Darwin received its biggest scare as Cyclone Monica smashed through it last week. You can blame global warming for more future super cyclones in Australia. Scientists and environmentalists are concerned about it.
The Australian Conservation…
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It is since 1980, more than 120 species of amphibians gone extinct! The entire populations of amphibians are dramatically getting wiped out. A devastating fungus is reportedly responsible for this precarious position the amphibians have reached.
The..
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This 35-million-year-old fossil is no ordinary discovery in the field of paleontology. This unique species, Thyrohyrax may have used a balloon-like structural chamber, shaped their bizarre jaws to produce sound. To make this finding, Duke University…
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A remnant of the last Ice Age, the Aletsch glacier has its rivers retreated 3.4 kilometers (2.1 miles)! And this is since peaking at a length of 23 kilometers (14 miles) in 1860! This alarming shrinking of the alpine glacier is estimated by Hanspeter…
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The ‘ayurvedic’ branch of medicine survives on medicinal plants, which in turn heal a wide range of serious diseases. But, what if these pants are lost from the earth? Yes, deforestation in Borneo is leading to such worries! Blame illegal logging for…
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The British government has come up with a solution to Britain’s nuclear waste. It is likely to recommend on much of the waste that should be buried in deep disposal sites. Draft recommendations are to be released by a government advisory body.
It is…
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Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, a voluntary effort, is running by U.S., Australia, China and India to deal with climate change. Environment Minister of Canada Rona Ambrose is now looking for the efforts made by these…
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Vanity Fair has published an environment issue which raised some varied messages in the air. It tackled the issues like, concern of climate change, how to make yourself environment conscious with the help of 50 tips and a covering pose of Annie…
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Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman have written about the ten worst corporations of 2005. They have a view point that 2005 was a good year for bad corporations. They further say that the corporations in a bad condition will never give up power, unless..
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Effect on Agriculture
The met says south west monsoon is expected to be about 93 percent of normal (plus or minus 5 percent) this year
A deficit monsoon will mainly affect kharif crops (paddy, groundnut, bajra) to a small extent. Rabi crops…
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