Ocean acidification caused by increasing carbon dioxide into the environment is threatening sea life.CO2 from the atmosphere dissolves in the ocean, and makes it acid. The dissolved CO2 reacts with the seawater to form carbonic acid (H2CO3),…
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Zimbabwe has been witnessing a very disturbing trend in the wildlife pattern. With the recent reduction and disappearance of red meat from the shops, people have been craving for more. They have even threatened to eat giraffe for red meat! A stray…
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It is shocking that almost 90 percent of coral species has already died! But, electro-shock therapy can do wonders for them! Before that, you must know the causes for its extinction. They are pollution in ocean, fishing nets and rising temperature of.
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If the recent flooding around the globe has made you doubt the validity of the charges against the BMC scapegoat, then you’re not alone.
Ed Mazria, founder of Architecture 2030, presented findings in a report about the rise in sea levels over the…
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During the First World War, many poisonous gases gained infamy as chemical weapons. And many of them have been recently used as valuable industrial reagent and building block in organic synthesis as well – especially the colorless poison,…
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Mosquito on Human Hand
The Mosquito Barcoding Initiative (MBI) has teamed up with the ‘Scholar Ship’ to barcode mosquito species from across the globe. The ‘Scholar Ship’ is a first of its kind ocean-going academic program. Created especially for an.
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Even as the problem of global warming gets more alarming by the day, countries are thinking up ingenious ways to avoid the inevitable – a cut in the emission of greenhouse gases. I cannot help being reminded by the current discourse on this issue, of the.
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As shark populations, deplete the world over, predators of the Coral Sea appeal to illegal fishers that hunt for shark fins. As it is climate-sensitive, reefs are disappearing faster than rain forests.
WWF called on the federal government to..
Even if they are not, I’m sure petrol will be! Race to save the planet has resulted in the buzz for green tax, carbon free, non-nuclear electricity and now it is a bid to ban petrol-powered cars by 2040.
In the UK, the Lib Democrats have backed a…
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A move by the U.S. President George Bush could see a speedier removal of HCFCs in refrigeration. In a move designed to go beyond the proposals of the Kyoto Protocol, the President plans to pursue a new action plan to combat global warming. His…
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