Methane being released into the Pacific Ocean at an alarming rate
Water at intermediate depths in the Pacific Ocean is warming up to a point where methane gas, trapped in frozen layers below the seafloor,...
Australia pledged A$200 million to the Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Australia has pledged it will provide A$200 million over the next four years to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a U.N. initiative that redistributes...
Vikings traveled with their families when colonizing new lands
A recent study has found evidence to suggest that Viking women travelled with men as they explored for new lands to colonize.
This is in...
X-ray video provides clues on dinosaur tracks and their formation
In an effort to improve our understanding of preserved dinosaur tracks and their formation, American and British researchers used X-ray video techniques to record...
Initiative 20×20 – Latin America to replant 20 million hectares of forest by 2020
At the UN Climate Summit in Lima seven Latin American and Caribbean countries pledged to replant 20 million hectares of forest (an area larger...
Titan’s sand dunes created by shifting winds, say researchers
Using a specially engineered wind tunnel scientists have discovered how wind-blown dunes form on Titan - Saturn’s largest moon.
Titan has dunes that are hundreds...
Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator breaks particle acceleration record
Scientists have managed to accelerate subatomic particles to the absolute highest energies recorded to date using a compact accelerator. It was the first-attempt of...
NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers Mars once had vast lakes suitable for life
NASA scientists have said that Mars may have had vast lakes billions of years ago. NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered geological evidence that suggests that...
Sharp’s solar unit may be sold to Canadian Solar
Recurrent Energy, Sharp Corp.’s US-based solar energy development unit, may be sold to Canadian Solar Inc. The Japanese multinational electronics corporation says it has...
Giraffe population declining at an alarming rate, could face extinction
The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) conducted a report revealing that the overall giraffe population has dropped by more than 40 percent over the past...