ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Megafaunal Extinction During Ice Age Caused By Too Much Moisture, Study Suggests

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 04.28.2017 00:45 AM

Megafaunal animals like mammoths and saber-toothed cats may have been extinct because of receiving too much moisture as a result of climate change, a new study suggests.

Invasive European Paper Wasps Linked To The Grape Sour Rot Disease That Damage Wine Industry

04.27.2017 20:31 PM

A recent study finds that invasive European paper wasps contributed to the grape sour rot disease that degrades wine quality.

Paleontologists Successfully Able To Reconnect The Skull Of Corythosaurus Dinosaur To Its Headless Body

04.27.2017 16:38 PM

Beheaded dinosaur finally got his head after a century. paleontologists from the University of Alberta has found that the dinosaur is a Corythosaurus and its skull is kept at the university's Paleontology museum since 1920.

Lake Erie Should Be Declared Impaired Due To Toxic Algae: Lawsuit Against US EPA Says

04.27.2017 02:21 AM

Environmental groups in Ohio and Michigan sued the US Environmental Protection Agency last Tuesday because allegations of mistreating the Lake Erie. They are also urging EPA to declare it as impared.

Dinosaur Proteins: From Evolution To Biomaterials To Extra-Terrestrial Life

04.27.2017 02:19 AM

Extracting proteins is possible now with the help of DNA that can encode majority of functions that keep living cells alive from even 80-million-old dinosaur bones.

Fossils Found In South Africa Can Be Earliest Known Specimens In Formation Of Life

04.27.2017 02:17 AM

Fossils found in South Africa's Northern Cape Province were 2600 feet beneath. If it verified as both multicellular and fungal, it can be the 2.4 billion-year-old minuscule creatures.

Climate Change Increases River Flow Volume, More Floods & Droughts Elsewhere

04.27.2017 01:49 AM

Hotter temperatures means more water is evaporated to the sky. Once the atmosphere releases the heavy load it absorbed, a downpour will occur delivering more flood in a rush and back again. The rushing of water back to the sea will cause water fro the soil to evaporate keaving it parched and dry, drought is in the air.

Most Comprehensive Study On Antarctica’s Penguins Confirms Number Of Flightless Birds In The Continent Are Diving

04.27.2017 01:41 AM

The effects of climate changing have been affecting wildlife as the most comprehensive study on Antarctica’s penguin revealed that birds in the region are short in number.

Coral Reefs: The Need For Survival from Climate Change, Risks & What We Know So Far

04.26.2017 18:29 PM

Rising sea levels are destroying the coral reefs that we are dependent upon for myriads of things. Protecting of these flowers of the sea means securing the coastal communities from storms, erosion, and tsunamis. Tourism will also be affected once coral reefs are depleted.

Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms Uncover the Movement of Iceberg in Antarctica and Climate History

04.26.2017 15:13 PM

Hundreds of scientists have worked on the atlas to provide the most comprehensive view of the seabed in Antarctica over time.

Heavy Precipitation in Tropical Rainforest Related to Carbon Exchange, Study Finds

04.26.2017 14:59 PM

Researcher finds that a heavy precipitation in the rainforest has played the major role in the increase of the carbon dioxide uptake.

Insecticides Can't Stop Mosquitoes To Bite, Reproduce, Spread Malaria

04.26.2017 14:52 PM

Researchers discovered that after losing their legs due to insecticides, mosquitoes could still bite humans and lay eggs afterward.

Antarctica's Secret: Blood Falls Century-Old Mystery In Taylor Valley Solved By Researchers

04.26.2017 14:49 PM

Find out how researchers solved the mystery of Antarctica's red waterfall here. Blood Falls found in Taylor Valley, Antarctica has a century-old mystery that baffles scientists up until now.

Antarctica’s Larsen-C Ice Shelf Crack Rapid Melting Discovered To Be Caused By Warm Föhn Winds

04.26.2017 14:41 PM

Antarctica's Larsen-C ice shelves were discovered to be caused by downhill föhn winds. After Antarctica’s Larsen A and B had cracked, its Larsen-C ice shelf was reported to be on the verge of break away as well.

Converting Coal Into Natural Gas Can Prevent Thousands of Premature Deaths but Increase Carbon Dioxide Emission

04.26.2017 12:16 PM

While converting coal into natural gas, carbon dioxide will be produced twice in the process of converting and burning.

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