Environment

The location of the large mystery source of restricted ozone depleting substance revealed

Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) was historically used as a solvent, cleaning agent, and as a feedstock in the production of other compounds such as the...

World-first bio-bricks from urine

Suzanne Lambert, a master's student from the University of Cape Town (UCT) has developed the world’s first bio-brick grown from human urine. He has created...

Mystery of mercury levels in Arctic animals gets solved

A mystery that troubled scientists for more than a decade have now solved. The peak concentration of Methylmercury in the enriched layer in the...

Sea snail shells dissolve in increasingly acidified oceans, study shows

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and the University of Plymouth, UK, assessed the impact of rising carbon dioxide levels on the large...

Hurricane Michael’s path of power outages seen by satellite

Hurricane Michael was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the United States since Andrew in 1992 and the strongest on record in the Florida...

NASA Sees Tropical Cyclone Luban Nearing Oman

On Oct 11, NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite, while passing over the Northern Indian Ocean captured that Tropical Cyclone Luban continued to track toward Oman. The...

All eyes on Hurricane Michael

Tropical storm Michael furrowed into the Florida panhandle Wednesday, Oct. 10, as a noteworthy Category 4 storm - the strongest hurricane to hit that...

Global sea level could rise 50 feet by 2300, study

Since the start of the century, global average sea-level has risen by about 0.2 feet. A new study suggests that it could rise by nearly...

130-year-old brain coral reveals encouraging news for open ocean

A 130-year-old brain coral has given the answer, in any event for the North Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States....

Invasive plants can promote blue carbon storage

At the point when invasive species enter the photo, things are infrequently high contrast. Another paper has uncovered that some plant intruders could help...

Scientists mix technology, art and roleplay to show teens the earth’s power

Scientists at an exciting hi-tech game named ‘Magma Drillers Save Planet Earth' by combining special effects, science, art, and storytelling. The objective behind developing...

How reliable are turtles for measuring ocean trash and marine health?

Marine debris, including plastics, paper, wood, metal, and other manufactured materials are found on beaches worldwide and at all depths of the ocean. About...

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