It is a matter of relief that the City of Cape Town’s 630 square-kilometer Cape Flats aquifer is capable of supplying the City with billions of liters of fresh water! But, the people like any other state across the world, does not seem so lucky as…
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A 150 million-year-old two-headed reptile fossil has been discovered in north-eastern China. The fossil has been dug-up from the Yixian Formation. Previously, remains of early birds and feathered dinosaurs were also discovered from the region.
Only…
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Even with the increasing demand for sea-food with approaching Christmas, the amount of seafood being sent to the Sydney markets has dropped by about 80 percent compared to that of the last year! Russell Creighton from the Clarence River Fishermen’s…
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The still mild weather of European has kept some birds from flying south for the winter. The weather luring the birds to keep enjoying its mildness even at this time of the year has made scientists link it to global warming!
Birds like robins,…
Warm Europe making birds delay migration and fly less far! Read More »
Not just the poles, the Equator is having its turn now! The global warming seems to be having its impact on the Equator now. Rivers of ice at the Equator are found to be melting away in this new century.
The great glaciers of Mount Kenya are found.
Tropical glaciers vanishing dramatically! Read More »
With efforts to aware farmers with environment-friendly farming getting successful on one hand, on the other, the environment itself seems to be forcing them to get back to older growing methods that are harsher on the environment!
These entire…
The Southeast Asian island of Borneo happens to be a lost paradise! It is since 2005, scientists have discovered at least 52 new animals and plants species in the island. According to WWF International, one of the amazing species found, there was also a..
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Water levels of vegetated wetlands can be readily gauged using a satellite radar system! Ohio State University researchers have successfully demonstrated the use of the technology in the field.
The aim of developing the technique is to aid…
Do you know, the Congo Basin loses some 3.7 million acres a year to agriculture, logging, road development, oil exploitation and mining? Yes, this is what the WWF’s Central African regional office (CARPO) said in a recent report.
And, if logging…
With the increasing devastations caused by earthquakes, the need for accurate forecasting is necessary. The US scientists unveiled a new system to help improve the forecasting accuracy of earthquakes in the long-term.
The new method uses a…
New accurate earthquake tracking system combines geological records and GPS tracking! Read More »