Science / Environment / Energy

This Market Business News category includes all of our articles that are related to science or the environment. This includes research projects in science and events that have an impact on the environment (be it beneficial or detrimental). This page is where you will find information on what is happening in the renewable energy industry, news to do with the electric or hybrid vehicle market, and information about electricity consumption, etc.

Virginia Tech

Predator croc found, existed before dinosaurs, named Nundasuchus

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A predator-croc that existed before the dinosaurs has been discovered and named by a team of paleontologists. It had steak knife-like teeth, bony plates...
Chimpanzee in Cameroon

Endangered chimpanzee threatened by habitat loss caused by climate change

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The future survival of the Nigerian-Cameroon Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) is being seriously threatened by climate change, a new study published in BMC Evolutionary...
UFO alleged sighting

UFO allegedly seen on live footage, then NASA cuts the feed

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UFO enthusiasts were up in arms when an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) appeared in space on a live video feed, but was then cut...
University of Minnesota

Northern forests to change as global warming progresses

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As a result of global warming, northern forests in the decades to come will look quite different as a new set of trees appear...

Nuclear reactors and radioactive waste storage, study to improve safety

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Scientists at the University of Huddersfield in England will embark on a £1 million project to provide the nuclear power industry with scientific data...
Tibet and Alaska glaciers study

Melting glaciers release massive amounts of carbon, affecting marine ecosystems

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Melting glaciers do not only contribute to rising sea levels, they also release massive amounts of organic carbon which could significantly affect high-latitude marine...
Radio telescope

Fast radio burst from unknown source detected by astronomers in real time

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Astronomers have observed an extremely short, sharp flash of radio waves from an unknown source in the universe. The mysterious phenomenon was detected, unlike...
New species ichthyophis cardamomensis

New legless snake-like caecilian amphibian discovered in Cambodia

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Scientists have discovered a new species of legless amphibian in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia. Called Ichthyophis cardamomensis, the new species is a caecilian. The...
1945 First nuclear test

Anthropocene started at the first nuclear test on July 16, 1945

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Anthropocene started when the first nuclear test took place, on July 16th, 1945, a research team suggests. Anthropocene refers to the current geological age,...
Polar bears sea ice

Polar bears moving northward because it’s getting too warm where they are

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Polar bears are moving northward because where many of them live no longer have persistent year-round sea ice, a recent study led by the US...