,All of us have heard of earthquakes cyclones, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Ever heard of a sinkhole? Well, there was one in Guatemala City (capital of Guatemala – Central America’s largest and most populated country) last Friday. After having experienced..
In Bangladesh, fish population is declining fast as rivers and wetlands are vanishing. Criss-crossed by around 230 rivers, including three major rivers the Padma, Meghna and Jamuna, this huge water area was once highly productive for fish and contributed.
The Film Industry’s Biggest Night is to become accountable for its carbon footprint. Nation’s Leading Environmental Organization Initiates First-Ever Program to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Inspire Positive Environmental Change and hopefully the…
Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s plan to conduct an offshore exploration drilling in the Beaufort Sea which is being protested by the natives of Alaska. According to Earth justice, a nonprofit law firm representing five Alaska environmentalist groups, drilling…
In Antarctica ice sheets are
ontinuously melting due to rise in sea level which is the result of global warming.Research in the polar regions has never been more important to understand impacts of climate change but now the researchers are stressing on.
Loggerheads which are among the world’s largest marine turtles are considered as endangered by The World Conservation Union if global warming occurs at predicted levels.
According to the scientists in University of Exeter, an increase in temperature..
Immense changes to the world’s oceans, leading to the complete disappearance of marine life are threatened by the main greenhouse gas causing global warming. Action needs to be taken now to reduce global emissions of CO2 from human activities to the…
Chimps laugh just as humans do, you might not be able to identify this laughter cos it consists of alternating inhalations and exhalations that sound more like breathing and panting. These far of cousins of humans are much like us than you might guess..
A gas well near Surabaya, operated by PT Lapindo Brantas, has spewed steaming mud since May last year, submerging villages, factories and fields in Indonesia. After eight months of mud and fruitless attempts to stop the flow, geophysicists will attempt…
Two satellites (ICESat and RADARSAT0) have helped the researchers to spot the lakes and ice moving above them. Four new large under ice lakes at the start of massive ice stream in East Antarctica have been found. Ice is continually sliding off Antarctica.