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Oceans' saltiness can provide an early indication of climate change: Study
With global warming leading to climate change, scientists across the world are up with arms to find and fight both the reasons and consequences behind them. Among the several early indicators of climate change, they are coming up with; they have...
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Global warming causing cat invasion in U.S.: Adoption group
With global warming having its strong tentacles spread all over the world, the regions, which typically experience primarily longer and colder winters are now experiencing shorter and warmer winters. And the consequences are concern-triggering among..
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All trade in endangered sawfish banned to save it from extinction
The trading of sawfish -- already endangered by over-fishing to serve its much-in-demand fins-dish delicacies, and its liver oil used extensively as medicine - has already been banned in the United States and in Australia. But, disappointingly, with..
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China in the grip of severe air and water pollution
No doubt, China has emerged on the international scene as the fastest growing economy but at the cost of environment. China's booming economy is driving a rapid rise in water and air pollution. An index assessing air pollution from southern...
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North America drought worst since Dust Bowl disaster
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, America is facing its worst summer drought since the Dust Bowl years of the Great Depression. The continent is crying out for water, with water levels at close to half those of the drought in the dirty...
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Australians return home after Floods
Thousands of Australians who evacuated their houses for the fear of being wiped out by floods and storm, returned home. Though, not everyone is lucky, those dwelling downstream are still vulnerable, hence not allowed to go back. A heavy storm..
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Floods wreak havoc in China, 9 million affected
Millions suffer as floods and rains wreak havoc in China. As china’s typhoon season gets ready to hit the country, the rain havoc has affected nearly nine million people in the region. Torrential rains have killed at least 66 people and..
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Why are the honey bees disappearing in the US?
A recent gathering of leading bee biologists in the US could not exactly figure out the gradual disappearance of honey bees in the US and also elsewhere in the world. Termed as 'colony collapse disorder' (CCD), the researchers are trying to find the...
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Future grim for liquefied coal in China
China plans to halt all its efforts to make oil from coal due to its high expense and energy demands, however one plant that is being built by state-owned Shenhua Group Corp. Ltd. would be allowed to proceed with its construction of a...
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No more corals in Caribbean islands
The awesome coral reefs around the coast of the Carribean islands are on the verge of extinction. A recent study of Carribean marine life forms have proven of the declining coral figures. * Statistics show that 10% of the Carribean's 62...
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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
