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Farm residue can be converted into nutritious cattle feed, say researchers. »
The City Council of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday (Dec. 6) approved definitively the bill banning the manufacture, sale, and use of fireworks in the city. »
By scrutinising over a century’s worth of photos, University of Cambridge researchers have made the first ever measurements that show rhinoceros horns have gradually decreased in size over time. »
A study conducted over a 16-year period in India’s Himalayan region confirms what scientists have always believed — that large, grazing mammals play a vital role in stabilising soil carbon and mitigating the effects of climate change. »
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recommends raising to two metres, instead of the existing one metre, the imaginary waterline demarcation for projects in the Asia Pacific region to improve the resilience of structures against rising sea levels. »
The dinosaur-killing asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago also triggered a jumbo-size tsunami with mile-high waves in the Gulf of Mexico whose waters traveled halfway around the world, a new study found. »
In the southwest Pacific Ocean, a seafloor ridge that stretches from New Zealand to Tonga has the highest density of underwater volcanoes in the world. On September 10, 2022, one of them awoke. »
After centuries without volcanic activity, Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula sprang to life in 2021 when lava erupted from the Fagradalsfjall volcano. »
A new study proves that a single introduction of 24 rabbits shipped from England in 1859 caused the infamous invasion and argues that wild genetic traits gave these animals a devastating advantage over earlier arrivals »
While funding is pumped into preventing low-probability scenarios such as asteroid collision, the far more likely threat of a large volcanic eruption is close to ignored – despite much that could be done to reduce the risks, say researchers. »
Breadfruit, which originated in the Pacific and is widely grown in South-East Asia, has a promising role in ensuring food security in tropical and subtropical regions of the world that are likely to be affected by climate change. »
The remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe have been uncovered in a back garden in Portugal. »
First leaf fossil study of Borneo's rainforests reveals current ecosystem is ancient. »
Chilean paleontologists presented their findings on a dinosaur discovered (...) »
Most of the viruses were previously unknown to humans, study finds. »
Rock weathering and water storage appear to follow a pattern across landscapes. »
Scientists uncovered evidence of an ancient human burial in Africa (...) »
Scientists find long-term trend of ecological improvement. »
Structural damage to any of the nation's ailing bridges can come with a hefty price of billions of dollars in repairs. New bridge designs promise more damage-resistant structures and, consequently, lower restoration costs. »
Scientists identify 13,634 plant species in New Guinea, with thousands yet to be discovered. »
Issues with water likely cause of city's abandonment, study suggests. »
Bhutan’s Punatsang Chhu river basin, spread over 10,655 square kilometres, has lost 51 per cent of its snow and glacial cover over the last 20 years (1996—2017) as a result of climate change and human activity, says a new study. »
A supercell thunderstorm pelted a city center in Argentina with hailstones so large that scientists have suggested a new category to describe them -- gargantuan hail. »
New study reveals how rapidly the Arctic, Antarctic are warming. »
Mobile species and diverse ecological communities may be more resilient to environmental challenges. »
On Wednesday, October 18, 2019, more than 100 members, reportedly, of the Northern Arapaho Tribe turned out to watch the release of ten buffalo for the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming in the western United States. »
Friday was when, according to earlier event plans, millions of people were to storm Area 51, a classified facility within the United States Air Force's Nevada Test and Training Range, and the world was to finally learn of its secrets. »
On 4 August 2019, French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crossed the English Channel on a jet-powered freeflight flying device propelled by turbines and attached to his feet, called Flyboard Air. »
Palaeontologists unearthed a two meters long thigh bone that belonged to a giant sauropod dinosaur around 140 million years ago. »
