…
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Indonesia by now has been hit by a number of natural disasters — such as floods, landslides, disease outbreaks. The diseases include bird flu, tuberculosis, polio, diarrhea, acute respiratory problems, malaria, dengue fever, and anthrax.
The…