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Chemical plant may drive lesser flamingos towards annihilation
Human civilization has seen species getting extinct from the planet. In some cases their greed and modernization worked as catalyst to the disappearance of the creatures. Now it is the time of flamingos. The colossal gathering of flamingos in East...
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Rare ghost orchid spotted on a Florida tree after 12 years
Already made itself famous in the nonfiction book The Orchid Thief, the endangered and rare ghost orchid is known to many who have read the book or have watched the fictional movie spinoff Adaptation. For them it would surely be a matter of excitement.
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Scientists to 'clone' endangered leatherback turtles to prevent their extinction
Though it is believed that the leatherback turtles once swam with dinosaurs millions of year ago, I am sure conservationists are not ready to lose the battle forcing them to believe that the turtles are soon to disappear from the planet as the...
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Future holds dire consequences for pregnant polar bear mothers
One of the most threatened of the arctic species due to global warming are the polar bears. A diminishing ice pack directly affects polar bears, as sea ice is the platform from which they hunt seals. They must eat enough to last their hibernation period..
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Ford to use soy-based car seats to lower its environmental footprint
With the business world minting money out of the strongly echoing buzzword 'eco-friendly' the automobile industries seem to be making the most out of the prevailing demands. So, it's not surprising to find one of the leading car industries, Ford...
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New evidence to support the fact that greenhouse gas emissions and not the sun are responsible for climate change
We all take pleasure in the warmth of the sun rays during winter, without the rays from the Sun, Earth would be an ice planet, yet a new study states that the sun is not responsible for global warming. Global warming since 1985 has been caused...
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Rodents invade China Lake Towns
Ever since the flood in the Yangtze River on June 23, the people living around China's second largest Dongting Lake are facing another daunting problem. Their households are invaded by billions of rats searching for higher lands. The entire thing..
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Earth slimmer by 0.1 inch, new measurements reveal
As an avid student of geology, I have followed every little change in the geography of the earth. And having read so much about the phenomenon occurring on and inside the earth, it comes as no surprise to me that the earth is smaller in size than...
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African electric fish exchange 'shocks' to signal mating intentions! Study
Electric shocks, always known to be a painful and fearful experience, now have been given a positive tag - it can be used to attract your partner! It has been known that various male fish use certain electric pulses during aggressive encounters...
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75,000 year-old mega-eruption not as catastrophic as thought: Study
Studies have long revealed that the prehistoric earth had experienced a volcanic super-eruption -- one of the largest known in the last 2 million years -- roughly 75,000 years ago, which is thought to have devastated both the world and humanity,...
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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
