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European Union is losing its biodiversity at an alarming rate. Although the Union has made a target of combating the loss of biodiversity by 2010, it fears that climate change may stand as an obstacle in reaching the target, a British government report.

Rainforests across the world are facing dire consequences. According to a new report, only 5% of this vast forest base is being treated in a sustainable way. Agriculture and other development lead to clearing 12m hectares of the forest, each year. The..

By relying on nuclear fusion, EU, Japan, China, South Korea, India and the US hope to realise a future with cheap, reliable, safe and nearly waste-free power. Finalization of the plan will be signed in December…

It is no finding of a mere mammoth part, nor is it discovered by a professional paleontologist. Rather, a complete mammoth skeleton is found in Siberia by fishermen there. Russian experts have described this to be a very rare find. When flood waters in.

Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine researchers revealed the genetics behind how the ancient four-footed animals evolved into streamlined marine whales. The ancient whales were four-fooled and looked like large modern dog. But they…

With the current risng trend of temperature and continuous use of energy, the ocean levels are likely to soar at least by half a meter more by 2100. John Harte, professor of energy and resources at the University of California, Berkeley, said this…

The coral reefs across the world are destroying dramatically, due to either risng ocean temperatures or human invasions. And, this in turn is rising concerns among scientists. The Brazilian government has taken an effective initiative to protect the…

After the cancer having its grasp over Chinese villages, it’s now the turn of the environment’s nemesis to come down hard on the Chinese people. Global warming is having its impact on the country’s agriculture. Over the next two decades, farmers in…

An area suffering from drought for 19-month cannot be healed with one rainy weekend! Rather, a light rain is more helpful than the heavy one. It is because; light rain gets absorbed into the ground, while a heavy rainfall quickly saturates the top…

Beaware United States! With New Orleans not yet been able to recover from the burns of the four major hurricanes, including Katrina that flooded most of the country, it has been predicted that the continent, this year, will be suffering an ‘above…