Monday, 15 April 2013

Olive Ridley rehabilitated, released at sea after 2 months

Olive Ridley rehabilitated, released at sea after 2 months

Olive Ridley rehabilitated, released at sea after 2 months

CHENNAI: When Yuvathi entered the sea, she was a bit confused. It had been more than two months since the Olive Ridley turtle had left the Bay of Bengal. As soon as she was released, she swam aimlessly for a while and disappeared only to pop up near ...
Giant African land snails:

Giant African land snails: 'No solution' on their advance

The giant African land snail is considered one of the most destructive invasive species, feeding on more than 500 types of plant. They can also eat through plaster walls, providing the calcium content needed for their shells. Jon Ablett, curator of Mollusca at the ...
Hawc telescope snaps its first image

Hawc telescope snaps its first image

Hawc telescope Hawc gamma-ray telescope, which aims to capture the Universe's highest-energy particles and light, has snapped its first-ever image. Top Stories. CBI coal scam report: NGO moves Supreme Court, says probe govt interference · Sanjay Dutt ...
Ice cloud over Titan

Ice cloud over Titan's south pole indicate fall on Saturn's moon

Washington, April 12(ANI): NASA's Cassini spacecraft has observed an ice cloud taking shape over Titan's south pole, the latest sign that the change of seasons is setting off a cascade of radical changes in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon. Made from ...
Climate change: how a warming world is a threat to our food supplies

Climate change: how a warming world is a threat to our food supplies

When the Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, it was in protest at heavy-handed treatment and harassment in the province where he lived. But a host of new studies suggest that a major factor in the subsequent ...
ExoMars EDM undergoes shaker tests for 2016 mission

ExoMars EDM undergoes shaker tests for 2016 mission

ExoMars EDM undergoes shaker tests for 2016 mission Washington: The ExoMars Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) structural model has been subjected to a series of intense shaker tests at ESA's European Space Research and ...
Antarctic summer ice melting ten times faster

Antarctic summer ice melting ten times faster

Antarctic summer ice melt is now occurring 10 times faster than it did 600 years ago, with ice loss speeding up the most since mid 20th Century, new research has warned. The 1000-year Antarctic Peninsula climate reconstruction published in the journal ...
Oldest dinosaur eggs

Oldest dinosaur eggs' fossil remains found in China reveal embryos grew fast

Oldest dinosaur eggs' fossil remains found in China reveal embryos grew fast. The red Dragon has always sprung surprises at the world, especially when they are least expected. Even as the scientists, the world over, relaxed believing that they have decoded ...
Campaigners drop flag under North Pole ice amid "cold rush" concerns

Campaigners drop flag under North Pole ice amid "cold rush" concerns

OSLO | Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:02am EDT. OSLO (Reuters) - Environmentalists have placed a flag on the seabed under the North Pole to urge protection for the region in a rebuff to Russia which planted a flag in 2007 in a symbolic territorial claim.