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China bans fishing boats in Yangtze River
China is the world's top fishing nation and has vast resources available. It is the largest fishery producer in the world and has the largest number of fishing boats. Controlling the state of Yangtze River and protection of marine resources...
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Corn plants: Good for detection of CO2 Emissions
Humans have been increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in air by burning of fossil fuels, by producing cement and by carrying out land clearing and forest combustion. Fossil fuel burning leads to CO2 emissions, which leads to environmental...
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Global Warming can be fought with drought resistant crops
It is expected that global warming over the years would affect the water supplies around the world. Realizing this, researchers have gone ahead and created drought resistant varieties crops which will require minimum quantity of water. Researchers are..
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New Zealand: New Environmental Guidelines set for Plastics Industry
Plastics have use in all sectors of the economy. Though they have had a remarkable impact globally, it has become increasingly obvious that there is a price to be paid for their use. Plastics degrade very slowly. In some cases, burning plastic can...
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Climate Clues in Glass Sticks!
That's right a fulgurites found in the Libyan Desert, which is formed when lightning strikes sand, offer insight into ancient climates. That's because it traps very tiny bubbles of (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and nitric oxide (NO) which contain...
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Excessive use of palm oil as biofuel fueling environmental degradation
Use of palm oil as a bio-fuel was initiated with many good reasons but all smashed up sooner than expected. Early and rapid adoption of sustainable energy made energy companies so enthusiastic that they designed generators that ran exclusively on...
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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
