ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

World's Largest Canyon May Be Hidden Beneath Antarctica's Ice Sheets

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 01.16.2016 10:30 AM

There might be a possibility that a mysterious landscape of layered bands of rocks are hidden beneath the ice sheets of the Antarctic. This could reportedly be the world's largest, extending up to over a thousand kilometre long and 1 km deep.

Iceman Mummy Suggests New Clues For Hybrid Bacteria Strain, Migration Pattern

01.13.2016 01:52 AM

A mummified corpse known as the Iceman, otherwise Oetzi, is giving researchers an insight on stomach infection as well as its possible migration route.

Greenland’s Glaciers Melt Faster -- Research

01.11.2016 01:16 AM

The fast melt off of ice caps caused by global warming has alarmed scientists from various parts of the globe like Canada, Denmark and Greenland.

Ants Can Change Their Roles In Their Colony -- Study

01.08.2016 00:04 AM

A recent study revealed that ants can exchange and do different roles in their colony by altering some of the genes in their brain.

Neonicotinoids Found Harmful To Honeybees

01.07.2016 21:28 PM

A nicotine-imitating pesticide used in various crops was found to be harmful to honeybees. A widely used pesticide mostly applied to citrus and cotton plants is found to be capable of hurting honeybees.

Marine Reserve Marked In The Atlantic

01.04.2016 00:03 AM

The British government mandated to create a marine reserve area in the waters of Ascencion Island. The British government announced to mark a marine reserve in the Atlantic.

How Second-Hand Smoking Affects Pets At Home

12.30.2015 20:26 PM

Experts found a causal relationship between a smoking environment and animal sickness including cancer, cell damage and weight gain.

Rock-Forming Element Found On Mars

12.23.2015 22:51 PM

NASA's roaming robot machine Curiosity discovered an enormous amount of the most abundant minerals under the land surface of Mars.

Canadian Company Sells Fresh Air Bottles To China

12.22.2015 02:32 AM

The company Vitality Air has been in the service since 2014 but had only delivered air products to China 2 months ago.

Critically Endangered Sea Snakes Found After 15 Years

12.21.2015 23:08 PM

Australian short-nosed sea snake and leaf-scaled sea snakes are found alive after years of no human sighting.

Healthy Diet Not Good For The Environment, Study Claims

12.17.2015 00:30 AM

The new study contrarily found that nutritious foods require higher resource use and greenhouse gas emissions per calorie.

Alarming Air Pollution Levels In China Recorded Last Month

12.16.2015 19:23 PM

China has experienced its fair share of air pollution like smog since the level of air pollution in the country last month has risen.

Phytoplankton Bloom Puts Color In The Ocean

12.16.2015 01:44 AM

NASA took a picture of a phytoplankton bloom that put colors all over the North Atlantic Ocean. The North Atlantic Ocean has transformed into a mass of colorful space that looks like a Vincent Van Gogh piece.

Endangered Philippine Monkey-Eating Eagle Hatches Chick In Captivity

12.13.2015 22:58 PM

On December 7, 2015, a new addition to the endangered species of the great Philippine Eagle is witnessed in a conservation center in the southern part of Davao, a province in the Philippines.

Starfish Feared To Destroy The Great Barrier Reef

12.13.2015 21:21 PM

The scientific community fears that the crown-of-thorns starfish is set to destroy the Great Barrier Reef.

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