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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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Changes in climate are affecting the whales' reproductive success; researchers determined this by observing more than 1,800 right whales in the southern Atlantic. The whales do not suffer directly from warm conditions, but their food supply—mainly...
• More than 150 bird species have become extinct in the last 500 years. Now, every eighth bird is in danger. 1211 species (12 percent of the total) are threatened with extinction. Of these, 179 species are critically endangered, 344 are endangered...
One estimate says that as many as 150 million people may be displaced by the impacts og global warming and consequent sea-level by 2050. That’s 1.5 percent of that year’s predicted global population of 10 billion.
According to a report by the...
California shelters 27 species we are totally oblivious of!? Can you believe it? 27 different species of spiders, centipedes, scorpion-like creatures and other animals have been discovered in the dark, damp caves beneath two national parks in the...
Nearly five months have passed the vengeful day when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. But, more than 3,200 victims of the catastrophe are officially still unaccounted. So, the state medical examiner wants the search to resume for those missing...
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