It has, till date, been conventionally thought that sediment plumes travel into the Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from the river systems, which is being captured by the longshore current, letting them to travel no more than 10 to 15km offshore….
River plumes endanger Outer Great Barrier Reef as well: CSIRO imagery reveals Read More »
A mysteriously blooming freshwater alga has left environmental scientists perplexed since late 1980s, when it started invading the rivers of Vancouver, British Columbia, covering these once-pristine riverbeds with a thick, woolly mat.
Max Bothwell, a..
Augusto Neri, of the National Geophysical and Vulcanology Institute in Pisa, has led the research on the eruption of Vesuvius volcano. A computer generated three dimensional simulation shows that the next eruption of Vesuvius volcano would kill 300,000…
The plan to stem the disastrous ooze from an Indonesian mud volcano by dropping 1,000 sets of concrete balls may be revised.
The reason is that the balls slid deeper than expected, about half a mile into the crater. It is said that many more chains…
Concrete ball to plug killer mud volcano fails, revised plan hopes to succeed Read More »
China has had the warmest winter in decades. Temperatures are at record highs even in winter. And the news it seems is getting worse.
Reports in the local Chinese media suggest that around 1.5 million people who stay in China’s southwest region…
Severe drought might parch much of China's southwest Read More »
As we enter the new millennium, the scientific evidence is overwhelming that global warming caused by carbon dioxide emissions is the serious environmental crises ever faced by humankind. To combat climate change an international panel of scientists…
Scientists ask UN to invest more on research programs to combat climate change Read More »
Dozens of sperm males flock to the Strait of Gibraltar to eat squid. It is also the habitat of about 260 pilot whales. However, the route remains the world’s busiest maritime lanes and every year several whales are hit by ships that do not see them…
Ships asked to circumvent whales in Spain Read More »
Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, the world’s largest tiger reserve is under the threat of global warming. Decades of poaching and depletion of the natural habitat of tigers have lowered down their number.
It is the world’s largest mangrove reserve and one..
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Governors of five Western States (Oregon, California, Washington, New Mexico, and Arizona) have agreed on the plan to cut their states’ emissions of gases linked to global warming and to establish the regional carbon trading system. The agreement is…
,All of us have heard of earthquakes cyclones, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Ever heard of a sinkhole? Well, there was one in Guatemala City (capital of Guatemala – Central America’s largest and most populated country) last Friday. After having experienced..
Giant sinkhole in Guatemala Read More »