We all know that diseases, hurricanes, warming oceans are dramatically destroying the coral reefs. But, there is nothing to get disappointed. Scientists’ new discovery have provide with a ray of hope for the concerns for the declining marine reserves…
Boaters can’t even imagine their negligence and inexperience can lead to damaging crucial habitat important to fishing industries. And the Florida boaters are exactly doing this to the fragile seagrass in the shallow Florida Bay, a conservation…
The volcano that fell silent in 1986 is oozing lava every three seconds! And it is happening for more than a year now! This is no other than the active notorious Mount St. Helens. It is oozing lava into its crater at the rate of roughly a large dump..
With the year wrapping in, Britain has experienced the coldest December in a decade. The temperature was about 10 F with heavy snow. The blast of cold air and snow stranded motorists canceled trains and caused numerous accidents.
There were severe…
26 December 2004 — It is the dreadful day when the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami swept across coastlines sweeping along with it, more than 200 000 lives. Since then the scientists have been hunting for the culprit behind the catastrophe. By inspecting…
This long-standing conundrum has been decoded using genetic evidence from more than 20 species of locusts. Thanks to the scientists from the Universities of Toronto, Arizona, Maryland, Cornell University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Capable..
Be it Katrina, Rita or the Tsunami – all that marked the year with devastations by nature’s fury warns us that Earth Observation was vital both for damage assessment and for coordinating emergency activities. Satellite-based maps from ESA’s Respond…
GOOD GOLF GRIEF!
Tourism, which sells luxury and indulgence, can be a profligate consumer of natural resources.
Worldwide, 50 million people play golf. Each year, up to 5,000 hectares of the Earth’s land surface – an area the size of Paris – is…
While most scientists agree that Gigantopithecus died out long ago, some people – Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti enthusiasts in particular – believe that this ape is the source of tales of giant and hairy beasts roaming the woods.
The Gigantopithecus…
As the year is on its war to wrapping up with the memories of all the cataclysms it tolerated, giant Popocatepetl volcano of Mexico, threw up an ash column to catapult the incident to the list of the volcanic eruptions it occurred this year. The giant…