To save the planet, first save elephants
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
Will pave way for predicting solar flares, space storms London, June 20 For the first time, astronomers have found that the magnetic field in the outer atmosphere of the Sun produces eerie musical harmonies
Much of the problems associated with the application of technology can be traced to the absence of any social science input into the foundation or structuring of science research in our contemporary world. Civil society interventions are almost invariably seen as irritants to science, while Weberian experts are expected to understand the social impact of the adaptation of new technologies.
An international team of researchers climbed into a set of windowless steel capsules on Thursday to launch a 520-day simulation of a flight to Mars intended to help real space crews of the future cope with confinement, stress and fatigue of interplanetary travel.
This report describes 20 years of organised attacks on climate science, scientists and the IPCC. It sets out some of the key moments in this campaign of denial started by the fossil fuel industry, and traces them to their sources.
Sandip Das New Delhi: India's bumper wheat production in the last few years has largely been attributed to favourable weather and significant rise in minimum support price, but a big factor also has been the virtual absence of any threatening crop disease, particularly the dreaded Ug99, commonly known as yellow rust.
Every few decades a new pandemic strain emerges -- a year ago the new H1N1 swine flu strain started a pandemic and it has been added to the seasonal flu vaccine A
A team of scientists from the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun has left for Delhi to treat the afflicted ornamental plants supplied from across India to Delhi for the Commonwealth Games. In addition to this the FRI is also involved in the environmental aspects of various other works in Delhi like creation of a butterfly park and planned greening of flyovers.
Mumbai: Five months after a fire broke out in a chemistry laboratory at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) in Trombay, killing two researchers, an incident of radioactive contamination took place at the establishment on Tuesday evening, which officials claimed was minor,
NEW DELHI: Indian scientist Goverdhan Mehta has been selected to be part of the 12-member committee to review the procedures of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.