Paris has witnessed the launch of one of the world’s biggest research programs in the past fifty years as part of the $1.5bn (£763m) International Polar Year (IPY) program with a bid to study the north and south poles.
With climate change at
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It has, till date, been conventionally thought that sediment plumes travel into the Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from the river systems, which is being captured by the longshore current, letting them to travel no more than 10 to 15km offshore….
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A mysteriously blooming freshwater alga has left environmental scientists perplexed since late 1980s, when it started invading the rivers of Vancouver, British Columbia, covering these once-pristine riverbeds with a thick, woolly mat.
Max Bothwell, a..
Augusto Neri, of the National Geophysical and Vulcanology Institute in Pisa, has led the research on the eruption of Vesuvius volcano. A computer generated three dimensional simulation shows that the next eruption of Vesuvius volcano would kill 300,000…
As we enter the new millennium, the scientific evidence is overwhelming that global warming caused by carbon dioxide emissions is the serious environmental crises ever faced by humankind. To combat climate change an international panel of scientists…
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Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, the world’s largest tiger reserve is under the threat of global warming. Decades of poaching and depletion of the natural habitat of tigers have lowered down their number.
It is the world’s largest mangrove reserve and one..
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Governors of five Western States (Oregon, California, Washington, New Mexico, and Arizona) have agreed on the plan to cut their states’ emissions of gases linked to global warming and to establish the regional carbon trading system. The agreement is…
,All of us have heard of earthquakes cyclones, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Ever heard of a sinkhole? Well, there was one in Guatemala City (capital of Guatemala – Central America’s largest and most populated country) last Friday. After having experienced..
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In Bangladesh, fish population is declining fast as rivers and wetlands are vanishing. Criss-crossed by around 230 rivers, including three major rivers the Padma, Meghna and Jamuna, this huge water area was once highly productive for fish and contributed.
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The Film Industry’s Biggest Night is to become accountable for its carbon footprint. Nation’s Leading Environmental Organization Initiates First-Ever Program to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Inspire Positive Environmental Change and hopefully the…
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