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Logging dead trees and replanting can make future forest fires worse: Study
With global warming afflicting the world with all its possible burns, it is also expected to increase the size and numbers of wildfires annually, which is already considerably manifested in many regions. And, this in turn, is sure to increase the...
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Pakistan: Air pollution kills 22,000 people annually
Outdoor air pollution kills 3 million people worldwide each year! According to the World Health Organization, with these numbers of people falling victim to vehicles and industrial emissions, 1.6 million people are killed by indoor pollution too, by..
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China to lift ban on trade in tiger parts
The already endangered tigers are under severe threat of being eliminated. The danger comes in the wake of Chinese government’s decision to lift the ban on trade in tiger parts. China declared in the Convention on International Trade..
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Massive Herds of Animals still survive the Sudanese civil war
The first aerial survey of southern Sudan in 25 years has revealed vast migrating herds, rivaling those of the Serengeti plains that have managed to survive 25 years of civil war. A herd of white-eared kob antelope run along the Kangen River in...
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Europe's emerging development patterns threatening regional seas
In its bid to developing the coastal regions, in living up with the world trade and food production competitions and export demands, the Europeans are on the verge of losing its biodiversity and marine resources. Yes, Europe's four regional seas,..
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Not global warming! 'Sublimation' is melting down Mt. Kilimanjaro
With global warming 'echoing' across the world as a fatal disaster for the planet, it seems the environmental scientists are already obsessed with its effects on one and every negative change in the nature's resources. True, the findings against...
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Where has the Roanoke Island Colony vanished? DNA may be the answer
Each time, the 'Lost Colony' is referred; the scientists are left baffled, pondering on what led the colony of people settled on the Roanoke Island in 1587 vanish! This is perhaps the biggest unsolved mystery in American history. The impertinence..
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Hong Kong winters may vanish in 50 years! Blame urbanization and global warming
With the poles losing out with its ice and the world with its long shivering winters, Hong Kong does not seem to be lagging behind in the race. Thanks to the 'ever happening' global warming. But, unlike the other regions - experiencing the wrath..
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Ancient long-necked, gliding reptile fossils unearthed from 220 million-year old sediments
The archeological fraternity seems to be enriching itself fast with a series of fossilized animal finds across the world. In yet another discovery, scientists unearthed a new long-necked, gliding reptile, preserved in 220 million-year old sediments...
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Rare Nepal elephants diagnosed with tuberculosis
For the first time, elephants in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal have been diagnosed with tuberculosis. Ten of its 250 endangered elephants are suffering from tuberculosis in a national park. The news is threatening as it might pass onto humans and...
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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
