Unlike in the 1970s, the huge number of beluga whales in Cook Inlet no longer delights locals and tourists alike. Last year, the number has dwindled to just 278, as estimated last year. But, what is leading to this disappearance of the whales left the…
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Rainwater in Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD) is higher in mercury contamination than the treated sewage water leaving the district. Like all large Great Lakes wastewater plants, the WLSSD is under federal order to reduce mercury in its…
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Rental cars, powered entirely by bio-diesel are now set to hit the Los Angeles city. It was three years ago, BioBeetle Eco Rental Cars started out on the Hawaiian island of Maui. And now, it opened for business near Los Angeles International Airport….
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The astounding giant has been display at London’s Natural History Museum. It is one of the biggest and most complete giant squids ever found. The animal measures a monstrous 8.62m (28ft). It was caught off the coast of the Falkland Islands by a trawler…
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It was in 1815, the island of Sumbawa in the East Indies blasted witnessing the most violent volcanic eruptions in history. Known as the “year without a summer”, 1816 saw a global cooling caused by sulfurous gases and fiery ashes from Mount Tambora….
'Lost Kingdom' Under 1815 Volcano Eruption Uncovered Read More »
14th Century Black Death plague may have triggered Europe’s “Little Ice Age”. And the Bubonic plague may have wiped out over a third of Europe’s population, a new study suggests. According to BBC, the Great Plague skeletons were discovered from…
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Hazardous materials are used for making cell phones, iPods and other electronic devices. And California, concerned with the effects, would require manufacturers to phase out the use of these under a bill introduced by a state lawmaker.
Assembly Member…
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Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia – the three Baltic States have signed an agreement to build a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania. The Lithuanian, Estonian and Latvian state-owned energy companies each wants to take an equal share in the project, the…
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Surprisingly, all these were dug out from under an outdoor marketplace in Cairo, Egypt. It is a pharaonic sun temple with large statues believed to be of King Ramses II. Egypt’s antiquities chief informed this on Sunday.
The site has been partially…
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Here is another dilemma between economy and environment. The world’s largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corp. of Canada planned to relocate three huge ice fields or glaciers to dig for gold high up on the spine of the Andes Mountains.
It is…
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