ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEScientists are digging into the red mountains of the Oman Hills to see how they can extract carbon dioxide from the air as well as oceans, in order to reverse climate change.
Researchers in Utah have discovered a new type of sauropod dinosaur. They named the plant-eating dino Moabosaurus Utahensis after the place that yielded its bones, Utah's Moab desert.
Mount Sinabung, the Indonesian volcano, has recently started spewing dust and smoke. The population living in the vicinity of this volcano had to be evacuated to safety.
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)/Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) rescued 44 fertile eggs of Burmese roofed turtle from the nesting site of Chindwin River in Myanmar. The species is classified as the endangered species by WCS and there are only five females left in the wild.
Environmentalists believe California’s extreme Drought to Deluge shift rings warning bells An extreme drought-to-deluge climate swing is sweeping California like never before.
Researchers have discovered traces of organic material at 10 km below the seafloor in the Mariana Trench. This Organic material is similar to what is produced by microbes living in more accessible places.
The Caribbean Coral Reefs, along with other reefs in the world, now has an increasing death toll. If no actions are done to save it, all coral reefs in the world can be wiped out in a decade. New efforts are in place to find a way to cure and rehabilitate reefs all over the world.
An early sign warning before a damaging earthquake is now being tested in the West Coast areas. ShakeAlert, as the program is called is designed to alert citizens in the West Coast.
Bats which are infected by this deadly fungus show white noses, spreading to wings, ear or tail. The fungus directly affects the bat's warm body temperature and the active immune system.