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Atmospheric chlorine may be sharing responsibility in adding ozone into the air. According to the UC Irvine scientists, the chemical could be responsible for 10 percent or more of daily ozone production!

Just minutes after entering the atmosphere,…

It survived on insects, when the dinosaurs romped the earth. It is recently found trapped in amber – the spiral orb webs, Mesozygiella dunlopi. The amber is found to be from 121-115 million years ago. Thus, it is the oldest of its type ever discovered..

The animal ‘manatee’ is rebounding its population. Claiming this, the state wildlife commission has voted to take it off the endangered species list of Florida. It has now achieved a new status of a ‘threatened species’ rather than ‘endangered’. …

Post-consumer metals and plastics that are headed for the landfill release toxic chemical in the environment. Plastic release a chemical — bisphenol A, which is toxic enough to modify female mice’s developing brains! This harmful chemical is also…

Season rains in China is turning havoc for the habitants. Causing floods and landslides, the rain has already killed more than 50 people in southern China, official state media informed.

Official news agency Xinhua reported that the flood has killed..

Global warming is doing much more than what is expected. It is making animals lose weight and causing them stress. But how? Climate change is pulling animals out of their hibernation prematurely leading to much weaknesses and stress, according to…

Britain has planned to appoint an international envoy on climate. He will be in charge of building new international partnerships for tackling climate change, BBC reported. This charge will be allotted to John Ashton — a career diplomat and government.

Here is the oldest human-type DNA recovered. Scientists have recovered it from a Neanderthal that lived 100,000 years ago! It was extracted from It was the tooth of a Neanderthal child, from which the DNA was extracted. The child was discovered in the..

With the Indonesian mountain pouring out lava and cloud for days, amid signs of escalating volcanic activity from the Mount Merapi, 11,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the region.

The level of the volcano’s spewing out of lava and toxic…

Tourists and visitors who come to the South Atlantic region only to witness the black-browed albatross may not soon frequent the islands! This is because the Albatrosses on the islands are being pushed to the brink of extinction, new research says.

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