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European scientists make it official. July was the hottest month on record by farThere have been deadly heat waves in the Southwestern United States and Mexico, Europe and Asia. Scientific quick studies put the blame on ...
08 Aug, 2023, 03.09 PM IST
European scientists make it official: July was the hottest month on record by farJuly 2021 became the hottest month ever recorded on the Earth's surface, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, with a global ...
08 Aug, 2023, 02.02 PM IST
When the weight of the world fell on one geologist's shouldersThe Working Group of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) is set to announce the “golden spike,” the ground zero of the Anthr...
16 Jul, 2023, 11.28 AM IST
Welcome to the Anthropocene, Earth's new chapterThe Anthropocene Working Group will announce the location of ground-zero for the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch borne of human...
10 Jul, 2023, 11.40 AM IST
With AI, let's not move fast and break thingsOne of these Pandora's boxes is labeled "artificial intelligence," and it is exemplified by the likes of ChatGPT, Bard and AlphaFold, which...
03 May, 2023, 10.35 AM IST
An epochal point by a meghalayan stalagmiteThe prime minister’s 100-year timeframe is very farsighted indeed by those standards.
19 Jul, 2018, 10.58 PM IST
- Scientists discover new 'Meghalayan age' in Earth's history
London, July 18 (IANS) Geologists have classified the last 4,200 years as being a distinct Earth age and are calling it a new chapter -- th...
18 Jul, 2018, 02.12 PM IST
- Scientists discover new 'Maghalayan age' in Earth's history
London, July 18 (IANS) Geologists have classified the last 4,200 years as being a distinct Earth age and are calling it a new chapter -- th...
18 Jul, 2018, 10.22 AM IST
- Earliest human impact on environment discovered
New York, June 6 (IANS) Scientists have discovered wide rates of erosion dating back to 11,500 years ago from the Dead Sea in Israel -- tou...
06 Jun, 2017, 06.05 PM IST
Human beings deserve a new geological age named after themThe current 11,700-year-old Holocene period is a newbie by geological standards — the earth has been around for around 4.5 billion years.
14 Mar, 2015, 07.57 AM IST
Arctic temperatures at 44,000-year highThe average summer temperatures in the Canadian Arctic over the last century are the highest in the last 44,000 years, and perhaps as long ...
25 Oct, 2013, 05.58 PM IST