A surge in the creation of marine and terrestrial nature reserves has brought humankind closer to its goal of creating protected nature refuges on 17 percent of the world’s land and 10 percent of oceans by 2020, according to the UN’s Protected …Continue reading
Earth going through mass extinction event, warns WWF
WWF’s latest Living Planet Report (LPR), which is published every two years to assess the state of the planet’s wildlife, bears some grim warnings. According to the charity, population size of vertebrate species — including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians — …Continue reading
Paris Agreement alone won’t stop Arctic ice from melting, studies contend
Two recent studies have argued that limiting global temperature increase to 1.5 °C, rather than 2 °C, will substantially decrease the probability of Arctic ice cover melting away completely. The studies, published in the international journal Nature, contend that if temperature is maintained at …Continue reading
Oil, Gas Industry Biggest Contributor to Rise in Atmospheric Methane, NASA Study Confirms
The bulk of the recent rise in atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is linked to emissions from the oil and gas industry, a new study led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists suggests. Methane emissions in the atmosphere …Continue reading
Meet Ross 128 B: The Newest Life-Sustaining Planet Discovered by NASA
Astronomers have discovered a new planet which may be the best candidate to support life found in the course of space exploration so far. Known as Ross 128b, it was discovered by an planet-finding instrument attached to the European Southern Observatory’s 3.6-metre …Continue reading
Particle Physics Aids Visualization of Unexplored Spaces in the Great Pyramid of Giza
Scientists with the ScanPyramids project claim to have discovered a large void inside the Great Pyramid of Giza using cosmic cameras that use high-energy particles, called muons, to see through stone. The results were published in Nature, an international science journal, on …Continue reading
The Seven Most Extreme Planets Ever Discovered
Scientists recently discovered the hottest planet ever found – with a surface temperature greater than some stars. As the hunt for planets outside our own solar system continues, we have discovered many other worlds with extreme features. And the ongoing exploration of our own …Continue reading
Study Finds 1,317 Knocked-out Genes in DNA Sample From Pakistan
The team discovers a unique family whose 11 members were missing a protein that naturally produces cholesterol; this puts them at a lower risk of heart disease. Research published in the journal Nature has analyzed the DNA of 10,503 Pakistanis who were …Continue reading
7 New Earth-Like Planets Discovered
A record breaking number of new Earth-like planets orbiting around a single star in a nearby solar system have been discovered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In a press release on February 22, 2017, NASA has said that all …Continue reading