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Undersea Deposit of Frozen Methane Gas Discovered
It is discovered just off the Southern California coast. But whether the astonishing finding - an undersea deposit of frozen methane -- can be harnessed as a potential energy source is unknown. There has been a growing interest in tapping methane...
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Continents Are Shifting West By The Moon: Scientists
It may not happen that soon - But, may be after passing down the information through a few generations, one will -- living in Washington, D.C - ultimately find him about where San Francisco is now! Dragged by the same lunar forces that produce tides,...
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Million-Year-Old Antarctic Ocean Ice Dug Up: Japanese Scientists
One million years old ice! That is what the Japanese researchers claim to have dug up in the Antarctic Ocean. And according to them, this finding could give more clues than ever about climate and environmental changes. It is believed to be the oldest ice.
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New Zealand Tops World's Environmental Performance
Hats off to the geographically diverse and enriched island -- New Zealand. It ranks first in the world in environmental performance, according to the Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). The Index is produced by a team of environmental...
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Climate Change Will Kill Billions Within 100 Years!
The Earth is entering a "fever" phase! That is what a leading scientist claims as he writes that climate change will kill billions of people this century. In the "Gaia Theory", the Earth is a self-regulating organism, James Lovelock propounded...
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A New Mini Ozone Hole Formed Due to Frigid Temperatures
To add to the prolonged healing of the ozone hole, frigid temperatures in Europe and very cold air in the stratosphere have created a mini hole in its layer above the Netherlands. Unlike the large hole over Antarctica this hole will last a few days...
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Drought, Anthrax May Lead Rare Zebra to Extinction
The rare Grevy's zebra in Kenya, already struggling with a searing drought that has hit east Africa, is dying in scores with the outbreaks of deadly anthrax across the region, to the extent of threatening the endangered species with extinction,...
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Laboratory to Decode Impacts of Saharan Dust on Global Climate
Here is a new, portable atmospheric laboratory equipped with sophisticated instruments and data systems. All credits goes to the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program. To gain a better understanding of the...
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New Crop-Growing Gene To Cope With Climate Change
Wow! That's great, though this may encourage the polluters to have enough reasons to keep polluting have uncovered A gene that could help to develop new varieties of crop that will be able to cope with the changing world climate has been uncovered by.
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Declining Pollinators Are Risking Plant Extinction
We all know that pollinators like birds and bees play a vital role in maintaining the world's most diverse ecosystems - plants. Many of us also know that these pollinators are declining dramatically. And the consequence - it is driving the world's...
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Eight weird tree sculptures carved by nature
Plants and trees have excellent flexibility. They are capable of creating strange works of unintentional art that you just watch them bewildered. There are artists who have given meaningful shapes to trees such as of tables and mirrors. Tree sculptures ar
The Big Question: Are vertical farms really green?
Why we are asking this nowThe concept of vertical farming is receiving a number of positive as well as negative feedback, right from its inception. Many agriculturalists and socialists have analyzed the usefulness of this concept in the practical world. I
10 Innovative curtains designed to conserve energy
Curtains are primarily meant to avert sunlight and heat from entering our rooms. Draping over the windows and doors curtains secure us. Here we talk about ten innovative curtains that can conserve energy in various ways. There are curtains embedded with s
What’s Next: Future homes to eschew apocalypse
As we know it The claims of an apocalypse-like situation may be wrong. But, it can't be denied that millions of people around the world die every year because of natural disasters like earthquake, flood, tsunami and tornado. The world faces about 600 disa
