ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Extinction Risk For Many Species Of Plants & Animals Are Higher Than Suspected

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 04.30.2017 08:19 AM

The estimates of the new range which have been gathered from the Columbia study revealed that the IUCN maps for 17 of the 18 bird species contained expansive zones of unsatisfactory territory and boundlessly overestimated their ranges.

Deep Sea Mining Could Form Plumes: Dust Clouds Formed Within Sea

04.30.2017 08:13 AM

The dust particles in the plumes can cause harm to the marine environment as they may also contain some kind of toxic chemicals in it.

United Kingdom Begins Testing Roads Made Of Recycled Plastic Waste Through MR6 Product

04.29.2017 19:08 PM

An engineer from the United Kingdom tests his plan to have roads made from plastic wastes. Conventional roads offer a lot of problems for the community.

Bengal Tiger Population Faces Crisis: Limited Gene Flow Between The Big Cats Surfaced As The Key Cause

04.29.2017 18:52 PM

A recent study discovers the limited gene flow between the Bengal tigers as the main reason behind the decreasing rate of population.

Ice Core Drilling Project In North-Eastern Greenland: New Concept Regarding Ice Sheet Dynamics & Weather History

04.29.2017 11:48 AM

This project has many international research and scientists groups involved in it. Its finance has been arranged with the help of A.P. Moller and Chastine McKinney Moller's Foundation.

Vaquita Porpoise, An Endangered Cetacean: Approaching Towards Extinction With A Recent Death In The Gulf Of Mexico

04.29.2017 06:12 AM

The death of a rare vaquita porpoise creates a huge hullabaloo among the conservationists as the endangered cetacean is rapidly running towards extinction.

Plants' Extraordinary Ability To Survive Amazed Scientists: Discovery Leads Genetic Target For Growing Hardier Plants

04.29.2017 06:09 AM

Scientists discover how plants grow in an extreme environment through confocal imagining technique. A research conducted by a Penn-led team identified a certain protein involved in how plants develop their root hair cells that take up water and nutrients.

NASA Sees The Formation Of Tropical Storm Frances In The Northern Territory Australia

04.29.2017 06:07 AM

The category two of tropical cyclone Frances was seen to begin to form Thursday near Darwin, Australia.

NASA, JAXA See Vertical Wind Shear Around Low-Level Center Of The Tropical Storm Muifa

04.29.2017 06:06 AM

The tropical storm Muifa has weakened as the wind shear affecting its precipitation according to the image captured by satellite from NASA and Japanese space agency JAXA.

Mysterious Upsurge Of Humpback Whale Deaths Puzzles Scientists

04.29.2017 06:04 AM

Scientists are baffled by the increase of humpback whales that washed ashore on the U.S. Atlantic coast over the past year and a half.

Animals Prefer Active Background Choice To Avoid The Detection Of The Predators

04.28.2017 15:05 PM

A current research study unveils an interesting fact that animals are capable enough to avoid the detection of the predators by actively choosing their background.

Plants Have Been Named After Famous Hollywood Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger And Danny DeVito: A Rare And Interesting Initiative

04.28.2017 12:41 PM

Biologists have recently surprised all when they named two plants after the popular actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito.

British Government Loses Important Court Case Over The Failure To Produce A Plan To Tackle The Air Pollution

04.28.2017 07:02 AM

A recent High Court verdict in Britain rejects the British government’s application and instructs to unveil a new plan on May 9, 2017, to tackle the air pollution.

Cold-Water Coral Name Lophelia Pertusa Maintain It's Growth Even In Ocean Acidification At Rising Sea Temperature

04.28.2017 05:33 AM

Cold-water coral is a Marine invertebrate which is a special kind of Coral species. They withstand in the corrosive environment created by ocean acidification under the influence of ocean surface temperature.

High Carbon Dioxide Level Produces More Acid In Seawater & Hampers Marine Process

04.28.2017 05:27 AM

A recent study showed that high carbon dioxide level has big impact to oceans as it makes seawater more acidic, which in turn hampers marine process called nitrogen fixation.

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