Smoke and ash gushed out of the volcano in the Moquegua region 550 miles south of Lima, in southern Peru’s small farming town. Officials urged its residents to evacuate the town on Tuesday, as it rose 2,600 feet into the air. The residents are given a..
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California’s State Lands Commission has put strict standards regarding seawater’s use by power plants. On Monday, it passed an advisory resolution advising the new power plant leases against using seawater as a coolant, or they will be highly…
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Can you spot this same street corner in San Francisco? It is nearly a century that separates these two views of the same street.
* The one at the top shows the city after a massive earthquake devastated it in 1906.
* The one at the bottom shows the…
Photo: San Francisco after the devastating quake, and now Read More »
The New England cottontail rabbits are declining in number. Only 300 animals are remaining in a small range in the southern end of Maine. The state and conservationists have felt the urgent need to restore and save them. And efforts are already under way.
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That India has never kept ‘environment’ high on its agenda is revealed from the fact that the chikoo belt of India is badly threatened by the country’s largest company Reliance Energy. This is revealed by an investigation by CNN-IBN. This belt is a…
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The Midwest and South has recently witnessed the wildness of La Nina. But, do you know, the weather patterns controlled by La Nina have the power to raise more severe storms? U.S. scientists say that La Nina is making predictions of climate…
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The red sandstone of Patagonia has given us with another new dinosaur species to get marveled at. Unearthed at Patagonia, it is one of the largest known carnivorous dinosaurs. Naming it naming Mapusaurus roseae, paleontologists reported to have found…
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The federal government is set to take a tiny desert owl off the endangered species list. Apparently a good news for the conservationists, but actually for the developers! The environmentalists have showed resentments against the act.
It is for more…
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With the polar ice melting dramatically on one hand, the Arctic researchers found an astounding number of baby walruses abandoned on the other. From these simultaneous calamities, the researchers concluded that melting sea ice may be the culprit behind.
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The land was once devastated and reduced to piles of rubbles. I am talking about San Francisco Bay Area, which was engulfed by a massive earthquake a hundred years ago – wounds still fresh in the minds of the witnesses and a nightmare for ones who…
San Francisco already ripe for another devastating earthquake! Read More »