Air quality at Yellowstone National Park is worsening. Accoding to a new study by the National Park Service, air quality in four of six categories has deteriorated. Ground-level ozone is one pollutant, which is on the rise in Yellowstone. This toxic…
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More than one billion people in more than 100 countries are threatened as desertification and land degradation is endangering their livelihood. With this phenomenon rising, the U.N. also estimates an annual economic loss of $6.5 billion.
But, what is..
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Ancient figs dating between 11,200 and 11,400 years old have been discovered in the Jordan Valley. This finding in an archaeological site there may reveal one of the earliest forms of agriculture, according to scientists. Scientists can come to this…
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Politics has always been a major factor in decidng the development of a region. Similarly, a tug-of-war arises between environment and defence — more than a dozen wind farms are been ordered to stop from whirling by the U.S. government….
What made US Government block wind farm plans? Politics…? Read More »
New Orleans is sinking! – and it’s sinking faster than previously thought. According to a new research, parts of the city are sinking from before Hurricane Katrina hit it last August. This is one of the major reasons about why some levees were easily…
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Fifty-five million years ago, the North Pole had a panoramic beauty of the tropics! I am not quoting these lines from any fiction. The ice-clad pole was an ice-free zone then! Tropical temperatures used to prevail there, a new research reveals. …
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With “recycling” becoming the buzzword in the current industry trends, some are illegally and immorally banking on it to earn fast money out of it. Baby bottles made from recycled compact discs are found to contain dangerous levels of the toxic…
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Coastal America is threatened with series of tropical storms, which may unleash a fresh devastating season, with severe turbulence to kick up ahead. It is somewhere over the Atlantic that warm sea surface temperatures and winds are joining hands to…
US hurricane season starts today! Read More »
The already endangered marine life in the Baltic Sea is now being threatened by rising temperatures due to global warming. This new factor is adding on to the polluted, brackish waters of the Sea, to make the fish’s atmosphere more hostile to their…
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Gisele Bundchen has joined the noble fight to conserve and protect the Amazon’s Xingu River from deforestation and pollution.
The Brazilian supermodel has approved to endorse Y Ikatu Xingu (“Clean and Good Xingu Water”): a campaign launched by the…
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