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In the 1960s, Sudbury's nickel smelters turned Ontario's lakes acidic, and tiny creatures evolved to survive, but when the pollution cleared, something unexpected happenedScientists witnessed evolution in action as a tiny copepod species, Leptodiaptomus minutus, adapted to acidic lakes in Killarney Provincial...- End of a giant: Trillion-tonne iceberg, twice the size of Greater London, breaks just before 40th birthdayThe world's largest iceberg, A-23A, has finally broken apart after a nearly 40-year journey. This colossal megaberg, once twice the size of...
- What Scientists Found Beneath the Southern Ocean Changes Climate ScienceScientists have uncovered new details about iron from Antarctic icebergs. This iron, once thought to boost ocean life and absorb carbon, is...
- Is this the first proof of life beyond Earth? Scientists call it "strongest evidence yet" as they spot bio-signatures on alien planet 'K2-18 b'Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected potential biosignatures in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18 b. The discovery...
- Makhana and machli are a deadly combo: Why fish farming is complementary with growing fox nutsThe Mithila region is known for its makhana, a nutritious seed harvested from ponds, often cultivated alongside fish. The rising demand for...
- Climate change has shifted colour of over half of world's oceans: StudyOver half of the world's oceans have changed significantly in colour over the last two decades, with evidence suggesting human-caused clima...
- A giant iceberg of the size of Delhi may pose threat to shipping and fishing, warn scientistsThe large chunk of ice, shaped like a giant ironing board, is one of three pieces from the A76 iceberg which broke away from Filchner-Ronne...
- Climate change turning US mountain lakes green with algaeGlobal warming is turning clear mountain lakes green in the western United States because of an increase in algae blooms "without historica...
- NASA to study tiny sea creatures to understand Earth's climateWashington, April 11 (IANS) In a first, a team of scientists from NASA are on a research mission to study phytoplankton -- the tiny sea cre...
- Global fisheries to be 20% less productive in 2300: StudyThis bleak future will be characterised by 9.6 degrees Celsius increase in mean surface air temperature, nearly 10 times the warming we hav...
- Global warming may explain Arctic's green iceNew York, March 31 (IANS) Global warming may be responsible for massive blooms of phytoplankton growing under Arctic sea and more blooms in...
- NASA space laser maps polar ocean plants key to lifeWashington, Dec 22 (IANS) A NASA satellite instrument orbiting Earth that can see through fog, clouds and darkness has given scientists the...
- El Nino's impact may disrupt marine food chain: NASAEl Nino years can have a big impact on phytoplanktons - the tiniest plants in the ocean - disrupting the marine food chain, NASA scientists...
- Global warming could cause fall in oxygen, mass mortalityEarth's oxygen could dramatically fall due to change in ocean temperature of just several degrees, thereby resulting in mass mortality, sci...
- NASA airborne campaigns to tackle questions on climateThese studies into several incompletely understood Earth system processes were competitively-selected as part of NASA's Earth Venture-class...
- Sunderbans mangrove trees losing capacity to absorb CO2: StudyThe vast mangrove forest in Sunderbans is fast losing its capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere due to rise in the salinity of water, ...
- Climate change will upset vital ocean chemical cyclesThe new research means that ocean warming will impact plankton, and in turn drive a vicious cycle of climate change.
- Pollutants snuffing out aquatic life in VisakhapatnamBarely 30 years ago, playful Bottlenose Dolphins were among the plethora of sea creatures that used to happily cavort and thrive in the wat...
- Antarctic mission runs into protestAn Indo-German expedition, currently sailing to Antarctica to test a technique that may help fight climate change has run into protests fro...
- Tossing iron powder into ocean to fight global warmingIndian scientists, along with their foreign counterparts are embarking on an expedition to find whether tossing iron powder into the ocean ...
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