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Concrete ball to plug killer mud volcano fails, revised plan hopes to succeed
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...
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Severe drought might parch much of China's southwest
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...
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Scientists ask UN to invest more on research programs to combat climate change
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...
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Ships asked to circumvent whales in Spain
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...
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Sunderbans Tiger Reserve under the threat of global warming
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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The Western Climate Action Initiative: An agreement by five western states to reduce gas emissions
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...
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Giant sinkhole in Guatemala
,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..
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Bangladesh: Fish population deteriorate as rivers and wetlands vanish
In Bangladesh, fish population is declining fast as rivers and wetlands are vanishing. Criss-crossed by around 230 rivers, including three major rivers the Padma, Meghna and Jamuna, this huge water area was once highly productive for fish and contributed.
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Endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly to be relocated as Interstate 355 extension gets underway
Interstate 355 (I-355), a 20-mile (32 km) interstate highway and tollway located in the western suburbs of Chicago, USA is to be extended and its likely extension is going to adversely effect a certain species of dragon flies. Their locations...
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Natural Resources Defense Council: Academy Awards to go green
The Film Industry's Biggest Night is to become accountable for its carbon footprint. Nation's Leading Environmental Organization Initiates First-Ever Program to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Inspire Positive Environmental Change and hopefully the...
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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
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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
