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Need no mentioning that plastic bags have always been a major environmental nuisance. As an initiative towards the concern, the British government has urged the consumers that they would be charged for plastic bags at supermarket and shop checkouts…

A 33-foot-long (10-meter-long) marine reptile from the dino-era sea creature group — called pliosaurs – has been unearthed at a 150-million-year-old graveyard recently on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard archipelago of Norway.

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Mud, gas and boiling water have been gushing out of the ground in East Java since May. And, in the process, the catastrophic phenomenons are submerging half a dozen villages and 20 factories. But, do you know that such phenomenon could continue for a.

It is the average daily amount of air pollution, and not variations in its hourly levels links to the risk of respiratory and cardiovascular problems! A study made in Japan reveals that ‘high hourly rates of particulate matter (in excess of 200…

Do you know trees can water themselves with seasonal fog?! That is exactly what the trees in a rare cloud forest in the desert regions of Oman do! Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists discovered this natural mechanism of the unusual…

According to the state of California, the cars of the six carmakers — General Motors, Toyota, Ford, Honda, Chrysler and Nissan – are emitting greenhouse gases to the extent that they are damaging health and environment, hence also the region’s…

The dust in the air could too trigger rain! And that is just what’s bringing rain over South Asia’s Tibetan Plateau, according to NASA. This is how it happens:

Very small dust particles called aerosols blow in from desert regions and collect in…

The Indian state of Kerala has decided to celebrate the Wildlife Week next month by paying tribute to the legendary Australian crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin. The Kerala Forest Ministry will name the state-run crocodile breeding centre after the…

Rising ocean temperatures are responsible for boosting hurricane-growths. And when it happens in key hurricane breeding grounds of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, who can save the coastal countries fro its lash? And, it is we, — the human beings –.

Durga Puja is the biggest festival of Bengali Hindus. It is the year’s most major Hindu festival mostly celebrated in Bengal, Orissa, Tripura, Assam and other parts of East India as well as in Bangladesh. Although a Hindu festival, people from many…