A report developed for the United Nations by the United States Climate Action, stated that the emission of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases will grow in a similar way as noticed in the previous decade, but, will be at a slower rate compared to the…
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The most detailed, high-resolution map of Antarctica has been produced for the first time. More than a thousand images taken by the Landsat 7 satellite have been meticulously woven together by the NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Golden,…
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There are various parameters to measure the impact of global warming at the Arctic – one of these is the reclusive spider living there, besides the better-known predators such as polar bears, according to a researcher.
Though the effects of…
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Can you guess, what is the most instantaneous known muscle in the animal kingdom? Its tongue! Yes, it is the powerful tongue of the giant palm salamander of Central America, which can be shot out more instaneously than any muscle ever known,…
With China’s economy expanding continuously at a red-hot pace, the country is also highly likely to takeover the United States this year or the next as the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases!
It is just recently, the emissions of…
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The Brazilian President is scheduled to meet the United States counterpart later this week. Both the presidents are expected to forge a proposed ethanol alliance in the meeting. Though this alliance may bring in foreign economy and other…
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World’s longest underground river! Yes, a 95 miles long waterway is being spotted connecting two cave systems in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. A group of foreign cave divers discovered it while exploring the area near the Caribbean beach resort of…
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It is 400 to 800 miles (700 to 1,400 kilometers) beneath the earth’s surface, there lies a huge ocean. Tracking on how seismic waves pass through Earth’s mantle from distant earthquakes, Wysession and former graduate student Jesse Lawrence…
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The concept that stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean is caused largely by global warming is further bolstered by fresh evidences, though the trend doesn’t hold even for other oceans of the world.
These new findings are reported in the…
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The population of South African elephants is growing rampantly. Both the government and the locales are concerned with this rising number. But, the solution? — Mass slaughter? No, not just that sounds cruel but also goes against the environmental…
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