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Human activity, hurricanes and higher water temperatures have catapulted two coral species in Florida and the Caribbean on the federal threatened list. In areas off the Florida Keys and in the Caribbean since 1985, the elkhorn and staghorn coral…

With the global warming in its tide, leaving disastrous effects from the melting ice at the poles to the rising seas, the Great Lakes are also not insulated from the effects of this irreversible phenomenon. Human activity affects hugely on the chemical.

With environment as the “buzzword” for all states across the world, New Zealand too has planned to ensure environmental sustainability regulations all over. But, New Zealanders would take 15 more years to start living with it! Meat and Wool New…

Do you know 1.5 million people die each year only for cooking on traditional stoves? Yes, they breathe in poisonous fumes that mostly come from stoves fueled by wood, dung, coal and other solid fuels! The U.N. health agency revealed this statistics in.

Though the international 1987 agreement banning CFCs is visibly going successful, with the Earth’s ozone layer slowly recovering, it is to be marked that the recovery is happening in a changing atmosphere! And thus, it is unlikely to stabilize at…

Hence, another new disaster strategy to face the approaching hurricane season in New Orleans. With the hurricane season expected to run from June to November, New Orleans Mayor, Ray Nagin has unveiled a new strategy recently. Previously it was planned..

Global warming is having its bite distinctly at China’s Qinghai-Tibet plateau. Glaciers covering the region are alarmingly shrinking by 7 percent a year and the environmental consequences may prove dire, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.

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It was just within the short span of perhaps 400 years, North American mammoths, ancient horses, and many other large mammals disappeared. This happened some 12,000 years ago. But, what led to their non-discriminatory death? Though the scientists…

You can call it a radical and effective effort towards improving the safety of produce! Yes, I am talking about the law passed by China’s legislature. This is reported by the state media.

Concerns about the safety of food are rising, which…

Plants and animals that live in the more temperate zones do not evolve as faster as those living in warm, tropical climates! A new study suggests this. This finding could help explain why rainforests have such rich biodiversity and not other parts of…